Healthy volunteers help scientists map spinal fluid flow with MRI
NCT ID NCT06743347
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) moves around the brain and spinal cord in 15 healthy adults. Using special MRI scans, researchers measured fluid speeds at different points along the spine. The goal was to create a computer model that can help doctors better understand CSF circulation and related conditions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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15 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Age ≥ 18 years at the time of agreement * Free subject, without guardianship or curatorship or subordination * Patients benefiting from a Social Security scheme or benefiting from it through a third party * Informed consent signed by the patient after clear and complete information about the study Exclusion Criteria: * 3T MRI contraindications (pacemaker, cochlear implant, metallic splinter, etc) * History of neurological pathology * Previous operations involving the central nervous system (spinal surgery, neurological surgery, etc.) * Current pathology or treatment that may interfere with the CSF or subarachnoid spaces (CSF dysregulation, disc herniation, hydrocephalus, Chiari malformation, etc.) * Concurrent participation in another clinical research study * Persons not covered by Social Security or not covered by Social Security through a third party * Persons benefiting from enhanced protection, namely minors, persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, adults under legal protection * Pregnant or breastfeeding women, women of childbearing age who do not have effective contraception (hormonal/mechanical: oral, injectable, transcutaneous, implantable, intrauterine device, or surgical: tubal ligation, hysterectomy, total oophorectomy) Exclusion criteria during the study: \- Discovery of a contraindication to 3T MRI (pacemaker, cochlear implant, metallic splinter, etc)
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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C.H.U. Poitiers
Poitiers, 86000, France
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