Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:25 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:25 AM
NCT ID:
NCT06988020
Brief Summary:
Recent work has confirmed the diagnostic performance of pseudo-CT sequences for detecting osteolytic lesions. Their integration into whole body MRI (WB MRI) could transform the diagnostic approach to MM, by allowing a combined assessment of bone marrow involvement, tissue viability and osteolysis, during a single non-irradiating imaging examination. Since the preliminary work mentioned above, optimizations have been made to the pseudo-CT sequences, including the addition of deep learning (correcting noise in the images) and the correction of chemical shift artifact (linked to the coexistence of hydrated tissue and fatty tissue), which carry real hope of improving their diagnostic potential and accuracy.
Detailed Description:
Currently recommended imaging techniques for detecting bone lesions include whole-body MRI (WB-MRI), computed tomography (CT), and PET-CT. WB-MRI and PET-CT outperform CT for assessing treatment response, with WB-MRI already being the imaging modality of choice in many countries. However WB-MRI, the technique of choice for detecting bone marrow involvement, does not allow visualization of mineral bone, limiting its ability to accurately assess osteolysis. Zero Echo Time (ZTE) and Lava Flex Low Flip Angle (LF) MRI sequences represent a major advance, providing visualization of tissues at very short T2 relaxation times with resolution close to that of CT. These new sequences (known as pseudo-CT or pseudo-CT) offer for the first time the opportunity to study mineral bone by MRI, thus considerably increasing the diagnostic potential of this modality in MM.
Study:
NCT06988020
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06988020