Dose-Finding, Feasibility Study of Optison in Contrast Enhanced U/S for the Detection of Carotid Artery Disease

April 16, 2014 updated by: GE Healthcare

A Multi-Center, Open-Label, Dose-Finding, Feasibility Study of Optison in Contrast Enhanced U/S for the Detection of Carotid Artery Disease

The purpose of this study is to find the optimal dose from 3 different dose levels - 0.15 mL, 0.5 mL and 1.5 mL of Optison in assessing the presence of disease of the carotid arteries when comparing pre-contrast to post-contrast ultrasound (U/S) by dose group.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

21

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • New Jersey
      • Princeton, New Jersey, United States, 08540
        • GE Healthcare

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • The subject is is greater than or equal to 18 years of age.
  • The subjects has highly suspected or established carotid artery disease.
  • The subject has undergone or been referred for either unilateral or bilateral intra-arterial X-ray carotid angiography for the determination of subject management (within 30 days before or after the U/S procedure).
  • The subject has non-diagnostic U/S of the carotids as defined by institutional standards.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The subject presents any clinically active, serious, life-threatening disease, with a life expectancy of less than 1 month or where study participation may compromise the management of the subject or other reason that in the judgment of the investigator makes the subject unsuitable for participation in the study.
  • The subject has a history of acute occlusion requiring medical intervention of any artery (including aorta) within 6 months of consent.
  • The subject has a known or suspected hypersensitivity to any of the components of Optison, blood, blood products, or albumin.
  • The subject has right to left, bi-directional or transient right to left cardiac shunts.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Arm Number 1
Optison is a sterile non-pyrogenic suspension of perflutren for IV administration.
Other Names:
  • Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres Injectable Suspension, USP

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Finding the Optimal Dose of Optison From 3 Different Dose Levels; 0.15mL, 0.5mL, and 1.5mL.
Time Frame: Up to 10 minutes post contrast administration.
Assessing the presence of disease of the carotid arteries when comparing pre-contrast to post-contrast ultrasound (U/S) by dose group. Using the optimal dose from 3 different dose levels - 0.15 mL, 0.5 mL and 1.5 mL of Optison.
Up to 10 minutes post contrast administration.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Detecting the Presence of Greater Than or Equal to 50% Stenosis and Greater Than or Equal to 75% Stenosis in the Carotid Arteries When Comparing Pre-contrast to Post-contrast Ultrasound by Dose Group.
Time Frame: Up to 10 minutes post contrast administration.
Detecting the presence of greater than or equal to 50% stenosis and greater than or equal to 75% stenosis in the carotid arteries when comparing pre contrast to post-contrast U/S by dose group.Using the 3 different dose levels of 0.15 mL, 0.5 mL and 1.5 mL of Optison.
Up to 10 minutes post contrast administration.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Study Director: Andrea Perrone, M.D., GE Healthcare

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 13, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 14, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

July 15, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 2, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 16, 2014

Last Verified

April 1, 2014

More Information

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