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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00972946
Date of registration: 07/09/2009
Primary sponsor: University of Edinburgh
Public title: Cell Tracking Using Superparamagnetic Particles of Iron Oxide (SPIO) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - A Pilot Study
Scientific title: The Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Superparamagnetic Particles of Iron Oxide in Cardiovascular Disease - a Pilot Study in Healthy Volunteers
Date of first enrolment: September 2009
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00972946
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic  
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:   Jennifer MJ Richards, MBChB BSc MRCS
Address: 
Telephone: 0131 242 3621
Email: jenny.richards@ed.ac.uk
Affiliation: 
Name:   David E Newby
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  University of Edinburgh
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Healthy volunteers

- Age >18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnancy

- Contraindication to MRI scanning (detected by safety questionnaire) including severe
claustrophobia

- Inability or refusal to give informed consent

- Renal or hepatic dysfunction

- HIV/hepatitis B/ hepatitis C/ HTLV/ syphilis

- Intercurrent illness

- Blood dyscrasias



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Healthy Volunteer
Intervention(s)
Biological: Administration of autologous Endorem-labelled mononuclear cells intravenously
Drug: Administration of Endorem
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in signal intensity in the region of interest on MRI scanning [Time Frame: 0 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours, 5-7 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2007/R/CAR/15.2
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Translational Medicine Research Collaboration
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