Primovist enhanced MRI for the detection and evaluation of focal liver lesions
- Conditions
- focal liver lesionfocal liver tumor10019815
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON33584
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 125
1) Suspicion of focal liver lesions, both benign and malignant
2) Age > 18 years
- clinical query on liver MRI chart directed to other liver disease than focal liver lesions like cirrhosis, hepatitis or liver abces
- previous liver surgery
- a pacemaker
- administration of a liver specific contrast agent within 2 weeks prior to the first MRI with Primovist
- claustrophobia
- hypersensitivity to active substance or any of the recipients of Gd-EOB-DTPA contrast
- caution should be exercised in patients with clinically severe cardiovascular disease. myocardial infarction, uncontrolled hypertensia, instable angina pectoris, congestive hert failure, uncontrolled arhythmia's requiring medication
- severe kidney failure (creatinin clearance <30ml/min)
- pregnancy or lactating women
- high plasma concentration of rifampicin (inhbitor of Gd-EOB-DTPA uptake)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The main study parameters are sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive<br /><br>value for the detection and characterization of focal liver lesions</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Sensitivity and specificity for the detection of hypo- and hypervascular lesions<br /><br>Sensitivity and specificity for the characterization between benign and<br /><br>malignant lesions<br /><br><br /><br>Difference in ADC-value between benign and malignant lesions </p><br>