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A Prospective, Cohort Study of Hyperpolarized 3He MRI in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02734368

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The purpose of this study is to determine the MRI characteristics of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease subjects both at baseline and yearly for a period of 5 years, and to correlate these biomarkers with pulmonary function tests, CT scan, 6 Minute-walk tests, and respiratory questionnaires. The central hypothesis is that quantitative assessment of the lung through magnetic resonance imaging of hyperpolarized 3He can detect early alterations in structure and function which are precursors to clinically apparent COPD and that these precursors can be used to predict progression of disease earlier and better than established clinical methods. Novel assessments using 3He MRI will lead to new information about COPD and will be critical for characterizing disease response to therapy. A secondary hypothesis is that a variety of technical improvements in the techniques of hyperpolarized gas MRI will accelerate the translation of this relatively new modality to clinical use.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02734368
Recruitment status
Terminated
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Lead sponsor
University of Pennsylvania
Other
Enrollment
53 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
40 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Jan 31, 2010
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2012
Completion
Feb 28, 2015
Last update posted
Apr 11, 2016

2010 – 2015

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104

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