Whole-Body MRI in Suspected Victims of Abusive Head Trauma
- Conditions
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Registration Number
- NCT02309216
- Brief Summary
The purpose: to pilot whole-body MRI scanning in infants who are already getting brain MRI for suspected child abuse
Research design: prospective, blinded reading of Whole-Body MRI (WB-MRI) images during the routine care of the hospitalized infant with comparison to routine radiographic skeletal survey images
Procedures to be used: whole-body MRI images
Risks and potential benefits: no additional risk (the infant will be receiving and MRI of their brain as part of routine care, the additional images will be obtained at the same time without additional sedation); benefits to the infant include the identification of injuries which would have otherwise been missed by routine care importance of knowledge that may reasonably be expected to result: results from this study will potentially influence the use of radiographic skeletal survey and decrease the radiation exposure to infants being evaluated for suspected child abuse.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 8
- younger than 12 months
- admitted to the hospital
- getting an MRI for suspected abusive head trauma
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method MRI findings of skeletal injuries, soft tissue injuries or visceral injuries During hospitalization; MRI will typically be obtained on hospitalization day #2 Whole Body MRI images will be read by a masked pediatric radiologist and compared with findings obtained by routine imaging and clinical evaluation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
🇺🇸Houston, Texas, United States