Clinical trials: Pediatric Imaging
Appendicitis
Appendectomy vs. Symptomatic Treatment in Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis Among Pediatric Patients
The APPSYPP trial is a randomized national multicenter feasibility superiority pilot study comparing appendectomy with symptomatic treatment in children with imaging-confirmed uncomplicated acute appendicitis.
- Trial name
- APPSYPP (NCT05289713)
- Testing
- appendectomy
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Treating Children With Progressive Low-Grade Astrocytoma
RATIONALE: New imaging procedures such as magnetic resonance imaging may improve the ability to determine the growth rate of progressive astrocytoma.
- Trial name
- NCT00005084
- Testing
- conventional surgery, magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, radiation therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Bipolar Disorder
The Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Treatment-Resistant Depression
This study seeks to learn about brain function in adolescents with depression and to determine whether adding lithium carbonate to antidepressant medication can reduce depression in children and adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT00029640
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Healthy Volunteers, Musculoskeletal Complication
Use of Specially Designed Pediatric MR Coils on Clinical Scanners
The purpose of this research study is to test the use of new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) coils. An MRI takes pictures of body parts using a large magnet and a computer.
- Trial name
- NCT01795989
- Testing
- 1.5T MRI Elbow Coil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Characterization and Brain Mechanisms of Frustration in Youth With Severe Irritability or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Background: Irritability is an elevated proneness to anger. Children with irritability have difficulty tolerating frustration. They get angry and have temper outbursts more easily than their others their age.
- Conditions
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Normal Physiology
- Trial name
- NCT05357495
- Testing
- Affective Posner fMRI frustration induction task
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Hepatic Steatosis, Obesity, Childhood
Attenuation Imaging in Hepatic Steatosis
For obese and normal-weight children, the investigators assess the diagnostic performance of attenuation imaging (ATI) in the detection of hepatic steatosis in children.
- Conditions
- Hepatic Steatosis, Obesity, Childhood, Ultrasonography
- Trial name
- NCT05302258
- Testing
- Attenuation imaging in ultrasonography
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH), Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Computer-Assisted Comparison of Hip Socket Volume and Surface Shape After Pediatric Acetabular Osteotomies
The goal of this observational study is to learn how four acetabular osteotomy techniques change the shape of the hip socket in children and adolescents with developmental dysplasia of the hip or residual acetabular dysplasia.
- Conditions
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH), Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip, Acetabular Dysplasia
- Trial name
- PAVMS (NCT07581717)
- Testing
- Salter osteotomy, Dega osteotomy, San Diego osteotomy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University
Brain Diseases
EPIMix Versus CT Brain Pediatric Study
This study aims to assess the diagnostic feasibility and diagnostic performance of a new fast MR sequence EPIMix for neuroradiological evaluation in comparison to computed tomography of brain in pediatric population.
- Trial name
- NCT03847051
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Novel Medication Strategies Targeting Brain Mechanisms in Pediatric OCD
This study will examine the feasibility and potential efficacy of augmenting SRIs with minocycline. The study will assess whether the addition of minocycline leads to measurable changes in striatal glutamate (Glu) levels.
- Trial name
- NCT01695291
- Testing
- Minocycline
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Brain Tumor, Pediatric
Irradiation in Paediatrics: Neurocognition, Neuroimaging and Evaluation of Memory and Attention
This is a prospective, open-label, multicentric study designed to correlate the dose delivered to the hippocampus with declarative memory deficits 2 years after radiotherapy treatment in a paediatric population who had received…
- Trial name
- IPANEMA (NCT06599879)
- Testing
- Neuropsychological assessments:
- Where
- 14 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Claudius Regaud
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Ferumoxytol-Enhanced MRI in Adult/Pedi Sarcomas
This research study is a pilot study to evaluate a new contrast agent, ferumoxytol, for the purpose of imaging lymph node metastases in patients with soft tissue sarcoma. This contrast agent is an investigational drug.
- Trial name
- NCT01663090
- Testing
- Ferumoxytol
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Sedation, Pediatric Anesthesia
Frequency of Adverse Events in Pediatric Patients Receiving Sedation for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Introduction:The application of anesthesia outside the operating room for pediatric patients has increased in recent years. For diagnostic and treatment follow-up purposes, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) requires the pediatric…
- Conditions
- Sedation, Pediatric Anesthesia, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Adverse Effect
- Trial name
- NCT06467045
- Testing
- Pediatric patients who received sedation for magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital
Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Congenital Heart Defects
SPY Imaging System: Its Role in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
The current method of evaluating the surgical repair during surgery is limited to echocardiography (a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study the structure and motions of the heart) or an invasive procedure…
- Trial name
- NCT00446927
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Perfusion, Fluorescence Imaging
Micro-dosing Indocyanine Green (ICG) in Children
The goal of this cohort study is to identify the lowest dose of Indocyanine Green (ICG) that achieves satisfactory intra-operative fluorescence for the assessment of gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract perfusion in children.
- Conditions
- Perfusion, Fluorescence Imaging, Gastrointestinal Tract Disorders, Genitourinary Disease
- Trial name
- NCT06421103
- Testing
- Indocyanine Green (ICG)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Obesity, Childhood
Resilience to the Effects of Advertising in Children
Strong empirical evidence shows food marketing promotes excess energy intake and obesity. Yet, not all children are susceptible to its effects and this variability is poorly understood.
- Trial name
- REACH (NCT05073185)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 209 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Hydronephrosis
Hydronephrosis ARFI Study
Pediatric upper urinary tract dilatation (hydronephrosis) is relatively common and may be either obstructive or nonobstructive. While the upper urinary tract is commonly evaluated by ultrasound, this imaging technique often fails…
- Trial name
- NCT01781845
- Testing
- AFRI-SVI Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Congenital Heart Disease, Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Abnormal 3-D MRI Flow Patterns in Adolescents Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a form of congenital heart disease (the person is born with it). With BAV, the heart valves in the aorta (the blood vessel that takes blood away from the heart to the body) are not formed right.
- Trial name
- NCT00412386
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Crohns Disease
Comparative Effectiveness of MR Enterography
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of ultrasound imaging compared to MRE (Magnetic Resonance Enterography) a form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in accurately diagnosing and following Small Bowel Crohn…
- Trial name
- NCT01593462
- Testing
- MRE (magnetic resonance enterography), The Ultrasound scan, (UEI) Ultrasound Elastography Imaging with ARFI (acoustic radiation force impulse), Study Questionnaires
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Elastography, Shear Wave Elastography
HIBOC = Hepatic Imaging Biomarkers in Obese Children
The goal of this prospective, diagnostic observational study is to learn about how imaging based markers for components of liver disease appear in children with obesity.
- Conditions
- Elastography, Shear Wave Elastography, Shear Wave Dispersion, Attenuation Imaging
- Trial name
- NCT06463223
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Central Nervous System Diseases, Central Nervous System Neoplasms
Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of ProHance in Pediatric Patients <2yrs
Safety and Efficacy Study in pediatric subjects <2 years of age who have undergone Brain or Spine MRI pre and post 0.1 mmol/kg ProHance administration. Imaging conditions will represent those in routine clinical practice.
- Trial name
- NCT03750188
- Testing
- ProHance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- Bracco Diagnostics, Inc