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MRI makeover: new tech aims for sharper images, less claustrophobia
NCT ID NCT05218460
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing new methods and technologies to improve the quality and comfort of MRI scans. It involves 720 healthy volunteers and people with various medical conditions. Researchers will compare images from the new techniques to standard MRI to see if they are clearer and more comfortable for patients.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better, more comfortable MRI scans for patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage technical study, not a treatment trial. The new methods may not improve quality or comfort as hoped.
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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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About 720 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2022
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
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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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 for all subjects : * to be over 18 year-old, * to be enrolled in a social security plan, * to have underwent a pre-inclusion medical examination, * to give a written consent. Inclusion Criteria for volunteers with pathology : \- person with a pathology characterized by a functional and / or morphological alteration that may have an impact on the data collected (images, physiological signals, ...). Exclusion Criteria for all subjects : * any contraindication to MR examination (active medical device, ferromagnetic foreign body, pregnancy, morbid obesity, claustrophobia, … ), * subject under a measure of legal protection, * Person who refuses to be informed by a doctor in th event of a fortuitus discovery of an abnormality on the MRI examination requiring additionnal examinations or specific treatment.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHRU de Nancy
RECRUITINGNancy, 54000, France
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