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Rectal Gas Removal Through Small Catheter Placement Prior to MRI of the Prostate

NCT03987737 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 46

Last updated 2019-06-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The presence of rectal gas can cause distortion at air-tissue interfaces on diffusion-weighted images (DWI) of prostate MRI and reduce image quality due to these susceptibility artifacts. Small catheter placement in the rectum before MRI is one of the ways that is advocated in PI-RADS v2 guidelines to reduce rectal gas. The goal of this study is to prospectively evaluate the effect of small catheter placement on artifacts on diffusion weighted images and to see whether it improves diagnostic accuracy.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

small urinary catheter placement in the rectum

The MRI technician will place a small urinary catheter in the rectum prior to MRI of the prostate to evacuate excessive gasses. This catheter will stay in the rectum during the whole MRI examination.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cindy Mai, MD · University Hospital Leuven, Department of Radiology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-08-31
Primary Completion
2019-10-31
Completion
2020-10-31

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