New CT scan study aims to catch hidden heart damage in lung disease patients
NCT ID NCT06537934
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will use advanced CT scans to look at both the lungs and heart in people with interstitial lung disease (ILD). The goal is to find early signs of heart problems, which are common but often missed until serious. Researchers hope to create better ways to predict and manage disease progression. About 123 adults with ILD will participate.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 123 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
123 patients will be submitted to standard of care imaging and the informed consent is required for the authorization to use the imaging data for scientific purpose and to collected clinical and laboratory data using electronic medical records, and clinical interview. All patients will undergo echocardiography, as clinically indicated, that will be performed in accordance with the most recent guidelines for a comprehensive morphofuctional assessment of cardiac chambers, valves, evaluation of pulmonary hypertension and associated remodeling, including the identification of subtle myocardial deformation alteration using strain analysis. Hence, CT will be compared to echocardiography, currently indicated for the monitoring of CTD, in order to establish agreement and potential additional information. Hence, only a subgroup of 74 patients who have an altered troponin T value (\> 14 ng/L) will undergo cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) according to clinical practice.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: • Adult subjects (\>18 y.o.) with previously known ILD or high likelihood for having ILD including CTD diagnosis since at least 5 years before the project starts in order to increase the prevalence of ILD \[2\] who signed an Informed Consent authorizing data collection. Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects with active infectious disease; * known CAD; * history of previous percutaneous or surgical revascularization; * known cardiomyopathy; * previous heart failure; * presence of cardiac devices (prosthetic valve, ICD, PM, ICD-CRT, LVAD) * previous or active neoplasia; * pregnancy and breastfeeding; * allergy to iodine contrast agent; * claustrophobia; * glomerular filtration rate \< 30mL/min * impossibility to lay down or breath old * absence of informed consent signed
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Conditions
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Locations
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IRCCS San Raffaele
RECRUITINGMilan, 20132, Italy
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