Status:
COMPLETED
Translational Development of Photon-counting CT Imaging
Lead Sponsor:
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Conditions:
Cancer
Inflammatory Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Using an investigational CT scanner which uses a new type of detector to capture X-rays, (a photon counting CT detector), the goal of this experimental study is to compare conventional CT images to CT...
Detailed Description
NIH develops new imaging techniques as one of its priorities for accelerating science, including methods for non-invasive patient assessments. Computed tomographic (CT) imaging is a mainstay of diagno...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- NIH patients currently on an NIH research protocol who are referred to RAD\&IS for CT examination as part of that research protocol
- 18 years old or greater
- Able to understand and sign informed consent
- EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Studies that specifically require simultaneous dual source CT scan capability or where dual source CT scan is requested
- Studies ordered for an emergency indication
- Pregnant women. Subjects of child-bearing potential will undergo serum or urine pregnancy testing within 72 hours before examination. Post-menopausal and surgically sterilized subjects are automatically exempt from this testing
- Lactating women who are unable to stop breast feeding for 24 hours following the administration of contrast
- Body weight \>500 lbs (227 kg) or a body circumference that prevents the study subject from lying flat in the scanner
- Patients who have undergone PCCT examination within the past year.
- Any contraindications that the research team identifies from the subject, RAD\&IS CT questionnaires, and/or History and Assessment
- Employees or staff supervised by the Principal Investigator or an Associate will not be recruited to participate
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 18 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
67 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03878134
Start Date
October 1 2019
End Date
January 18 2022
Last Update
November 1 2023
Active Locations (1)
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892