central airways and lung volume assessment by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in childre
- Conditions
- 1003868610010613astma cystic fibrosis
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 36
•Age between 8 - 18 years;
• Clinical diagnosis of CF confirmed by a positive sweat test or two CF-related mutations OR
• Clinical diagnosis of asthma as confirmed by treating physician OR;
• Healthy child as determined by no history of respiratory disease or congenital deformities.
• Ability to perform lung function tests.
• Written informed consent from parents/caregivers
•Inability to follow instructions of the investigator
•Claustrophobia
•Any clinical condition which, according to the treating physician, might put the patient at risk
•For CF patients: respiratory tract infection requiring IV antibiotics in the last 4 weeks
•For asthma patients: exacerbation requiring a course of oral corticosteroids in the last 4 weeks
any question answered with YES on the MRI questionnaire on contra indications
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method