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Diagnostics in Diverticulitis (DIDit)

NCT03443011 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 149

Last updated 2018-05-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study focuses on if low dose CT without intravenous contrast has a high enough specificity and sensitivity for acute diverticulitis that it can be used as the primary diagnostic method instead of a full dose CT with intravenous contrast which is the standard method in Sweden.

Conditions

  • Diverticulitis

Interventions

RADIATION

Low dose CT without intravenous contrast

participants will receive an extra radiation dosage of about 3 milli Sievert (mSv) depending on patients height and weight. This is the radiation amount from the low dose CT protocol without intravenous contrast.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centrallasarettet Västerås

    collaborator OTHER

  • Mora Hospital, Landstinget Dalarna

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Uppsala University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kenneth Smedh, Professor · Center for Clinical Reasearch Vasteras

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-19
Primary Completion
2018-01-01
Completion
2018-03-01

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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