Clinical trials: Shear Wave Elastography
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), Diabetic Polyneuropathy
Impact of Diabetic Polyneuropathy on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Shear Wave Elastography, Ultrasound, and Hand Function
This observational study examines changes in the median nerve in patients diagnosed with diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) using shear wave elastography, microvascular imaging, and cross-sectional…
- Conditions
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), Diabetic Polyneuropathy, Shear Wave Elastography, Median Nerve
- Trial name
- NCT06933511
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Etlik City Hospital
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
Respiratory Function Loss, Respiratory Complication
Shear-wave Elastography Compared to Respiratory Function Testing
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi) and diaphragm shear-wave elastography (SWE) during state-of-the-art respiratory muscle testing including volitional efforts…
- Trial name
- NCT04959526
- Testing
- Shear-wave elastography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Chronic Plantar Fasciitis
Shear Wave Elastography Technology to Evaluate the Efficacy of ESW in the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Plantar Fasciitis
Inflammation of the plantar fascia is called plantar fasciitis and is common in active or overweight individuals. It can be treated conservatively or surgically.
- Trial name
- NCT05032300
- Testing
- Focused shockwave, Home therapy
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
Achilles Tendinopathy
Efficacy of BFR Training Combined With Eccentric Exercise as Assessed by SWE in Subjects With Chronic AT
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to use Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) to assess Achilles tendinopathy and the effectiveness of Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) training in patients with Achilles tendinopathy as…
- Trial name
- NCT03264326
- Testing
- Blood Flow Restriction Training, Eccentric Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Womack Army Medical Center
Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Pain Chronic
Effect of the Modified Sleeper-Stretch on the Elasticity of the Posterior and Posteroinferior Glenohumeral Capsule
The goal of this quasi-experimental study is to determine the effect of the self-administered Modified Sleeper-Stretch on the elasticity of the posterior and posteroinferior glenohumeral capsule in adult individuals of both…
- Trial name
- NCT06509516
- Testing
- Modified Sleeper-Stretch
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alcala
Lymphedema Arm
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound and Shear Wave Elastography for the Treatment of Lymphedema
The purpose of this research is to determine the preferred microbubble agent (Lumason®, Optison®, and Definity®) for lymphatic channel visualization by ultrasound.
- Trial name
- CASTLE (NCT05613946)
- Testing
- Lumason, Optison, Definity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Chronic Hepatitis B, Sonoelastography
Evaluation of Liver Fibrosis With 2D-Shear Wave Elastography
The aims of this study are to evaluate liver fibrosis with two-dimensional (2D) shear wave elastography (SWE) technique in inactive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriers and patients with active chronic hepatitis B (CHB)…
- Conditions
- Chronic Hepatitis B, Sonoelastography, Fibrosis, Liver
- Trial name
- NCT04759521
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 253 people
- Sponsor
- Seyhmus Kavak
Neck Pain
Effectiveness of Radial Pressure Waves Therapy in the Treatment of Non-Specific Neck Pain (rPWT)
The present study aims to know the effectiveness of radial pressure wave therapy in the treatment of people with nonspecific neck pain.
- Trial name
- rPWT (NCT04758065)
- Testing
- Radial pressure waves Therapy, Therapeutic Exercise and Manual Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Chronic Liver Diseases
Correlation of Liver and Spleen Stiffness by RT-2D-SWE and Severity of Portal Hypertension by HVPG
Portal hypertension (PH) results from the increase of portal flow resistance in fibrotic tissue of the liver in patients with chronic liver diseases, leading to complications such as varices formation and variceal bleeding…
- Trial name
- NCT02653846
- Testing
- RT-2D-SWE measurement, HVPG measurement
- Where
- Croatia
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Dubrava
Liver Cirrhosis
Transient Elastography in Autoimmune Hepatitis
Recent, research has focused on the evaluation of non-invasive methods for the assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease. Among these methods, transient elastography is the most promising.
- Trial name
- NCT01905254
- Testing
- Transient elastography (TE), Liver biopsy
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Temporomandibular Disorders
Shear Wave Sonoelastography in the Diagnosis and Management of the Masseter Muscles Disorders
Contemporary medicine lacks sensitive and objective diagnostic methods for the evaluation of patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD).
- Trial name
- NCT03844854
- Testing
- Stabilization occlusal splint and manual therapy
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wroclaw Medical University
Total Knee Arthroplasty
Subvastus vs. Medial Parapatellar Approaches in Total Knee Arthroplasty With Quadriceps Muscle Elastography
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Knee osteoarthritis is a common joint pathology causing joint pain and ambulatory limitations. In primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) surgeries, medial parapatellar (MP) and subvastus (SV) approaches are…
- Trial name
- NCT06297746
- Testing
- Subvastus approach, Medial Parapatellar approach
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Elasticity Imaging Techniques
Application of Transthoracic Shear-wave Ultrasound Elastography in Pleural Lesions
This study aims to provide the information of tissue elasticity in different etiologies of pleural lesions and to validate the predictive value of shear-wave elastography in differentiating benign pleural lesions from malignant…
- Trial name
- NCT04781894
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Sonoelastography, Elastography
Shear Wave Sonoelastography in Pediatric Liver Fibrosis
Reliable methods of evaluating liver fibrosis using noninvasive techniques in the pediatric population are limited and inconclusive.
- Conditions
- Sonoelastography, Elastography, Elastograms, Liver Fibrosis
- Trial name
- NCT02372682
- Testing
- Shear wave sonoelastography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 171 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Louis University
Parkinson Disease
Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography in Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor symptoms including muscle rigidity as one of major motor symptoms affecting quality of life of Parkinson's disease patients, thus we aim…
- Trial name
- NCT06701318
- Testing
- Ultrasound shear wave elastography
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Idiopathic Toe-walking
Elastographic Assessment of Gastrocnemius Muscle Structure in Children With Idiopathic Toe Walking
Idiopathic toe walking (ITW) is a gait pattern characterized by the absence of heel strike during the stance phase and incomplete foot contact with the ground.
- Trial name
- NCT07163520
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital
Surgery, Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Transient Elastography in Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
The purpose of this study is to determine whether liver transient elastography performed before the surgical procedure is able to predict liver failure in patients undergoing hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Trial name
- NCT01441453
- Testing
- FibroScan (Transient Elastography measurement)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
Compensated Liver Cirrhosis, Gastroesophageal Varices Bleeding
Transient Elastography (FibroTouch) for Assessing Risk of Gastroesophageal Varices Bleeding in Compensated Cirrhosis (Pan-CHESS1801)
Gastroesophageal varices occurs in approximately half of the patients with liver cirrhosis. Variceal bleeding is the most common lethal complication directly from cirrhotic portal hypertension.
- Trial name
- NCT03778775
- Testing
- Liver sitffness measurement
- Where
- 16 sites in China, Indonesia and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
Pancreas Adenocarcinoma (MSI-H), Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (pNET)
Superb Microvascular Imaging (SMI) and Two-Dimensional Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Shear Wave Elastography (2D-SWE-EUS) in Differential Diagnosis of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (PA) From Other Pancreatic Solid Lesions (PSLs) and Pancreatic neuroendocrinE Tumors (pNETs) Malignancy
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PA) is the most common tumor of the pancreas. Given its poor prognosis and the major therapeutic consequences, the discrimination between PA and other pancreatic solid lesions is mandatory.
- Trial name
- SMILE (NCT07274657)
- Testing
- SMI and 2D-SWE modes
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- GCS Ramsay Santé pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche