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New scan could spot liver danger before It's too late

NCT ID NCT06265272

Diagnosis Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study aims to improve how doctors see liver damage (cirrhosis), liver cancer, and high blood pressure in the liver using a special PET/MRI scan. About 45 adults with cirrhosis will get this scan to see if it gives clearer pictures than current methods. The goal is to make diagnosis and treatment planning more accurate without needing a needle biopsy.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

About 45 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Dec 2023

Expected to finish

Dec 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

Fifty-five subjects will be recruited. All subjects recruited for the study will be able to withdraw from the study at any time. Healthy Volunteers: The investigators will not be recruiting or enrolling healthy volunteers in this study. Patients with liver cirrhosis: Fifty-five (55)

Ages

18 to 99 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Liver cirrhosis as diagnosed by imaging and/or clinical data, including pathology Exclusion Criteria: * Any contraindication to PET, as in attached screening form * Any contraindication to MRI, as in attached screening form * Any contraindication to gadolinium-based contrast agent, including allergy to gadolinium, as in attached screening forms. * Pregnancy * Breast feeding. * Cumulative radiation exposure for research studies during the prior 12 months, combined with the exposure from this study, \> 50 mSv * Inability to fit in the scanner: weight \> 300 lbs or BMI \> 33

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cirrhosis of liver Fibrosis hepatocellular carcinoma portal hypertension

As listed by the trial registrant

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Hepatic cell carcinoma Liver cirrhosis Portal hypertension

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

    RECRUITING

    Charlestown, Massachusetts, 02129, United States

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