Clinical trials: Shear Wave Elastography
Pudendal Nerve, Healthy Women
Pelvic Floor Shear-Wave Elastography in Healthy and Pudendal Neuralgia Women
This study will compare superficial pelvic floor shear-wave elastography between healthy women and women with pudendal neuralgia.
- Trial name
- ELANEP (NCT07458737)
- Testing
- Pelvic floor shear wave elastography, Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire-Short Form 7 (PFIQ-7), Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised (FSDS-R)
- Where
- Slovakia
- Volunteers
- 94 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Comenius University
Fatty Liver Disease, Nonalcoholic
Quantitative US for Evaluation of Hepatic Steatosis in MAFLD With UDFF
Ultrasound Derived Fat Fraction (UDFF) Evaluation of Metabolic Related Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD) in obesity Patients Metabolic fatty liver disease (MAFLD), formerly known as Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), is the most…
- Trial name
- NCT06097338
- Testing
- bariatric surgery (BS)
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Qianfoshan Hospital
Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Tibial Neuropathy
Tibial Nerve Elastography in Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathic Pain
This observational study aims to evaluate the tibial nerve stiffness using Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) in patients with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) compared to healthy volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT07048431
- Testing
- Shear Wave Elastography Measurement
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Etlik City Hospital
Healthy Individuals
Low Load, High Gains: Blood Flow Restriction's Impact on Quadriceps Adaptations
Low-load resistance exercise with blood flow restriction (BFR-RE) presents a compelling alternative to high-load resistance exercise (HL-RE), particularly in scenarios where high loads are not feasible due to various limitations.
- Trial name
- NCT06746792
- Testing
- Low-load resistance exercise with blood flow restriction, High-load resistance exercise
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karabuk University
Pain, Lipedema
The Relationship of Shear Wave Elastography Findings With Pain Threshold and Quality of Life in Patients With Lipedema
The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between disease severity and subcutaneous tissue shearwave elastography findings with pain threshold and quality of life in patients diagnosed with lipedema.
- Trial name
- NCT06196619
- Testing
- SWE:B-mode ultrasound and subcutaneous elastic modulus with shear wave elastography at three level
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital
Cystic Fibrosis Liver Disease
Longitudinal Assessment of Transient Elastography in Cystic Fibrosis
To determine if transient elastography (TE), when combined with ultrasound (US) pattern characterization can improve the prediction of progression to a nodular pattern on US.
- Trial name
- NCT03001388
- Testing
- Transient Elastography (TE)
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 141 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Ventral Incisional Hernia
Shear-Wave Elastography
Prospective cohort study of patients with midline ventral incisional hernia with a range of hernia morphology who plan to undergo open retromuscular VHR.
- Trial name
- ELASTOGRAPHY (NCT06306976)
- Testing
- Elective Midline Laparotomy, Imaging: Ultrasound, Tensiometry
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prisma Health-Upstate
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease
Biomarker Panel for PCOS-Associated Liver Steatosis in Adolescent Girls (COMPASS-pedPCOS)
This single-center, prospective, observational, cross-sectional mechanistic pilot study will evaluate whether polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) contributes to hepatic steatosis in adolescent girls independently of adiposity.
- Conditions
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease, Pediatric Obesity, Hyperandrogenism
- Trial name
- COMPASSpedPCOS (NCT07731373)
- Testing
- Extended Serum Biomarker and Hormonal Panel, Liver Elastography with Controlled Attenuation Parameter, Targeted Genotyping of PNPLA3 rs738409 and HSD17B13 rs72613567
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kayseri City Hospital
Ovarian Reserve Markers, Ovarian Function
Ovarian Stromal Stiffness and Ovarian Reserve Parameters Via Transvaginal Shear Wave Elastography
This study aims to evaluate the relationship between ovarian stromal stiffness measured by transvaginal shear wave elastography (SWE) and conventional hormonal and ultrasonographic parameters of ovarian reserve.
- Conditions
- Ovarian Reserve Markers, Ovarian Function, Infertility, Anovulatory
- Trial name
- NCT07773337
- Testing
- Transvaginal Shear Wave Elastography
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital
NAFLD
Use of Shear Wave Elastography to Assess Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
The aim of this study is to test a non-invasive imaging technique to reliably diagnose NAFLD in children and adolescents with obesity and assess the degree of fibrosis.
- Trial name
- NAFLD (NCT03587298)
- Testing
- Real-Time (Supersonic)- 2D shear wave elastography (rt-SWE)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RWTH Aachen University
Patients Receiving Radiotherapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis, Ultrasonography and Shear Wave Elastography
Evaluation of Swallowing Muscles Using Ultrasonography and Shear Wave Elastography in Patients Receiving Radiotherapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis
The aim of this study is to evaluate the mylohyoid, geniohyoid and digastric muscles in patients with radiotherapy-induced dysphagia due to nasopharynx cancer using ultrasonography and shear wave elastography (SWE).
- Conditions
- Patients Receiving Radiotherapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis, Ultrasonography and Shear Wave Elastography, Evaluation of Swallowing Muscles
- Trial name
- NCT06934837
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Konya Beyhekim Training and Research Hospital
Pudendal Neuralgia- Physiotherapy
Exercise Program in Women With Pudendal Neuralgia
This randomized controlled trial compares a 6-month physiotherapy exercise program versus no structured exercise intervention in women with pudendal neuralgia.
- Trial name
- ELASTIN (NCT07446556)
- Testing
- Pelvic Floor Relaxation Protocol
- Where
- Slovakia
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Comenius University
Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity
A Clinical Study on Using Multimodal Ultrasound to Assess Muscle Mass in Metabolic Diseases
This study aims to evaluate the clinical value of multimodal ultrasound for assessing muscle mass in patients with metabolic diseases, including metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and simple obesity.
- Conditions
- Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Sarcopenia, Type 2 Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT07836088
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 320 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zhangzhou Municipal Hospital
Anesthesia
Repeatability and Reproducibility of the Measurement of Young's Modulus Using Shear Wave Elastography in Volunteers
The aim of the study is to assess the accuracy of shear wave elastography in volunteers. Shear wave elastography is a non-invasive, non-painful measure of tissue stiffness obtained using an ultrasound machine.
- Trial name
- NCT01903343
- Testing
- shear wave elastography
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Dundee
Low Back Pain
Comparison of the Stiffness of the Lumbar Back Muscles Between Low Back Pain and Healthy Controls
Chronic low back pain remains a major public health issue. Low back pain is frequently associated with stiffness changes of the lumbar back muscles.
- Trial name
- PARA-ELASTO (NCT03750474)
- Testing
- magnetic resonance elastography and shear wave elastography
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
COPD, Healthy Adult
Shear Wave Elastography of Intercostal Muscles for the Non-invasive Assessment of the Work of BreathinG
Quantifying respiratory effort is a key step in physiological and clinical research on exercise tolerance, mechanisms of fatigability, and ventilatory impairment.
- Trial name
- SWING (NCT07371754)
- Testing
- Intercostal muscle shear wave elastography (SWE) during standardized inspiratory loading
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Groupe Hospitalier du Havre
Healthy Participants
Masseter Muscle Stiffness After Heat Application and Percussion Therapy
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the changes in the stiffness of the masseter muscle (a jaw muscle) before and after two types of treatment: applying commercial heat pads or using a commercial massage gun.
- Trial name
- NCT07237087
- Testing
- massage gun, heat treatment
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Compartment Syndrome of Leg
Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome (CECS) Treated With Abobotulinumtoxin A
Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome (CECS) is a painful condition affecting runners and it is caused by a reversible increase in pressure within a closed compartment in the leg.
- Trial name
- CECS (NCT05466539)
- Testing
- AbobotulinumtoxinA
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Hamstring Injury
Relationship Between Eccentric Hamstring Strength and Passive Muscle Stiffness
Ninety male subject will be divided into three group: a younger group (18-22y), an older group (30-40y) and a control group (18-40y). The study comprises 3 phases.
- Trial name
- NCT05000567
- Testing
- 12 week nordic hamstring exercise program
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Diaphragm Ultrasound, Diaphragm Dysfunction
Correlation of Diaphragm Shear-Wave Elastography With Transdiaphragmatic Pressure in Healthy Adults: a Feasibility Study
Changes in intrapleural pressure after lung volume reduction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD) patients can lead to complications, including an increased risk of pneumothorax.
- Conditions
- Diaphragm Ultrasound, Diaphragm Dysfunction, Health Adult Subjects
- Trial name
- PLEASSURE 1 (NCT07253480)
- Testing
- shear wave elastography of the diaphragm
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Isala