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Clinical Trials/NCT00876629
NCT00876629CompletedNot Applicable

Renal MR Elastography: Normal Findings and Variability of Stiffness Measurements

Hospices Civils de Lyon1 site in 1 country10 target enrollmentStarted: March 1, 2009Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Enrollment
10
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Variability of stiffness measurement (on repeat examination)

Study Overview

Brief Summary

MR Elastography is a new technique aimed at non-invasively measuring the stiffness of tissues. It has recently given interesting results in the assessment of liver fibrosis.

The objectives of the current study are:

  1. to develop an imaging protocol for MR Elastography of the kidneys;
  2. To calculate the stiffness of normal kidneys;
  3. To evaluate the variability of the measurements of kidney stiffness by repeating the procedure twice on the same volunteers.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Na
Intervention Model
Single Group
Primary Purpose
Diagnostic
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • •Age between 18 and 40
  • •Signed informed consent form
  • •Insured by the French Social Security

Exclusion Criteria

  • •Pregnancy
  • •Personal or familial history of kidney disease
  • •Hypertension
  • •Contraindication to MRI

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Variability of stiffness measurement (on repeat examination)

Time Frame: 2 months

Normal kidney stiffness (measured from MRE data)

Time Frame: 2 months

Secondary Outcomes

  • Percentage of partial and total technical failures(2 months)
  • Tolerance of the procedure(2 months)
  • Quality criteria of stiffness measurements (area of the ROIs used for measurement, mean induced displacement measured in the ROIs)(2 months)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other

Study Sites (1)

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