Status:
RECRUITING
Shear Wave Elastography for Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques
Lead Sponsor:
UPECLIN HC FM Botucatu Unesp
Conditions:
Carotid Atherosclerosis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The goal of this prospective diagnostic accuracy cohort study is to compare the accuracy of carotid atherosclerotic plaques stiffness assessed by shear wave elastography (SWE) with greyscale median va...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with atherosclerotic carotid plaques that develop stenosis superior to 50%.
Exclusion
- Previous cervical surgery;
- Previous cervical radiotherapy;
- Stenosis caused by vascular inflammatory diseases;
- Pregnant women;
- High carotid bifurcation (inaccessible by vascular ultrasound linear probe);
- Posterior acoustic shadowing that impair morphological evaluation of the plaque.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2023
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
43 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06214429
Start Date
March 1 2023
End Date
December 31 2025
Last Update
April 6 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Sao Paulo State University
Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil, 18618-970