Evaluation of a new MRI sequence in patients with cysticercus infection in brai
Phase 1
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: B690- Cysticercosis of central nervous system
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/02/023575
- Lead Sponsor
- CARING MAHAJAN IMAGING
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Fifty patients with a fresh diagnosis of neurocysticercosis will be enrolled in this study. The patients will undergo a routine standard of care of MRI followed by MD-dMR. Follow up scans will be performed at 6 months and 12 months interval in these patients. The differences in the findings on MD-dMR between lesions developing calcifications and those healing by gliosis will be analyzed.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The study will contribute to development of a prognosis predictor model by using multidimensional diffusion weighted sequences.Timepoint: 2 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The differences in the findings on MD-dMR between patients developing calcifications and those not developing calcifications will be analysed for statistical significanceTimepoint: 2 years