VOLtage-based Contrast Media AdaptatioN in Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography

Completed

Conditions studied: Coronary Artery Disease, Cardiovascular Diseases

In brief

The purpose of this study is to prospectively evaluate the effectiveness of low-volume contrast media (CM) injection protocols adapted to tube voltage in patients undergoing Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03179592

Run by

Medical University of South Carolina

People needed

120

Starts

2017-03-22

Expected to finish

2019-02-11

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Referred for a clinically indicated CCTA scan.
• Subject must be 18 - 85 years of age.
• Subject must provide written informed consent prior to any study-related procedures being performed.
• Subject must be willing to comply with all clinical study procedures.

You may not qualify if…

• Subject is a pregnant or nursing female. Exclude the possibility of pregnancy:
• By testing (serum or urine beta HCG) within 24 hours before study agent administration, or
• By surgical sterilization, or
• Post-menopausal, with minimum one (1) year history without menses.
• Subject is chosen by the automated tube voltage selection algorithm (or adjusted by the technologist) to be scanned using a tube voltage that is not 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, or 130 kV.
• Subject is chosen by the automated tube voltage selection algorithm (or adjusted by the technologist) to be scanned using a tube voltage that has previously reached the maximum subject number (20 subjects per tube voltage).
• Subject has an acute psychiatric disorder.
• Subject is unwilling to comply with the requirements of the protocol.
• Subject has previously entered this study.
• Subject has an allergy against iodinated contrast agents or pharmaceutical stressors used in this study.
• Subject has impaired renal function (creatinine > 1.5 mg/dl).
• Subject is in unstable condition.

Where it is running

• Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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