EnteroCT With Enteroclysis Versus Enterography-MRI for the Diagnosis of Tumors of the Small Intestine: a Pilot Study (enteroMRI-TSI)

August 29, 2016 updated by: CHU de Reims

Early diagnosis of tumors of the small intestine is a challenge for clinicians and for radiologists. The detection of tumors of the small intestine is a field in which the video capsule endoscopy has the lowest performance.

The entero-CT with enteroclysis is the imaging technique used primarily to explore patients with a strong suspicion of small intestine tumors. However the entero-CT with enteroclysis has disadvantages : it is irradiating, the nasojejunal tube implies a discomfort to the patient and it is a complicated examination in terms of logistics with necessity of specific equipment to insert the nasojejunal tube.

MRI has been proposed as an alternative imaging technique and satisfactory results have been reported with the MRI enteroclysis. However, this technique has several disadvantages related to nasojejunal tube insertion and the necessity of equipment compatible with the high magnetic fields. The enterography-MRI without enteroclysis, whose principle is to distend the small intestine by ingestion of large quantities of a liquid, has a major and undisputed role in the exploration of Crohn's disease of the small bowel. However, its capacity for distension of the small intestine for optimal tumor detection is questioned and its role in tumor detection is largely unknown.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Evaluate the diagnostic performances of enteroCT with enteroclysis and enterography-MRI without enteroclysis, for the diagnosis of tumor of the small intestine, among patients with suspicion of small intestine tumors.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

40

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

Participation Criteria

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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:

  • patient clinically suspected of having a tumor of the small intestine
  • patient consenting to participate to the study
  • patient enrolled in the national healthcare insurance program
  • patient older than 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

  • patient with inflammatory bowel disease
  • patient with contraindication for MRI

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: experimental group
patients clinically suspected of having a tumor of the small intestine
Radiation: Enterography-MRI without enteroclysis
Radiation: enteroCT with enteroclysis

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Presence of a tumor of the small intestine
Time Frame: 12 months
Presence of a tumor of the small intestine diagnosed using pathological results or using clinical evaluation at 12 months (if no biopsy is performed).
12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

CHU de Reims

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

March 1, 2018

Study Completion (Anticipated)

September 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 16, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 16, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

August 19, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 30, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 29, 2016

Last Verified

August 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PO14065

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