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Swedish Age Assessment Study

NCT03242811 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 958

Last updated 2018-06-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

It is important that asylum seekers should have as accurate age assessment as possible and that children's fundamental rights are met by choosing methods based on best available knowledge. The aim is to provide, on the basis of best available knowledge, suggestions for methods of medical age assessment of whether a person is over or under 18 years of age.

The primary issue is to investigate whether five selected growth zones in knee joint, ankle and wrist individually or in combination can better determine the 18-year limit compared with previous research.

Conditions

  • Age Determination by Skeleton

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

MRI scan of knee, ankle and wrist

At the day of the intervention, the subject is informed about the study by a nurse and provides written informed consent. Girls must leave urine tests to rule out pregnancy. The questionnaire for the study is answered by the subject and weight and length are measured. The subject is asked to self-assess his/her puberty. After detailed information on how a magnetic camera examination is carried out, an examination of five selected growth zones (knee joint, ankle joint including heel leg and wrist) is performed using 1.5 Tesla magnetic camera with dedicated cartilage sequence.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Blekinge Institute of Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Karolinska Institutet

    collaborator OTHER

  • Berit Larsson

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sandra Diaz, MD, PhD · Karolinska Institutet

  • Johan Sanmartin Berglund, MD, PhD · Blekinge Institute of Technology

  • Carl-Erik Flodmark, MD, PhD · Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-06-16
Primary Completion
2018-04-30
Completion
2018-04-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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