Pilot Study: Safety of a Customized MRI System for Neonatal Imaging

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety of a customized MRI scanner and gather preliminary data on image quality in a group of 10 medically stable infants admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC).

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: N/A
    • Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
    • Masking: None (Open Label)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: April 2012

Detailed Description

The current practice of transferring infants from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to radiology departments and imaging in adult-sized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners is associated with significant safety and image quality issues. For these reasons, the potential of MRI for diagnosing disease in neonates has yet to be fully realized. The overreaching goal of our research effort is to bring high-performance MRI into the NICU so that neonates can benefit from the same quality of diagnostic imaging as adults. To accomplish this we have converted a commercial small-bore 1.5 Tesla (T) MRI scanner designed for orthopedic use into a neonatal MRI system optimized for whole body imaging of neonates. The purpose of this initial study is to determine the safety of the customized scanner installed in the NICU at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) and gather preliminary data on image quality in a group of 10 medically stable infants admitted to the CCHMC NICU.

Interventions

  • Device: GE OPTIMA MR430s with HDX/GE Electronics
    • MRI scan(s) for no longer than 60 minutes

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: Safety of a Customized NICU MRI System
    • Device: GE OPTIMA MR430s with HDX/GE Electronics

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Number of Participants With Adverse Events as Measured by Vital Signs, Change in Temperature, and Physical Exam
    • Time Frame: Day 1
    • Heart rate and oxygen saturation will be measured every 15+/- 5 minutes. The infants’ temperatures will be taken immediately before the MRI and again immediately after the MRI. A physical exam will be performed both immediately before and immediately after the MRI to assess for any physical changes.

Secondary Measures

  • MRI Image Quality
    • Time Frame: Post MRI Scan for Each Infant
    • The following measures will be individually evaluated and compared to similar images previously acquired on an adult scanner: Overall Study Quality, Motion, Spatial Resolution, Signal to Noise, and Contrast.

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • Any infant admitted to the NICU at CCHMC – Medically stable as per the opinion of the attending neonatologist currently on service – Parental consent obtained Exclusion Criteria:

  • Infants too large to fit in the customized NICU MRI system comfortably (expected to be infants >4.5 kg) – Standard MRI exclusion criteria as set forth by the CCHMC Division of Radiology

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: N/A

Maximum Age: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Sponsor
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Charles L Dumoulin, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

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