Investigation of Ultrasound Elastographic Techniques in Soft Tissue Pathology

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Tissue Pathology

Treatments: Procedure: SWUE

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02086357

14845 (Other Identifier)

RD13/10834

Details and patient eligibility

About

Ultrasound (US)tissue elastography has recently been found to have a number of clinical applications in the assessment of soft tissue disease for example, in breast and thyroid pathology. There are few current studies exploring its use in musculoskeletal pathology, particularly a new technique called sheer wave ultrasound elastography (SWUE).

Magnetic Resonance (MR) elastography has shown wide reaching applications in orthopaedics, sports medicine and rheumatology and SWUE may have the potential to also demonstrate clinical effectiveness in these areas.

Our aim is to explore the effectiveness of this technique in the assessment of musculoskeletal pathology.

Participants will be recruited through current referral protocols and would undergo an additional elastographic investigation in addition to their standard US examination. This investigation will be conducted within the musculoskeletal US department at Chapel Allerton Hospital by trained musculoskeletal specialists. The study will be conducted over a period of approximately 24 months with quarterly review during this time.

Enrollment: 500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Have clinical symptoms and signs of soft tissue pathology
• Be able to give consent
• Be over 16 years of age

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to give consent
• 16years of age or less
• Multifactorial soft tissue pathology

Trial design

500 participants in 1 patient group

SWUE

Treatment:

Procedure: SWUE