NCT02190344

Functionality of an 8-Channel Paddle Coil for Use With MRI

Study to Evaluate the Functionality of an Eight-Channel Paddle Coil System Using MRI

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of this study is to determine the functionality of an eight-channel paddle coil system which is to be used in future MRI studies.

Detailed description

Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy among men and the second leading cause of cancer death in men. Currently, MRI is the best imaging modality for both detecting prostate cancer and determining the presence of extra-prostatic extension. Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance, combining T2-weighted, diffusion-weighted and dynamic contrast enhanced imaging (DCE-MRI) is recommended as the minimum acceptable standard for prostate MRI examination. However, MPMRI still lacks diagnostic accuracy in the transition zone, where distinguishing cancer from proliferative nodules has proven difficult. DCE-MRI techniques evaluate the time course of signal intensities after administration of a contrast medium and have been used to successfully differentiate benign from malignant tumours, particularly in breast and prostate cancer. Unfortunately, current DCE approaches have high false-positive rates and are limited in distinguishing prostatitis and vascularized BPH nodules from cancer in active surveillance studies. Future studies that employ spectroscopic MR imaging of the prostate after administration of Hyperpolarized (13C) Pyruvate Injection, are expected to provide a robust, non-invasive method to assist in detecting and characterizing prostate cancer. The objective of this study is to determine the functionality of an eight-channel paddle coil system which is to be used in future Hyperpolarized (13C) Pyruvate Injection studies.

Conditions

• Prostate in Healthy Males

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	8-channel paddle coil	MRI Coil

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-06-01
• Primary completion: 2016-06-01
• Completion: 2016-06-01
• First posted: 2014-07-15
• Last updated: 2019-04-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada