Comparison of US tool with MRI in the assessment of Transplants kidney
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Comparison of advanced ultrasonography with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the assessment of transplanted kidney
IRAS ID
280683
Contact name
Mohammed Aslam
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, 2 days
Research summary
Magnetic resonance imaging is known to be an efficient diagnostic method that is clinically successful, however, like any other diagnostic tool, it suffers from several drawbacks. These shortcomings are: \n•\tTime consuming scanning duration.\n•\tMRI contraindication; metal materials within patient’s body.\n•\tSome patients may experience MRI to be an uncomfortable scan, which can produce claustrophobia.\n•\t MRI is extremely expensive type of scan. \n•\tA major drawback is in the case of using contrast enhancement, which involves injections, which is considered invasive to the patient. \n\nTherefore, if advanced ultrasound applications can promise a precise, cost-effective, convenient, and repeatable results for the follow-up of renal transplants, it would be of an extreme benefit to use ultrasound scan in monitoring kidney transplant patients rather than MRI. \n
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1
REC reference
21/NS/0023
Date of REC Opinion
26 Feb 2021
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion