Solid Tumor Imaging MR-Linac (STIM Study)
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Conditions studied: Cancer
In brief
The use of MRI imaging and image fusion in radiation therapy has dramatically increased during the past decade. However, the existing MRI-imaging protocols, imaging software and pulse sequences are all optimized for diagnostic purposes. With the introduction of the MR-linac, there is a critical and imminent need to develop imaging protocols that build and adapt the existing imaging parameters within the scope of the FDA-approved software to acquire MRI images that have less geometric distortion and better spatial resolution.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03500081
- Run by
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- People needed
- 295
- Starts
- 2017-10-02
- Expected to finish
- 2029-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-01-12
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Cancer patients with any solid tumor type planning to undergo a course of radiation therapy.
- Healthy volunteers (may be from the Department of Radiation Oncology faculty and staff, family and friends of the Department of Radiation Oncology faculty and staff and Cancer Center faculty and staff) will sign an IRB- approved consent form, give demographic information and complete the MRI eligibility checklist. The MRI scans will be performed outside normal working hours.
- Ability and willingness to provide written informed consent. For the genomic biomarkers studies, patients will sign an additional consent form for tissue and genomic testing.
- All subjects (including patients and healthy volunteers) will complete the MRI history form.
- For the genomic biomarkers sub-study: biopsy tissue availability that will not be exhausted during the preparation of specimen for genomic assessment.
You may not qualify if…
- People under 18 years of age.
- Pregnant people.
- People with MRI contraindicated conditions as evaluated during routine MR screening.
Where it is running
- Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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