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Diffusion MRI and Growth Plate Injuries: Pilot Study

NCT01774539 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2016-06-13

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Summary

Children who suffer fractures to the growth plates (physes) of their bones are at risk for premature growth arrest which can lead to long term complications. There is currently no technique to predict who is at risk of growth arrest following a physeal injury. The investigators aim to determine if diffusion MRI (an imaging method to analyze tissue properties) can effectively pick up differences between a healthy growth plate and an injured one. This would allow orthopaedics surgeons to predict which injuries are at a higher risk of growth arrest, so earlier interventions can be done in the orthopaedic clinic.

Conditions

  • Fracture

Interventions

OTHER

Diffusion MRI

Each subject will undergo one diffusion MRI scan to identify characteristics of their physes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Firoz Miyanji, MD, FRCSC · University of British Columbia

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-02-28
Completion
2017-02-28

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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