Dual-echo and Inversion Recovery Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pulse Sequences in Diagnosis of Temporomandibular Disorders. Diagnostic Accuracy Study

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Temporomandibular Joint Disorders

• Registration Number: NCT04348331
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

In the present study, investigators are going to investigate the potential of inversion recovery (fluid attenuated inversion recovery -FLAIR and short-TI Inversion Recovery -STIR) sequence images to demonstrate joint effusion, compared to T2-weighted images.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2020-04
• Study Start: 2020-04
• Study First Submitted: 2020-04-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-04-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-04-15
• Study First Posted: 2020-04-16
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-16
• Primary Completion: 2021-03
• Study Completion: 2021-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 27

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with pain related to temporomandibular joint.
• Patients with limited mouth opening.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with pain related to temporomandibular joint for less than one month duration.
• Patients with limited mouth opening for less than one month duration.
• Patients with history of TMJ surgical intervention.
• Patients with history of TMJ arthrocentesis.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Identification of temporomandibular joint effusion.	through study completion, an average of 1 year	Binary outcome measure

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Delineation of temporomandibular joint disc position.	through study completion, an average of 1 year	Descriptive measure: 10 - 12 - 2 o'clock position

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nouran Nabil Marzaban; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt