NCT03877900

A Feasibility Study of Virtopsy With Tissue Sampling in Besancon University Hospital

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Month
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this project is to assess the feasibility of a new local post mortem procedure at Besançon University Hospital : Virtopsy+, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with tissue sampling of the fetus and newborns.

Detailed description

Minimally invasive autopsy is an alternative for conventional autopsy including post mortem magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and tissues samplings. Because of the raise of parental refusal of autopsy, we intend to assess the local feasibility of a minimally invasive autopsy approach using post mortem MR imaging of fetuses and newborns in order to detect the major pathological abnormalities and/or to determinate the cause of death.

Conditions

• Stillbirth and Fetal Death
• Termination of Pregnancy
• Neonatal Death

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-02-28
• Primary completion: 2020-03-06
• Completion: 2020-03-06
• First posted: 2019-03-18
• Last updated: 2020-10-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France