Laser-based Photoacoustic Tomography of Human Inflammatory Arthritis

NCT ID
NCT00748254
Registry status
Recruiting
Study type
Observational
Sponsor
University of Michigan
Conditions
Arthritis, Rheumatoid

Overview

ClinicalTrials.gov lists this study as Recruiting.

Enrollment: 113 participants (Estimated).

What is being studied

  • Intervention: Chemistry Techniques, Analytical
  • Intervention: High-Energy Shock Waves
  • Intervention: Investigative Techniques
  • Procedure: laser based photoacoustic tomography, MRI, ultrasound
  • Procedure: Laser Based Photoacoustic Tomography, MRI, Ultrasound
  • Intervention: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Intervention: Physical Phenomena
  • Intervention: Radiation
  • Intervention: Radiation, Nonionizing
  • Intervention: Sound
  • Intervention: Spectrum Analysis
  • Intervention: Ultrasonic Waves

Who may be eligible

Ages
18 Years to no maximum
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers accepted
Yes

ClinicalTrials.gov lists the following eligibility criteria.

Inclusion Criteria: * Men and women 18 years of age or older can participate in this study. * Patients can participate in this study if they have had rheumatoid arthritis for more than 2 years and their rheumatologist has referred them to this study. * Patients can participate as a healthy volunteer with a known history of rheumatoid arthritis. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients, who have electrically, magnetically or mechanically activated implants such as heart pacemaker, magnetic surgical clips, prostheses or implanted neurological stimulator. * Pregnant patients. * Patients who is claustrophobic. * Patients with impaired renal function cannot participate in this study such as elevate creatinine clearance, patients on kidney dialysis etc. * Patients with shock hypotension or unstable low blood pressure. * Patients with Rhabdomyolysis. * Patients who have had a contrast enhanced (with gadolinium) MRA (magnetic resonance angiography)/ or MRI within the last 3 months. (Contrast is a medication injected into a vein during a imaging examination that helps produce clearer images/pictures).

Study locations

1 study location is listed.

Recruiting site status is explicitly provided for 1 location; 1 is listed as Recruiting.

Countries: United States

  • Michigan, United States: 1

Sample of listed locations

  • Universtity of Michigan Health System — Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States — Recruiting

Study details

Start date
December 1, 2011
Primary completion date
January 1, 2027
Completion date
January 1, 2027
First posted
September 8, 2008
Collaborators
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

Source and update information

Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
NCT ID
NCT00748254
Registry last updated
January 23, 2026
QualifiedStudies registry data refreshed
October 2, 2026
QualifiedStudies record fetched
October 2, 2026

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