Evaluation of Coronary Artery Calcification Using Gated Stationary Chest Tomosynthesis

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Coronary Artery Disease

In brief

The purpose of this study is to propose a new method for evaluating coronary artery calcium scores (CACS) in individuals with coronary artery disease.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03169062

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

10

Starts

2017-06-26

Expected to finish

2019-04-10

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age range: ≥18 years of age
• Intermediate Framingham Risk Score of 10 to 20% risk over the next 10 years
• Previous non-contrast enhanced chest CT in a time frame that will accommodate experimental imaging (CG-SDCT) within 4 weeks. This imaging may have already been completed at the time of enrollment or may be scheduled in the future at the time of enrollment.
• IRB written informed consent obtained and signed Exclusion Criteria
• Negative urine pregnancy test in women of child-bearing potential (WCBP) within 1 week prior to s-DCT.

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to provide consent
• Pregnant or lactating
• BMI > 33 (Patient who may not fit on a 35 x 35 detector) (Images are not clear on subjects who have a greater than 33 BMI)
• Previous history of MI or thoracic surgery.
• Disability that could interfere with the scanning process, non-ambulatory or unable to hold their breath for up to 30 seconds.
• Planned procedures or therapies in between non-contrast CT scan and study Chest tomosynthesis scan, e.g., line placement in the chest region, biopsy, etc.

Where it is running

• University of North Carolina of Chapel hill — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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