Dermal Profile Analysis Using the NMR-MOUSE
- Conditions
- Exposure to Magnetic FieldHypotension During DialysisDisturbance; Balance, Fluid
- Interventions
- Device: Dermal nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-profile measurement
- Registration Number
- NCT02934009
- Lead Sponsor
- RWTH Aachen University
- Brief Summary
The determination of fluid status in dialysis patients is a major clinical problem. In this study the NMR-MOUSE is used to determine if it can be used to non-invasively determine hydration status of the skin. This evaluation will be performed in dialysis patients and healthy volunteers.
- Detailed Description
Excretion of urine is impaired in terminal chronic kidney disease patients often requiring dialysis. Fluid management of dialysis patients is solely based on body weight differences before and after dialysis. Patients can suffer from either hypotension if too much fluid is eliminated by dialysis or from fluid-overload symptom (e.g. shortness of breath, edema) if not enough fluid is eliminated.
In this study a mobile non-invasive NMR-MOUSE setup (a nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurement) is used to measure the hydration status of the skin.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 31
- Age 18-80
- Dialysis
- ability to perform NMR-measurement
- Eligibility to sign informed consent
- signed informed consent
- implanted cardiac device
- implanted cranial device
- implanted cochlea device
- intrauterine device
- other metallic implants
- tattoo, any skin disease or scars from surgery (in the area of measurement)
- previous skin treatment with cosmetics (of any kind) 24 hours prior to measurement
- wearing of earrings, piercings or hearings-aids during measurement
- participation in other clinical trials 30 days prior to participation in the SHN study
- no written informed consent
- any conditions, as determined by the examiner, that excludes the patient from participation in the study
- subjects with legal guardian
- pregnancy or lactation (a possible pregnancy of a participant before menopause will be excluded before inclusion in the study)
- subjects under employment or with any relation to the the sponsor or the investigator
- participation in any other study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Dialysis patients Dermal nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-profile measurement In this group dialysis patients are measured by NMR-Mobile Universal Surface Explorer® (NMR-Mouse) during their routine dialysis sessions. After a 5 min rest period the arm of the patients is placed onto the NMR-Mouse and measured before the beginning of dialysis. The arm examined is not the shunt arm. The area selected should not display any signs of skin disease or scars from previous surgeries. After the dialysis the same area is measured again in a second measurement. The measurement will be repeated on three different days with each patient. Healthy volunteers Dermal nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-profile measurement In this group "kidney-healthy" volunteers will be examined by NMR-Mobile Universal Surface Explorer® (NMR-Mouse) at three different days. The right/left arm or leg will be used for repeated measurement. Altogether 2 measurements per day are reformed in order to evaluate the reproducibility and variability.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Measurement of the diffusion coefficient D [m²/s] by NMR-MOUSE in dialysis patients and healthy volunteers 30 minutes The skin will be subjected to a weak magnetic field (B0). The transversal relaxation time T2 \[in s\] will be measured stepwise in mm (millimeter) profiles for up to 16 mm depth in the skin. From the different measurements per profile of the skin a diffusion coefficient D \[m²/s\] will be calculated, which changes dependent on the hydration status of the skin.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Safety and Tolerability] of NMR-Mouse dermal measurement 30 minutes The overall number of participants with treatment-related adverse events during the study will be investigated.
Time needed for NMR-Mouse dermal measurement 30 minutes The overall time needed to measure each participant of the study will be documented.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University Hospital of RWTH Aachen, Department of Medicine II
🇩🇪Aachen, NRW, Germany