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CEUS in Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation

NCT02104024 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 65

Last updated 2014-04-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is to investigate whether it is possible to use a special type of ultrasound scan (CEUS, Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Scan) to view the shape, assess blood supply and calculate the amount of oxygen being carried to a transplanted kidney and pancreas. We currently use a nuclear scan (Transcan) to assess this in the kidney. This is cumbersome, involves nuclear medicine and takes 45- 60 minutes to complete.

We do not routinely image the blood supply to the pancreas post-surgery, despite the most common complication post pancreas transplantation being vascular in origin. In an emergency a CT angiogram is carried out. This involves transfer of a sick patient to the CT scanner and injection of contrast which is harmful to the kidneys.

CEUS involves injection of a safe contrast prior to conducting an ultrasound scan. This can be carried out at the bed-side, provides instant results and is cheap and safe enough to do on a routine basis for all kidney and pancreas transplant recipients. Although the uses of CEUS are well recognised, it is currently not routinely used in transplantation. CEUS has been compared to other modes of imaging and has been found to be comparable/ beneficial. However, it has never been compared to Transcan. We will therefore perform CEUS on our kidney transplant recipients and compare the results to Transcan. We will also assess whether CEUS is able to visualise the blood supply to the kidney and pancreas and quantify the perfusion to the pancreas.

Conditions

  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Pancreas Transplantation

Interventions

OTHER

Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Scanning

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Manchester

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hussein A Khambalia, BMedSci, BMBS, MRCS · Manchester Royal Infirmary

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-31
Primary Completion
2014-09-30
Completion
2014-09-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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