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Validating Novel, Non-contrast Cardiac MRI Imaging in Haemodialysis Patients
Sponsor: University of Leicester
Summary
There are currently no good ways of measuring levels of scarring in the hearts of patients with advanced kidney disease and patients on dialysis, although recent research has shown a new cardiac MRI technique, called native T1 mapping, may provide a solution to this. To assess the accuracy of this novel technique in dialysis patients, it is essential to undertake a study which compares native T1 mapping to actual levels of scarring in the hearts of patients on dialysis.
Official title: Validating the Accuracy of Novel, Non-contrast, Cardiac Magnetic resOnaNce Imaging in Defining Myocardial FIbRosis in Patients With End-stage Renal Disease on haeModialysis: the CONFIRM Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
9
Start Date
2019-11-03
Completion Date
2025-12-31
Last Updated
2025-04-18
Healthy Volunteers
Not specified
Interventions
Cardiac MRI scan
A non-contrast cardiac MRI (CMR) scan at 3-Tesla platform (Skyra, Siemens Medical Imaging, Erlangen, Germany). This non-contrast CMR scan will principally determine: Left ventricular (LV) mass and volumes/ejection fraction and; fibrosis using T1 mapping.
Echocardiogram
Assessments will include: LV size and function as per the American Society of Echocardiography guidelines. In addition specific focus will be paid end-diastolic integrated backscatter measurements.
Cardiac explantation
A limited post-mortem will be performed to retrieve patients' hearts for preparation and storage at St George's University, London where direct comparison will be made between levels of scarring seen directly under the microscope between that on the MRI scans.
48-Hour continuous cardiac monitoring
Attach continuous Holter monitor (Schiller, medilog®AR12 plus/AR4 plus/FD5 plus, Baar, Switzerland) that will start before dialysis and terminate just before the subsequent dialysis treatment 48h later.
Blood samples
Collect blood samples from the arterial needle before dialysis. Approximately 30 millilitres of blood will be collected and then be pipetted into cryotubes and frozen at -80°C in an electronically monitored freezer for analysis in batches throughout the study. These samples will be used to investigate the relationship between circulating biomarkers of fibrosis, the MRI scans and the histological samples.
Locations (1)
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom