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Magnetic Resonance (MR) in Asthmatic Patients

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00188487
Recruitment Status : Suspended (no funding)
First Posted : September 16, 2005
Last Update Posted : April 23, 2007
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University Health Network, Toronto

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
Asthma is a disease of small airways. Affected areas have reduced lung ventilation causing reflex vasoconstriction. MR perfusion imaging of the lungs is a sensitive method of imaging zonal lung perfusion.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Asthma Device: magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the thorax Phase 1

Detailed Description:
A cohort of 70 Asthmatic Patients and 10 controls, both sets of subjects have HRCT, MRI/A of the Thorax, and Pulmonary Function Tests to correlate the degree of pulmonary dysfunction with findings on imaging tests.

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Enrollment : 80 participants
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
Official Title: MR Perfusion Imaging in Asthmatic Patients
Study Start Date : September 2005
Study Completion Date : December 2005

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MedlinePlus related topics: Asthma

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Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. The correlation of MR lung perfusion analysis with computed tomography (CT) findings and pulmonary function tests

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Ages Eligible for Study:   16 Years and older   (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All asthmatic patients are eligible.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients in whom MRI is contraindicated
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00188487


Locations
Canada, Ontario
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sponsors and Collaborators
University Health Network, Toronto
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Narinder Paul, FRCP C University Health Network, Toronto
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00188487     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 05-0174
First Posted: September 16, 2005    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: April 23, 2007
Last Verified: April 2007