Clinical trials: Ultrasound Assessment
Cardiovascular Diseases
Visualization of Asymptomatic Atherosclerotic Disease for Optimum Cardiovascular Prevention
The purpose of VIPVIZA is to assess the impact of pictorial information about asymptomatic atherosclerotic disease to both physician and patient, for improving physicians' adherence to prevention guidelines and patient perception…
- Trial name
- VIPVIZA (NCT01849575)
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 3,532 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Skin Laxity
Treatment of the Face and Neck With Lower Ulthera System Energy Settings
Up to 60 subjects will be enrolled. Enrolled subjects will receive one Ulthera® treatment on the face and neck. Follow-up visits will occur at 90 and 180 days post-treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT01713998
- Testing
- Ulthera System Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ulthera, Inc
Liver Fibrosis
Liver Fibrosis Evaluation Using Ultrasound Shear Wave Imaging
The Researchers are trying to assess the effectiveness of a new ultrasound technique for non-invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis.
- Trial name
- NCT03637959
- Testing
- Mechanical Vibrations with Ultrasound Shear Wave Imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 270 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Obesity
Microvascular Flow Assessment Repeatability Study: The MARS Study
The purpose of this study is to test a method of imaging (taking a picture) of the abdomen (belly), neck, thigh and calf (lower leg) areas of the body, using ultrasound along with a drug which makes the pictures look clearer.
- Trial name
- MARS (NCT01242020)
- Testing
- Perflutren Lipid Microsphere Injectable Suspension
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Development of LIFU for Clinical Purposes
Investigation of Low-intensity Focused Ultrasound Parameters
This project examines the effects of different brain stimulation settings on muscle contractions. The investigators believe this study will help to better understand noninvasive brain stimulation techniques that may have the…
- Trial name
- NCT05134233
- Testing
- Low-intensity Focused Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Skin Laxity
Ultherapy™ Treatment Following Sculptra® Treatment
This clinical trial will evaluate clinical outcomes associated with the non-invasive Ultherapy™ treatment to improve skin laxity and tightening following a Sculptra® treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT01422538
- Testing
- Ulthera® System, Sculptra®, Sculptra® treatment followed by Ultherapy™ treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ulthera, Inc
Pancreatic Neoplasm
Core Biopsy Endo Sonography Study Evaluation of the Significance of the Pro-core® Needle
The study is designed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a new designed endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) Core biopsy aspiration needle in comparison to a conventional EUS aspiration needle in GI-tumors.
- Trial name
- COS (NCT02181140)
- Testing
- EUS guided FNA and fine needle punction
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Cervix; Pregnancy
Sound Check-Correlation Between Transperineal and Digital Cervical Exam in 3rd Trimester Pregnancy
The primary purpose of this study is to compare the accuracy of the Butterfly iQ pocket ultrasound with the digital cervical examination in the third trimester cervix.
- Trial name
- NCT05260333
- Testing
- Butterfly iQ transperineal ultrasound exam
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Abortion Early
Transabdominal and Transvaginal Sonography in Medical Abortion
The investigator will perform a multicenter, randomized controlled trial in practices that routinely use transvaginal sonography (TVS) to compare how often clinicians order additional testing prior to medical abortion after the…
- Trial name
- TASvTVS (NCT03047551)
- Testing
- Transabdominal sonography, Transvaginal sonography
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 634 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Breast Cancer
Assessment of Periodic Screening of Women With Denser Breast Using WBUS and DBT
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of technologist-performed whole breast ultrasound for detecting breast cancer in the screening population of women with dense breasts.
- Trial name
- DBTUST (NCT02643966)
- Testing
- Whole breast ultrasound
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 6,266 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wendie Berg
Other Acute Illnesses Presenting to the Hospital, Heart Failure
Evaluation of Implementation of a National Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training Program
This VA QUERI Partnered Evaluation Initiative will evaluate the impact of an immersive Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training Course on provider skill acquisition and retention; the frequency of POCUS use by trained providers…
- Conditions
- Other Acute Illnesses Presenting to the Hospital, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Deep Venous Thrombosis
- Trial name
- NCT03296280
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Bleeding
Assessment of Limb Perfusion During Junctional Tourniquet
The goal of this study is to use contrast enhanced ultrasound to determine the degree to which flow is reduced during application of a junctional tourniquet (JT).
- Trial name
- NCT02092415
- Testing
- Application of a Junctional Tourniquet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Weight Loss, Anovulation
Evaluation of Ovarian Morphology and Function in Overweight Women During Weight Loss
The objective of this study is to explore the effects of weight loss on body composition, metabolic status, reproductive hormones, and ovarian follicle development in obese women with regular menstrual cycles versus obese women…
- Conditions
- Weight Loss, Anovulation, Amenorrhea, Infertility
- Trial name
- NCT01785719
- Testing
- Commercial Weight Loss Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cornell University
Fatty Liver
Evaluate Patients With Chronic Hepatitis by Three-dimensional Force-controlled Ultrasound Measurement
Ultrasound (US) B mode image is an alternative method to measure tissue structure and has proven to be an accurate technique to measure subcutaneous fat thickness.
- Trial name
- NCT02784925
- Testing
- Ultrasound (US) B mode image
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital
Skin Laxity, Wrinkles
A Retrospective Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Ulthera System
Up to 120 subjects within the study site's practice who have already had an Ultherapy™ treatment to the face and neck will be enrolled to monitor treatment effectiveness.
- Trial name
- NCT01519934
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ulthera, Inc
Uterine Leiomyoma, Uterine Fibroids
MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Uterine Fibroids With Enhanced Sonication
This is a phase 3 study to determine the safety of the new features to the FDA approved ExAblate device using a new method to ablate fibroids deemed Enhanced Sonication.
- Trial name
- NCT00365989
- Testing
- ExAblate Enhanced Sonication
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- InSightec
Infection
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Transrectal Prostate Biopsy
This study is being conducted in men scheduled to undergo transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy (TRUSP). Traditionally prior to prostate biopsy, an antibiotic, ciprofloxacin, has been given to men to prevent…
- Trial name
- NCT01659866
- Testing
- Ciprofloxacin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, cefuroxime
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 563 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Cardiac Disease
PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF HEARTFOCUS
The study's objective is to evaluate if exams, performed with the HeartFocus software by novices, are of sufficient quality to visually analyze the left ventricular size, the left ventricular function, the right ventricular size…
- Trial name
- HF-01 (NCT05874128)
- Testing
- Using HeartFocus software with AI guidance (Novices), Using HeartFocus software without AI-guidance
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, France
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- DESKi
Knee Osteoarthritis
Comparative Usability Evaluation of Sustained Acoustic Medicine (SAM) Devices and Topical Gel for OA Knee Pain
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the usability of the ultrasound devices and common pain relief gel. The ability of the three treatment approaches to reduce pain, stiffness, and functionality as measured by NRS scale and…
- Trial name
- NCT05050448
- Testing
- Sustained Acoustic Device with 2.5% Diclofenac Patch, 1% Diclofenac Topical Gel
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ZetrOZ, Inc.
Chest Wrinkles
Evaluation of the Ulthera System for the Treatment of the Decolletage
This is prospective, multi-center clinical trial. Enrolled subjects will receive one Ulthera® treatment on the decolletage. Follow-up visits will occur at 90 and 180 days following treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT01713686
- Testing
- Ulthera System Treatment
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 129 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ulthera, Inc