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NCT07533981
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¹²⁹Xe(XENON) MRI Program

Sponsor: Alexei Ouriadov

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Summary

Healthy volunteers aged 18 to 85 will undergo hyperpolarized Xenon-129 (¹²⁹Xe) MRI and pulmonary function testing. The study aims to develop evaluation tools for ventilation defect percent (VDP), signal-to-noise and contrast-to-noise ratios (SNR/CNR) of ¹²⁹Xe dissolved-phase images, and spectroscopy-based analysis.

Official title: HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR PULMONARY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING USING INHALED INERT HYPERPOLARIZED ¹²⁹XENON GAS

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - 85 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

200

Start Date

2026-07-01

Completion Date

2031-04-30

Last Updated

2026-04-16

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Interventions

DEVICE

Hyperpolarized Xenon MRI

Hyperpolarized noble gas imaging using Xenon-129 has been used to explore structural and functional relationships in the lung in patients with lung disease and healthy controls. In contrast to proton-based MRI imaging, 129Xe gas is used as a contrast agent to directly visualize the airways, and thus ventilation. Whereas the normal density of gas is too low to produce an easily detectable signal, this is overcome by artificially increasing the amount of polarization per unit volume using optical pumping.

Locations (1)

St Joseph's Healthcare London

London, Ontario, Canada