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MR Imaging of Prostatic Calcifications

NCT03625336 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL

Last updated 2020-10-19

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Summary

Prostate calcifications can limit evaluation of the prostate due to artifact on MRI, and can limit therapy by blocking therapeutic ultrasound. There is definite need to develop and validate MR imaging techniques to visualize focal calcifications, especially for focal therapy planning and monitoring. It will obviate need for CT correlation, help in focal ablation modality selection and give true relative location of the calcification vis-à-vis visualized tumor without need for fusion. Imaging calcifications and evaluation of their effect on high energy ultrasound will help us define clinically significant calcifications. It is also the first step in development of techniques to mitigate effect of calcifications on therapeutic ultrasound. Multiple promising MR sequences are available for possible evaluation of the prostate and this study looks to evaluate the ability of those MRI sequences at detecting and accurately quantifying prostatic calcifications compared to CT, the current gold standard.

Conditions

  • Prostate Calcification

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

MRI

An MRI will be obtained utilizing 3 different MRI sequences

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Janesh Lakhoo, MD · Resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-30
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2021-02-28

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