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CompletedNCT02092428Updated Mar 23, 2018

Contrast- Enhanced Whole-Heart Coronary MRA at 3.0T (Tesla)

A Phase 1 interventional study of Image Quality and Diagnostic Accuracy in Coronary Artery Disease, sponsored by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-03-23.

Sponsored by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Phase 1, Interventional, and Diagnostic

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 2 years 11 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Apr 2011, registered Mar 2014).
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
333
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Investigators at the Biomedical Imaging Research Institute (BIRI) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have developed a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) method for imaging coronary arteries using slow-infusion, contrast-enhanced data acquisition. This method allows faster data acquisition and better spatial resolution.

Specific aims of this study are to:

  1. compare coronary artery imaging with and without contrast media on both healthy subjects and patients;
  2. assess the accuracy of coronary MRI in detecting coronary artery disease as compared to conventional x-ray angiography

Researchers hypothesize that contrast-enhanced MRI will improve the delineation of coronary arteries over non-contrast-enhanced MRI and that optimized, contrast-enhanced coronary MRI technique will accurately detect coronary artery disease (CAD) as compared to conventional x-ray angiography.

Read the detailed description

This is a study to compare image quality between contrast and non-contrast cardiac MR and to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a cardiac MRI procedure in a patient population that includes both healthy volunteers and a study group of patients with known CAD who are scheduled for clinical coronary angiography within one month of signing informed consent. Both groups are eligible for a combination of imaging tests. Subjects may receive either a non-contrast MRI or a contrast-enhanced MRI depending upon their kidney function and study focus. Also based upon the focus of the study at the time of the scan and to improve image quality, a beta-blocker to lessen motion artifact in patients with higher heart rates may be administered or patients may be asked to undergo a stress test for comparison.This is a one-day research procedure. Studies are acquired from the approved Institutional Review Board #25881 Cedars-Sinai Biomedical Imaging Research Registry.

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Conditions studied

  • Coronary Artery Disease

Keywords

  • Coronary Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • CAD
  • Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • MRA
  • 3 Tesla MRI
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In context

Coronary Artery Disease

5,598 studies on the registry are indexed under Coronary Artery Disease; 957 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 333 is above the median of 124 across 3,436 interventional studies indexed under Coronary Artery Disease.

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Lead sponsor

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 441 studies on the registry; 108 are open to participants now.

Of its 62 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 47 (76%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • All subjects must be enrolled in the IRB approved Cedars-Sinai Biomedical Imaging Research Registry where data is collected for this analysis study.
  • Male or female ≥ 18years of age
  • Healthy Group -No known CAD
  • CAD Group-Scheduled for clinical invasive coronary artery x-ray angiography within one month of study participation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion:

  • MR imaging is contraindicated in persons with mechanically, magnetically, or electrically activated implants, such as cardiac pacemakers, neurostimulators, and infusion pumps.
  • Persons with ferromagnetic implants and ferromagnetic foreign bodies, such as intracranial, aneurysm clips, shrapnel and intraocular metal chips as these could become dislodged.
  • Patients who are pregnant, nursing are implanted with intrauterine devices (IUD's)
  • Persons who are in atrial fibrillation at the time of the MR scan as this could result in poor image quality due to interference with electrocardiographic gating necessary for image acquisition.
  • Persons unable to tolerate MRI imaging secondary to an inability to lie supine or severe claustrophobia.
  • Patient with renal failure (GFR\< 45)
  • Allergy to animal dander or animal-instigated asthma
  • Specific to Ablavar: Baseline ECG measurements and concomitant medications will be checked on subjects who are chosen to participate in the Ablavar study, based upon study needs. If the ECG measurements and/or medications indicate that the subject is at high risk for arrhythmia, the subject will be excluded from the Ablavar study, but can participate in the OptiMark/MultiHance contrast study or non-contrast study.
  • Specific to beta-blocker administration: no contraindication to beta blockers. If the subject is found to have a contraindication to beta-blockers or declines the administration of beta-blockers the subject will be excluded from the beta-blocker portion but can still participate in a non-contrast or contrast-enhanced scan without beta-blocker administration.
  • Specific to Regadenoson: no contraindication to regadenoson administration. If the subject is found to have a contraindication to regadenoson the subject will be excluded from the regadenoson portion but can still participate in a non-contrast or contrast-enhanced scan without regadenoson stress testing.
  • Specific to Adenosine: no contraindication to adenosine administration.If the subject is found to have a contraindication to adenosine the subject will be excluded from the adenosine portion but can still participate in a non-contrast or contrast-enhanced scan without adenosine stress testing.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
333 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Image Quality

    Healthy volunteers and patients will undergo non-contrast MRI or contrast-enhanced MRI to compare image quality between contrast and non-contrast scans.

    Other: Image Quality

  • Experimental
    Diagnostic Accuracy

    Healthy volunteers and patients will undergo non-contrast MRI or contrast-enhanced MRI to assess the diagnostic accuracy of coronary MRI in detecting CAD as compared to conventional x-ray angiography

    Other: Diagnostic Accuracy

Interventions

  • OtherImage Quality

    The following procedures may be conducted as part of this study: * Coronary MRI scan with no contrast * Coronary MRI scan enhanced with a gadolinium-based contrast agent (Optimark, MultiHance, Ablavar) administered intravenously at a total dose of up to 0.2 mmol/kg * MRI scan with an oral beta blocker (metoprolol) * Cardiac Stress Test MRI scan with a pharmacologic stress drug; either adenosine (dosage depends on the subject's weight and is set at 140mcg/kg/min) or regadenoson (0.4mg/5ml bolus) Determination of study drugs will be made depending upon study focus, subjects' health conditions, blood pressure, heart rate and concomitant medications. Both groups are eligible for all combinations of interventions.

    Also known as: MRI with contrast, contrast-enhance MRI, non-contrast MRI, gadolinium-based contrast, adenosine, regadenoson

  • OtherDiagnostic Accuracy

    Both groups are eligible for all combinations of interventions. This arm will also include collection of conventional x-ray angiography.

    Also known as: conventional x-ray angiography., contrast-enhanced MRI, non-contrast MRI, gadolinium-based contrast, adenosine, regadenoson

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Diagnostic performance of 3.0-T contrast-enhanced whole-heart coronary MRA in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD)

    sensitivity and specificity

    Time frame: one day

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Study locations

1 site
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Los Angeles, California 90048, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 23, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02092428
Lead sponsor
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Collaborators
National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
Responsible party
Debiao Li, PhD (Director, Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 20, 2014
Start date
Apr 2011
Primary completion
Mar 1, 2017
Completion
Mar 1, 2017
Last update
Mar 23, 2018

Study contacts

Debiao Li, PhD
principal investigator · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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