Clinical trials: Shear Wave Elastography
Osteoarthritis (Knee / Hip), Sarcopenia
Preoperative Muscle Stiffness, Functional Reserve, and Postoperative Quality of Recovery in Lower Extremity Arthroplasty
In elderly patients undergoing arthroplasty surgery, postoperative recovery quality is closely related to preoperative physical reserve. Sarcopenia and reduced muscle quality can increase postoperative complications.
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis (Knee / Hip), Sarcopenia, Postoperative Recovery
- Trial name
- PRE-QoR (NCT07879209)
- Testing
- Handgrip Strength (HGS) Measurement, Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography (SWE)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Ankara Etlik City Hospital
Liver Fibrosis, Liver Cirrhosis
Liver and Spleen Stiffness Measured by 2D-SWE for Diagnosis of Liver Fibrosis in Patients With cACLD
A observational diagnostic study will be conducted to evaluate the performance of liver stiffness and spleen stiffness measured by 2D-shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) for diagnosing liver fibrosis in people with compensated…
- Trial name
- NCT06147934
- Testing
- Diagnostic Test: Transient elastography (TE) and 2D-shear wave elastography (2D-SWE)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
Gastroesophageal Varices Hemorrhage
Color Doppler US and TE as Predictors for Presence of Gastroesophageal Varices and Variceal Bleeding in Patients With LC
The aim of the study is to evaluate the ability of Doppler ultrasonography of the portal vein and liver stiffness measurement using Transient Elestoghraphy in predicting prescence of gastroesophageal variceal and variceal…
- Trial name
- NCT05891184
- Testing
- color doppler ultrasound, transient elastography, upper endoscopy
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut 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
Medial Collateral Ligament, Medial Mensical Tear
Knee Medial Collateral Ligament Recovery After Pie-Crusting Release Technique
Medial meniscus tears requiring surgical interventions are mostly being done by arthroscopic procedures. During the arthroscopy, accessing the medial joint space is challenging.
- Conditions
- Medial Collateral Ligament, Medial Mensical Tear, Shear Wave Elastography
- Trial name
- NCT06863077
- Testing
- MCL Pie-Crusting
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Kastamonu University
Kidney Disease
Elastography in Predicting Renal Outcome
There are two types of elastography: strain elastography assesses the degree of strain when applying a given amount of force to the skin.
- Trial name
- NCT06363032
- Testing
- elastography
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Chronic Liver Disease, Advanced Fibrosis
A Study to Evaluate Liver Stiffness With Shear Wave Elastography
The purpose of the study is to assess the diagnostic accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) shear wave elastography in liver fibrosis staging in both normal subjects and subjects with advanced liver fibrosis/cirrhosis
- Conditions
- Chronic Liver Disease, Advanced Fibrosis, Advanced Cirrhosis
- Trial name
- NCT05097963
- Testing
- Endoscopic Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
End Stage Renal Diseases, Renal Failure
Advanced Ultrasound Applications for Predicting AVF Outcomes
Haemodialysis is a renal replacement therapy that can be introduced to patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) to help them maintain a good healthy life.
- Conditions
- End Stage Renal Diseases, Renal Failure, Chronic Kidney Diseases
- Trial name
- AUAPAVFO (NCT04141358)
- Testing
- Advanced ultrasound measurements
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Liver Steatosis
Clinical Application of Non-invasive Assessment for Staging Liver Steatosis and Liver Fibrosis
Nowadays, the morbidity of Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) show ascending trend year by year, which has become an important public health problem in China.
- Conditions
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Liver Steatosis, Liver Fibrosis
- Trial name
- NCT03386890
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Beijing Friendship Hospital
Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair (ARCR)
Evaluation of Functional and Biomechanical Outcome by Shear-wave Elastography in the Short to Intermediate Follow-up After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair
This exploratory project will evaluate the biomechanical and functional intermediate-term outcome (2 to 5 years) after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR) with modern non-invasive ultrasound techniques (especially shear wave…
- Trial name
- NCT05691374
- Testing
- Ultrasound (US) examination, Clinical examination
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Prostate Cancer
Assessment of HIFU-induced Prostate Necrosis With Shear-wave Ultrasound Elastography
Transrectal High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) is a minimally-invasive therapy for prostate cancer that is currently assessed in two indications: as a first-line treatment (either total or focal) for patients who are not…
- Trial name
- IDITOP-1 (NCT01729442)
- Testing
- Shear-wave ultrasound elastography (SWUE)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Hepatitis C, Chronic
An Observational Study To Assess Liver Fibrosis Stages in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
This multi-center, prospective observational study will evaluate the correlation of liver biopsy and transient elastography in liver fibrosis assessment in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Data will be collected for 96 weeks.
- Trial name
- NCT01671046
- Where
- 10 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 123 people
- Sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche
Thyroid Nodule
Shear Wave Ultrasound Elastography in Noninvasive Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules
Shear wave ultrasound elastography is a new technique of finding the softness or hardness in tissue by applying a "push" generated by the machine.
- Trial name
- NCT01757834
- Testing
- SWUS Elastography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 175 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Brain Tumor, Recurrent Brain Tumor
Use of Shear Wave Elastography for Intraoperative Brain and Tumor Stiffness Measurements
This study investigates the role of intraoperative shear wave elastography ultrasound (ISWEU) in identifying healthy brain and tumor tissue stiffness differences. This data may be used to guide tumor resection in future patients.
- Conditions
- Brain Tumor, Recurrent Brain Tumor, Brain Neoplasm, Recurrent Brain Neoplasm
- Trial name
- NCT06630338
- Testing
- Non-Interventional Study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Shear-Wave Elastography in Deep Vein Thrombosis
Compression ultrasonography (CUS), which is the gold-standard for the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis, cannot provide adequate information on the timing of the onset of thrombosis.
- Trial name
- SWE-DVT (NCT06025591)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Liver Diseases
Development of a FibroScan Liver Examination Using a Single Probe
This is an exploratory, international, prospective, interventional, multicenter clinical investigation that will take place in 1 Hong Kong site and 3 French sites and 309 adults patients will be included.
- Trial name
- M149 (NCT07400289)
- Testing
- Research FibroScan
- Where
- 4 sites in France, Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 389 people
- Sponsor
- Echosens
Fabry Disease, Amyloidosis
Substudy (NCT04456582): Noninvasive Assessment of Myocardial Stiffness by 2D-SWE Ultrasound Technique (Two-dimensional Shear Wave Elastography) in Patients With Amyloidosis and Fabry Disease.
Introduction: Heart failure with preserved systolic function encompasses several different diseases, but which have diastolic dysfunction and its components in common: myocardial stiffness and altered relaxation.
- Trial name
- FABRY (NCT04893889)
- Testing
- Shear-wave elastography
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Cirrhosis, Liver Failure
Comparative Analysis of Different Tests to Evaluate Prognosis of Patients on Liver Transplant Waiting List
It is a cohort to evaluate the power of different diagnostic tests in predicting the prognosis of patients with severe liver disease.
- Conditions
- Cirrhosis, Liver Failure, Portal Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT01774617
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Guilherme Rezende
Liver Fibrosis
Prognosis Value of Transient Elastography and Non-invasive Markers of Fibrosis in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease
The aim of this prospective study was to compare the 5-year prognostic value of transient elastography (TE), FibroTest (FT), APRI , FIB-4, Lok, and Child-Pugh scores for predicting survival and complications of cirrhosis in…
- Trial name
- PVTE (NCT01241227)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,830 people
- Sponsor
- Association HGE CHU Bordeaux Sud
Shoulder Pain, Pain Management
New Therapeutic Interventions and Imaging Techniques for Prolonged Shoulder Disorders
The RESPECT study compares three types of physical therapy for adults aged 20-60 years with prolonged shoulder disorders, aiming to find better ways to help people recover and improve daily function.
- Conditions
- Shoulder Pain, Pain Management, Physical Therapy
- Trial name
- RESPECT (NCT07235969)
- Testing
- Tendon-Specific Exercise Program (TSEP), Psychologically Informed Physical Therapy (PIPT), Occupational health care led physiotherapy
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oulu