Pilot Study of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Transplanted Kidney

NCT ID: NCT01883583

Last Updated: 2013-11-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

10 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-06-30

Study Completion Date

2015-12-31

Brief Summary

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To check the possibility of the acquisition of a number of parameters through real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound and sonoelastography images and to verify the correlation with pathologic results from ultrasound guided biopsy of transplanted kidney

Detailed Description

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To check the possibility of the acquisition of a number of parameters through real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound and sonoelastography images and to verify the correlation with pathologic results from ultrasound guided biopsy of transplanted kidney.

Ten patients scheduled to perform ultrasound guided biopsy of transplanted kidney will be enrolled. The patients who have previous medical history of cardiac problem or who do not recover renal function over three days after graft surgery will be excluded.

Before ultrasound guided biopsy of transplanted kidney, we will perform conventional, Sonoelastography and real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound using Sonovue for acquisition of parameters and data, respectively. We will check the possibility of the acquisition of a number of parameters through real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound and sonoelastography images using analyzing program (VueBox, Bracco, Swiss). And we will verify the correlation of acquired data and parameters with pathologic results from ultrasound guided biopsy of transplanted kidney.

From perfusion images, several regions of interest (ROIs) will be marked including main renal artery, segmental artery and renal medulla. A number of time-intensity curves (TICs) are acquired from ROIs using VueBox.

The parameters acquired from time intensity curve (TIC) (i.e. arrival time, mean transit time, time to peak, basal intensity, peak intensity, area under curve, slope rate of ascending and descending curves), the date acquired from spectral Doppler ultrasound (i.e. restive index, pulsatility index) and Values of shear wave velocities of the several regions of interest acquired from Sonoelastography will be analyzed to find statistical significance in assessment of allograft nephropathy such as acute rejection or chronic allograft nephropathy.

Pathologic conditions such as acute rejection may show the decrease in arrival time, peak intensity, area under curve suggesting total blood flow and accelerating slope rate, compared with non-pathologic condition.

Conditions

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Transplant; Failure, Kidney

Keywords

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Ultrasound Perfusion Imaging Elasticity Imaging Techniques Kidney Transplantation Graft Rejection Chronic allograft nephropathy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Pilot group

Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound And Sonoelastography of transplanted kidney will be performed for acquisition of a number of parameters and time-intensity curves, before ultrasound guided biopsy of transplanted kidney.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound And Sonoelastography

Intervention Type DEVICE

Before ultrasound guided biopsy of transplanted kidney, we will perform conventional, Sonoelastography and real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound using Sonovue for acquisition of parameters and data, respectively.

Interventions

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Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound And Sonoelastography

Before ultrasound guided biopsy of transplanted kidney, we will perform conventional, Sonoelastography and real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound using Sonovue for acquisition of parameters and data, respectively.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 1)Patients to perform ultrasound guided biopsy of transplanted kidney

Exclusion Criteria

* 1)Patients to have the medical histories of heart such as acute failure, arrhythmia, ischemia, infarction and angioplasty 2)Patients to show poor graft function which does not recovery within three days after transplantation
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Seoul National University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jeong Yeon Cho

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jeong Yeon Cho, Professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital

Locations

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Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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South Korea

Central Contacts

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Jeong Yeon Cho, Professor

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 82-2-2072-3074

Email: [email protected]

Sang Youn Kim, Professor

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 82-2-2072-3321

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Jeong Yeon Cho, Professor

Role: primary

Sang Youn Kim, Professor

Role: backup

Other Identifiers

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SeoulNUH-rad2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id