Reduced Radiation Dose and IR-impact on Coronary Calcium Quantification

March 5, 2024 updated by: Harold Litt, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

A Single-center, Multi-scanner, Observational Study to Investigate the Impact of Reduced Radiation Dose and Iterative Reconstruction Algorithms on Coronary Calcium Score in Comparison to the Standard Normal Radiation Dose -Filtered Back Projection Method

Evaluation of reduced radiation dose iterative reconstruction reconstructions for calcium scoring compared to full dose filtered back projection reconstructions

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

190

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
        • University of Pennsylvania

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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients undergoing routine calcium scoring CT at facilities at the University of Pennsylvania

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients found to have no coronary calcium on full dose FBP reconstructions

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)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Calcium score
Time Frame: immediate
Calcium score compared to FBP full dose recon
immediate

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Risk stratification
Time Frame: immediate
Cardiovascular risk stratification group of reduced dose IR vs. full dose FBP
immediate

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

July 1, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 7, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

March 7, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 10, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 10, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

February 12, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 7, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 5, 2024

Last Verified

March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 824735

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

Yes

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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