Validation of Low Dose CT for Diagnosis of Urolithiasis

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Ureterolithiases; Nephrolithiasis

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Extremely low dose CT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03656913

2018-5183

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators have developed an extremely low dose renal computed tomography (CT) protocol that on preliminary testing has an effective dose in the range of a single view abdominal radiograph. The investigators plan to test this exam in patients with known or suspected urolithiasis undergoing clinically indicated CT.

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 20 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pediatric and young adult patients (ages 4 to <21 years)
• Known or suspected urolithiasis
• Undergoing clinically indicated CT of the abdomen/pelvis

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• Prior enrollment in the same study (no patient will be enrolled more than once)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 1 patient group

Study Group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will receive both the clinically indicated and extremely low dose CT exams

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Extremely low dose CT