Reproducibility of qualitative, semi quantitative and quantitative DCE- MR Imaging in the knee.
- Conditions
- chronic inflammatory arthritisrheumatoid arthritis1000381610013361
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON30767
- Lead Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 15
Inclusion Criteria
RA-patients: artritis of a knee joint
Healthy volunteers: none
Exclusion Criteria
RA-patients : claustrofobia, known allergy to gadolineum contrast agent
Healty volunteers: 1)history of joint disease 2)claustrofobia, known allergy to gadolineum contrast agent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>DCE-MRI scans obtained at the two time points will be scored according to the<br /><br>omeract RAMRIS score by DCE-MR color coded shape mapping and by compartmental<br /><br>analysis (quantitative analysis) (appendix B).<br /><br>Correlation between the two time points will be evaluated by the Spearman*s<br /><br>rank correlation coefficient. In addition the change in mean, within patient<br /><br>standard deviation, within patient coefficient of variation and the<br /><br>repeatability will be determined.<br /><br>Differences between healthy individuals and arthritis patients will be<br /><br>evaluated to determine the basal level of enhancement</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>not applicable</p><br>