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NCT Number: NCT00721929

Lipid-poor Adrenal Masses: Evaluation With Chemical Shift MRI

The purpose of this study is to determine if certain MRI sequences can accurately diagnose adrenal masses of unknown origin.

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Key information

Conditions

Adrenal Gland Disease Adrenal Gland Diseases Endocrine System Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients can participate in this study if they are 18 years of age or older and if they have had a Cat Scan (CT scan) performed with and without contrast media (medication given intravenously to enhance the CT images) or if patients are scheduled to have a CT scan performed and if the reason their physician ordered the CT is because they have an adrenal mass of an unknown type.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients, who have electrically, magnetically or mechanically activated implants such as heart pacemaker, magnetic surgical clips, prostheses or implanted neurological stimulator.
  • Pregnant patients or patients who are lactating.
  • A patient who is claustrophobic and would require sedation to complete the MRI exam.

Treatment and study plan

MRI

Procedure

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Primary outcomes

  1. Diagnosis of either benign or malignant adrenal mass on pathology

    Time frame: 0-6 months

    definitive diagnosis of adrenal mass

Secondary outcomes

  1. stability of growth of mass on follow up imaging

    Time frame: 3-24 months

    evidence for benign or malignant mass based on assessment of stability or growth

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Michigan

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2003
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2012
First posted
Jul 25, 2008
Registry last updated
Dec 6, 2012

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