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Monocentric prospective study to investigate the influence of patient preparation on image quality in MRI examinations of female pelvic organs

Not Applicable
Conditions
Image quality of female pelvic organs
Registration Number
DRKS00015796
Lead Sponsor
Kantonsspital Baden Institut für Radiologie
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
78
Inclusion Criteria

Common inclusion criteria:

• full age

• if possible without claustrophobia

• agreement to participate as a proband in study

Study arm (procedure) related criteria:

Filling state of bladder (A):

- Existing bladder

- Present incontinence with capability to lie motionless on the back for 10 min with a moderately or completely filled bladder

Food abstention (B):

- No known health related issues that don’t allow for a 4h food abstention or that would cause hypoglycaemia (e.g., drugs that need to be taken in periods less than 4 hours, or diabetes with the risk of hypoglaecemia with concurrent intake of an antidiabetic drug)

- No gut relaxing medication, e.g., Buscopan, on the day of the examination

Timepoint within menstruation cycle (C):

- Proband in pre-menopausal state with existing cycle

- Willingness to state if hormon intake or contraception used, and if so, which drug

Exclusion Criteria

Common exclusion criteria:

• Known contraindications related to MRT (pacemaker, MRI unsuitable foreign material, please refer to MRT brochure)

• Pregnant women

• Intent to become pregnant during study period

• In case of high probability of unplanned pregnancy

• Women with hysterectomy

• Known or assumed non-compliance to study protocol

• Incapability of proband to understand study procedures, e.g., due to language problems, psycologic diseases, dementia, etc.

• No written consent

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Primary endpoint by procedure:<br><br>• Procedure: filling state of the bladder:<br>Endpoint: identifiability of the separating fat streak<br><br>• Procedure: food abstention:<br>Endpoint: image quality in relation to motion artefacts<br><br>• Procedure: timepoint within menstruation cycle:<br>Endpoint: change in image quality in relation to anatomy of female pelvic organs, by hormonal status
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary exploratory endpoints by procedure:<br><br>• Procedure: filling state of the bladder:<br>Endpoints:<br>- Motion artefacts<br>- Volume measurement of the filling state of the bladder -> correlation with subjective assessment of the filling state by the patient<br>- Location/position of uterus<br>- Identifiability of the ovaries<br>- Dislocation of ovaries in relation to their normal position<br><br>• Procedure: food abstention:<br>- Influence of saturation band in the fasting state<br><br>• Procedure: timepoint within menstruation cycle:<br>Endpoints:<br>- ROI measurement (ratio between signal intensity junctional zone / myometrium<br>-Thickness of endometrium by hormonal status
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