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Status unknownNCT04949321FAST-HYDROPSUpdated Jul 2, 2021

Acceleration of the Kinetics of Diffusion of Gadolinium in the Perilymphatic Structures of the Inner Ear.

An interventional study of Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Single dose of gadobutrol (Gd-DO3A-butrol, Gadovist® 0.1 mmol/kg, 1 mmol/mL) in Inner Ear ; Meniere's Disease; Imaging, sponsored by University Hospital, Grenoble. Status unknown. Open to participants aged 40 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-07-02.

Sponsored by University Hospital, Grenoble · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jun 2021), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
40 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

To determine the optimal delay after Gadolinium injection to analysis inner ear structures as measured by repeated MR 3D-FLAIR Weighted Imaging. We hypothesize that the endolymphatic structures can be distinguished earlier than 4 hours after contrast media injection.

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The gadolinium contrast agents are now required to cross the blood-perilymph inner ear barrier after an intravenous administration in order to assess the endolymphatic structures in patients with vertigo or hearing loss, using MRI with delayed acquisition (at least 4 hours between injection and images acquisition).

This technique relies on the glymphatic diffusion of the gadolinium agents (Naganawa et al.,MRM Sci 2017) and has proved to be useful in patients with Meniere's Disease (Naganawa et al., AJNR 2014, Attyé et al., Eur Radiol 2018), Recurrent Peripheral Vestibulopathy (Attye et al., Eur Radiol 2015) or Otosclerosis (Mukaida et al., Otol Neurotol 2015), leading to numerous scientific publications over the last decade. The inner ear perilymph enhancement is particularly important to distinguish the saccule from the utricle, these inner ear structures were recently used to classify with imaging Meniere's Disease patient (Attye et al; European Radiology 2016).

We recently demonstrated in patients (Eliezer et al., J Neuroradiol 2018), comparing the effect of two macrocyclic contrast agents (Gd-DOTA, Dotarem® and Gd-DO3A-butrol, Gadovist®), that the Gd-DO3A-butrol better enhanced inner ear structures that Gd-DOTA, both with qualitative and quantitative analysis, allowing to more accurately diagnose endolymphatic hydrops in Meniere's Disease patients.

We have speculated that the differences in the physiochemical properties of Gd-contrast agents (concentration, relaxivity, osmalality) are determining factors to cross the blood-perilymph barrier.

These properties should allow scanning diseased patients earlier after contrast media administration, the delay between the injection and MRI acquisition being actually a limitation to expand this technique in the clinical setting, particularly with 1.5T magnets, due to the low Signal to Noise Ratio using 3D-FLAIR sequences analysis.

Here, we want to conduct multi-centre prospective clinical and radiological study to determine the optimal timing to explore Meniere's Disease patient after Gadobutrol injection with single dose intravenous administration.

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Conditions studied

  • Inner Ear ; Meniere's Disease; Imaging

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Keywords

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Contrast Media
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In context

Meniere Disease

73 studies on the registry are indexed under Meniere Disease; 14 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 80 is above the median of 49 across 62 interventional studies indexed under Meniere Disease.

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Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Grenoble is the lead sponsor of 815 studies on the registry; 205 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria; Healthy volunteers Major subjects of over 40 years (mean age of Meniere's disease 40 to 50 years) Informed consent signed Medical examination performed prior to participation in research Patients without history of inner ear disease

Meniere's Disease Major subjects of over 40 years (mean age of Meniere's disease 40 to 50 years) Informed consent signed Medical examination performed prior to participation in research Patients with clinical criteria of Meniere's disease according to the classification of the American Association of Otology (ie the combination of a sensorineural hearing loss at low frequencies, recurrent vertigo and tinnitus and / or clogged ear sensation)

Exclusion criteria:

Patients minors Patients pregnant Patients on a legal protection regime type guardianship Respiratory pathologies, cardiovascular or renal disorders, neurological diseases Claustrophobia Contraindications to exposure to a magnetic field Contraindications to injecting Gadovist® Other ongoing clinical trials with exclusion period for MRI

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
80 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Gadovist (gadobutrol) / two MRI

    60 Meniere's Disease patients and 20 healthy volunteers (sample of 5 volunteers per MRI machine)

    Other: Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Single dose of gadobutrol (Gd-DO3A-butrol, Gadovist® 0.1 mmol/kg, 1 mmol/mL)

Interventions

  • OtherMagnetic Resonance Imaging with Single dose of gadobutrol (Gd-DO3A-butrol, Gadovist® 0.1 mmol/kg, 1 mmol/mL)

    Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Single dose of gadobutrol (Gd-DO3A-butrol, Gadovist® 0.1 mmol/kg, 1 mmol/mL)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Adapted visualization of the saccule and utricle on the early MR sequences when compared to the 4-hours MR 3D FLAIR sequence (gold standard).

    Qualitative:Visibility/Visual evaulation of the endolymphatic structures (saccule/utricle) on various 3D-FLAIR acquisition For endolymphatic hydrops analysis, we will use the classification that we have published in European Radiology (Attye et al, Eur Radiol 2016). Quantitative: T1 mapping: Automatic and manual measurement of the T1 relaxation time values of the endolymph for each MR sequence by drawing ROIs.

    Time frame: 4 hours

Secondary outcomes

  1. Gadolinium enhancement in basal nuclei as measured by T1 and T2 relaxometry maps.

    T1 mapping: Automatic and manual measurement of the T1 relaxation time values of the endolymph for each MR sequence by drawing ROIs.

    Time frame: 4 hours

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 2, 2021, 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
NCT04949321
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Grenoble
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 2, 2021
Start date
Jul 31, 2021 (estimated)
Primary completion
May 31, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
May 31, 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 2, 2021

Study contacts

Arnaud ATTYE, PU
Contact
aattye@chu-grenoble.fr
0610770671

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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