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Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Paediatric Constipation

NCT03564249 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2019-08-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Constipation in children is a common problem. Managing these children is difficult, partly because they do not respond to laxatives and partly because their bowel problem cannot be defined. A "gut transit time" test can add information to help choose the best therapy but this is often not carried out because of the unsuitable radiation dose involved in the current methods such as X-ray. A new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) method to measure gut transit time using inert mini-capsules, the size of small pine nuts, has recently been developed.

This study is the first feasibility test of the new mini-capsules in paediatric constipation. 25 patients and 25 healthy controls will participate. The study will measure gut transit time using MRI and the mini-capsules before and after the young patients receive standard treatment.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

MiniCap

The MiniCap device consists of small, completely inert mini-capsules that, once ingested, can be imaged inside the gastrointestinal tract using MRI, thereby creating a new MRI alternative to the radiopaque marker X-ray test to measure gut transit. The MRI mini- capsules are visualised in the gut using a single fat, water, in-phase and out-of-phase scan

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Nottingham

    collaborator OTHER

  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pauline H Taylor · Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-04-15
Primary Completion
2019-06-30
Completion
2019-06-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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