Clinical trials: Ultrasound Assessment
Bone Metastases
ExAblate Conformal Bone System Treatment of Metastatic Bone Tumors for the Palliation of Pain
A study to evaluate the safety and initial effectiveness of the ExAblate 2100 Conformal Bone System in the treatment of pain resulting from metastatic bone tumors.
- Trial name
- NCT00981578
- Testing
- ExAblate 2100
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- InSightec
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
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Assessment of Therapeutic Response of Tofacitinib in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
This proposal will evaluate if musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) measures or multi-biomarker disease activity (MBDA) improve in patients treated with tofacitinib over 3 months, and whether early MSUS measures/MBDA can predict…
- Trial name
- NCT02321930
- Testing
- tofacitinib 5mg po bid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Malignant Solid Tumor, Lymphomas
Safety and Pharmacokinetic Study of RRx-001 in Cancer Subjects
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetic profile of RRx-001 for injection in subjects with advanced solid tumors or lymphomas for which there are no currently accepted curative therapies.
- Trial name
- DINAMIC (NCT01359982)
- Testing
- RRx-001
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- EpicentRx, Inc.
Acute Spinal Cord Injury
tSCI Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Study
Patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) often suffer from spinal cord swelling inside the thecal sac, which contains the spinal cord and surrounding fluid, leading to increased pressure on the spinal cord tissue and…
- Trial name
- NCT04056988
- Testing
- Perflutren Lipid Microsphere
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Abscess
Emergency Bedside Ultrasound for Pediatric Soft Tissue Infections
The purpose of this study is to determine if soft tissue infections in pediatric patients can be more accurately diagnosed (i.e.
- Trial name
- NCT00595881
- Testing
- Bedside emergency ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Necrotizing Enterocolitis of Newborn, Bowel Ischemic
CEUS Evaluation of Bowel Perfusion in Necrotizing Enterocolitis
There is no bedside imaging technique that can quantify dynamic bowel perfusion with high soft tissue contrast and sensitivity in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
- Trial name
- NCT03549507
- Testing
- Sulfur hexafluoride lipid-type A microspheres
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Giant Cell Arteritis
Validation of a Diagnostic Algorithm of Giant Cell Arteritis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA or temporal arteritis or cranial arteritis) or Horton disease is a vasculitis that occurs in older adults, affecting vessels of medium and large caliber.
- Trial name
- ECHORTON (NCT02703922)
- Testing
- color Doppler ultrasound and TAB in case of CDU negative
- Where
- 6 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 165 people
- Sponsor
- Poitiers University Hospital
Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Right Ventricular Dysfunction
A Post-Marketing Study for On Label Evaluation of the GE Vscan Ultrasound Imaging System
This study is to collect data and learn more about the Vscan Ultrasound Imaging System. It is an "observational" study with no additional procedures or intervention prescribed other than using the Vscan along with a routine…
- Conditions
- Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Right Ventricular Dysfunction, Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Valve Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT01076296
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- GE Healthcare
Congenital Heart Defects
Use of Color Doppler in Routine Examination of Fetal Heart in Second Trimester
To evaluate the percentage of severe heart defect diagnosed with the use of color Doppler at a routine fetal scan in the second trimester of pregnancy
- Trial name
- NCT01201486
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 6,781 people
- Sponsor
- Helse Stavanger HF
Low Back Pain
Osteopathic Health Outcomes in Chronic Low Back Pain (OSTEOPATHIC) Trial
The purpose of this study is to determine whether osteopathic manipulative treatment (a type of spinal manipulative therapy used by osteopathic physicians) and ultrasound physical therapy are effective in the treatment of chronic…
- Trial name
- NCT00315120
- Testing
- A. Active OMT and active UST
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 455 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Texas Health Science Center
Heart Failure
Handheld Ultrasound Evaluation of the Inferior Vena Cava to Guide Heart Failure Treatment
The purpose of this study is to see if using a portable handheld ultrasound to guide diuretic therapy for heart failure patients will prevent hospital readmissions.
- Trial name
- NCT01962688
- Testing
- Handheld ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Essential Tremor
ExAblate Transcranial MR Guided Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Essential Tremors
The objective of this prospective, randomized, double-blind (to subjects, local site's blinded assessor and Tremor Core Lab assessors), crossover, multi-site, two-arm study (ExAblate treated arm Vs ExAblate Sham treated control…
- Trial name
- NCT01827904
- Testing
- Transcranial ExAblate
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Canada and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- InSightec
Peripheral Artery Disease
Evaluation of Imaging of Peripheral Arteries by Optical Coherence Tomography and Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging
A non inferiority trial to determine the capability of optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging to show vessel morphology in comparison to imaging provided by intravascular ultrasound imaging (IVUS).
- Trial name
- SCAN (NCT03480685)
- Testing
- IVUS and OCT Imaging
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Avinger, Inc.
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients on Adalimumab to Evaluate Its Effect on Synovitis Using Ultrasonography in an Egyptian Population
This Post-Marketing Observational Study (PMOS) was conducted to assess the effectiveness of adalimumab on reducing synovitis (inflammation of the synovial membrane, which lines movable synovial joints, such as shoulders, elbows…
- Trial name
- NCT01782469
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- AbbVie (prior sponsor, Abbott)
Labor Pain
Assessment of the Use of Ultrasound for Epidural Catheter Placement and Comparison With Palpation Technique
This study is intended to determine whether ultrasound imaging can improve the ability to place a spinal or epidural needle in obstetric anesthesia.
- Trial name
- NCT02271100
- Testing
- ultrasound guidance, palpation guidance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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
Heart Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases
Trial Evaluating New Strategy in the Functional Assessment of 3-vessel Disease Using SYNTAXII Score in Patients With PCI
Clinical study that aims to evaluate a new strategy using the SYNTAX II Score calculator in the functional assessment of patients with new coronary 3-vessel-disease who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
- Conditions
- Heart Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, 3 Vessel Coronary Artery Disease
- Trial name
- NCT02015832
- Testing
- Coronary stent, Multi Slice Computed Tomography, instantaneous wave-free ratio
- Where
- 22 sites in Netherlands, Poland and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 454 people
- Sponsor
- ECRI bv
Uterine Fibroids
Safety Study of ExAblate for the Treatment of Uterine Fibroids
The objective of this Phase IV study is to evaluate the safety of the ExAblate treatment of uterine fibroids using the enhanced sonication techniques, based on the current commercially-approved treatment guidelines.
- Trial name
- NCT01142791
- Testing
- ExAblate
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 121 people
- Sponsor
- InSightec
Contraception
Can SIS Using Air Bubbles Replace HSG for Fallopian Tubal Patency After Essure Placement
The study evaluates whether saline infused sonography (SIS) with directed air bubbles for hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography (HyCoSy) is as good as or better than X-ray hysterosalpingography (HSG) for determining whether…
- Trial name
- HyCoSy (NCT02628873)
- Testing
- HyCoSy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Wright State University