New MRI technique may reveal cancer treatment effects earlier
NCT ID NCT04251481
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a special type of MRI, called diffusion MRI, can accurately measure how head and neck tumors change during chemotherapy and radiation. Researchers will scan 16 patients before and during treatment to see if the MRI can predict whether the cancer shrinks or disappears. The goal is to improve imaging tools, not to treat the disease directly.
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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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16 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2019
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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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: ARM 1 * Treatment-naïve HNSCC patients with metastatic lymph nodes prior to surgery or chemoradiation therapy * Age 18 or older * Subjects without capacity to consent will not be enrolled. * Subjects will be asked to verbalize understanding of the key elements, for non-English speaking patients, institutional translation services will be utilized. ARM 2 * Treatment-naïve HNSCC patients with metastatic lymph nodes who will undergo standard-of-care chemoradiation therapy * Age 18 or older * Subjects without capacity to consent will not be enrolled. * Subjects will be asked to verbalize understanding of the key elements, for non-English speaking patients, institutional translation services will be utilized. Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects who have the following contraindications to MRI: * Electrical implants such as cardiac pacemakers or perfusion pumps * Ferromagnetic implants such as aneurysm clips, surgical clips, prostheses, artificial heart, valves with steel parts, metal fragments, shrapnel, bullets, tattoos near the eye, or steel implants * History of seizures * Patients with GFR \< 15 ml/min/1.73m2 or who are on dialysis will be excluded from the study. * Subjects who are pregnant
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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NYU Langone
New York, New York, 10016, United States
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Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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