Claustrophobia and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CLAUSTRO)

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status: Completed

Conditions: Claustrophobia

Treatments: Device: Open MRI scanner.; Device: Closed MRI scanner.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00715806

EA1/020/08

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the study is to determine the ability of open magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to reduce claustrophobic reactions, thereby enabling more examinations of severely anxious patients. The investigators hypothesize that anxiety-based claustrophobia that prevents MR examinations without sedation can be reduced using an open MR scanner design thereby improving clinical management of those patients.

Enrollment: 174 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Severely anxious patients with reported claustrophobia during MRI or with the inability to undergo MR examinations on conventional scanners
• Clinical indication for MR imaging of the head, spine, or shoulder.

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindication to MR imaging (shrapnells, pacemakers, certain unsafe implants)
• Age below 18 years

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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174 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Open MRI scanner.

2

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Closed MRI scanner.