Clinical trials: Diagnostic Imaging Utilization
Healthy
A Study to Evaluate Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging to Assess Changes in Chemical Agent-Induced Skin Blood Flow in Healthy Participants (MK-0000-420)
Pain is a significant issue and there is a need for better treatments for pain management. Local changes in skin blood flow can be used as an indicator of pain in the body.
- Trial name
- NCT06809569
- Testing
- Allyl Isothiocyanate (AITC), Capsaicin, Vehicle for AITC
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Patellofemoral Joint
Use of a Novel Weight Bearing Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) Scanner for Imaging of the Patellofemoral Joint
Healthy volunteers will have a weight bearing cone beam CT scan of their knee to assess normal alignment of the knee joint
- Trial name
- NPF (NCT02762630)
- Testing
- Carestream Health Inc. weight bearing cone beam CT scanner
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Healthy Volunteers
Biomarker Development for Future PAC1 Antagonists With Maxadilan
This will be a single center, open-label study in healthy male subjects between 18 and 45 years old to determine the dose response profiles of dermal blood flow in response to intradermal injections of maxadilan.
- Trial name
- NCT02355756
- Testing
- Maxadilan
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Menstrual Cycle, Hormonal Contraception
Oxytocin and Reward Processing in Women
Oxytocin is a hypothalamic neuropeptide that is best known for its peripheral physiological effects in the female organism i.e., uterine contractions during birth.
- Trial name
- NCT06222749
- Testing
- Intranasal oxytocin administration
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Research Training Group 2804
Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability
Blood-brain Barrier Permeability Study in Adults With Meningitis
The purpose of the study is to confirm the applicability and usefulness of the novel method of assessment of the permeability of the blood-brain barrier and in monitoring of the treatment of patients with meningitis.
- Trial name
- NM-BBBP (NCT02902588)
- Testing
- ICG-PULSION, LiMON, Pulsion Medical Systems, Gadolinium (Gadovist, Bayer, Germany)
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences
Nicotine Dependence
Effects of Varenicline on Brain Activity During Nicotine Abstinence
This project aims to define mechanisms through which varenicline might be an effective smoking cessation medication.
- Trial name
- NCT00602927
- Testing
- Varenicline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Ureteric Injury, Surgery
Fluorescent Imaging & Methylene Blue: Ureter Study
The main aim of this project is to assess whether intravenous methylene blue can help identify the ureters during open and laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery.
- Conditions
- Ureteric Injury, Surgery, Surgery--Complications
- Trial name
- NCT03177070
- Testing
- Methylene Blue
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Healthy Volunteers
Brain Activity During Strategic Planning
This study will locate areas in the brain that help people devise action plans to carry out complex tasks requiring use of strategy.
- Trial name
- NCT00728741
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Procedural Anxiety, Procedural Pain
Stress Ball and Empathic Verbal-Tactile Interventions for Reducing Anxiety and Pain in Mammography and Breast Ultrasonography: A Randomized Trial
This prospective, randomized controlled trial aims to determine the effects of stress ball use and empathic verbal communication with therapeutic touch on anxiety and pain perception in women undergoing mammography and breast…
- Conditions
- Procedural Anxiety, Procedural Pain, Breast Imaging
- Trial name
- NCT07562828
- Testing
- Stress Ball, Empathic Verbal-Tactile Intervention
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University
Alcohol Use Disorder, Alcohol Use, Unspecified
Drinking, Acetate, and Stress
The purpose of this study is to learn how drinking alcohol affects how people experience stress and how that is affected by the body's chemistry.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Use Disorder, Alcohol Use, Unspecified, Heavy Drinker, Alcohol Use Disorder, Moderate, in Sustained Remission
- Trial name
- NCT06584448
- Testing
- Deuterium Metabolic Imaging with deuterated acetate tracer
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Alcohol Use Disorder
Brain Connectivity Between Networks Implied in Inhibition and Cue-reactivity in Alcohol Use Disorder
Research about patients with alcohol use disorder has shown that task-related brain activation patterns as well as resting-state connectivity (measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging) change with clinical parameters…
- Trial name
- NIQA (NCT05843435)
- Testing
- Go-Nogo-task during functional magnetic resonance imaging, Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia
Implications for Management of PET Amyloid Classification Technology
The main purpose of this study is to explore the impact of an amyloid positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) scan on physician diagnosis and management, including drug management and care practices, for…
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT02778971)
- Testing
- [18F]Flutemetamol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Major Depressive Disorder
Use of Multiple Brain Imaging Modalities (PET and MRS) to Identify Metabolic Abnormalities in Major Depression
Several lines of evidence support the existence of an underlying abnormality in brain energy metabolism may play a key role in the biology of mood disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT01465165
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Paul Carlson
Alcohol Use Disorder
[C-11]PiB PET Imaging in Alcohol Use Disorders
To determine whether alcoholics (AUD) have a greater rate of amyloid positivity (ABeta+) compared to an age-matched cognitively normal control group (HC).
- Trial name
- NCT03746366
- Testing
- [C-11], Pittsburgh Compound B
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Cervical Spondylosis With Myelopathy, Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
Quantiative MRI and Myelin-PET for the Assessment of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
To use advanced imaging techniques, including MRI Brain and Spinal Cord, and MRI/PET Spinal Cord to provide an assessment of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy to improve understanding of the pathophysiology and natural history of…
- Trial name
- IMAGE-DCM (NCT05242666)
- Testing
- 3T MR Imaging of the cervical spinal cord, Positron Emission Tomography using [11C]PIB, 3T MR Imaging of the Brain
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Abnormalities, Cardiovascular
Development of New Software Capabilities for Use With Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
This Protocol is intended to facilitate development and testing of new cardiovascular MRI software capabilities by UC Davis Research Faculty, as well as to facilitate the evaluation of new software capabilities provided by GE and…
- Trial name
- CVMRI (NCT00593541)
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Diagnostic Imaging Utilization
Effect of Diagnostic Imaging Utilization Reports
Diagnostic imaging (DI) tests (for example, x-ray tests, ultrasounds, CT scans, or MRIs) are used by health care providers to help diagnose patient illness, but decisions regarding when these tests should be ordered are…
- Trial name
- NCT02917837
- Testing
- Usual QCNL DI utilization report, New DI utilization report, Detailing
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 192 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
Nicotine Dependence
Cue Induced Imaging in Nicotine Dependent Smokers
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between craving to smoke and areas activated in brain. The researchers are using functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that measures brain blood flow, or perfusion…
- Trial name
- NCT00844701
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Cannabis Use Disorder, Cannabis Dependence, Continuous
Brain Imaging of Cannabinoid Receptors
All participants will be healthy volunteers and all procedures will be completed for research purposes only. Two groups will be recruited, females who use cannabis (marijuana, MJ), and female who do not use cannabis (controls).
- Trial name
- NCT03204305
- Testing
- 11C-OMAR, Cannabis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Infections - Bacterial, Pneumonia - Bacterial
Use of Mobile Phones for Thermal Imaging of the Chest to Save Lives of Children With Pneumonia in Nagpur, India
The purpose of this study is to see if thermal images can be used instead of a chest x-ray to diagnose bacterial pneumonia in children with signs and symptoms of pneumonia in Nagpur, India.
- Trial name
- NCT02381431
- Testing
- FLIR ONE
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital