Fetal MRI study aims to sharpen prenatal diagnosis
NCT ID NCT04142606
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether adding fetal MRI to standard ultrasound can help doctors better see and diagnose congenital anomalies in unborn babies. Researchers will enroll 1500 pregnant women with single or twin pregnancies between 16 and 36 weeks. The goal is to see if MRI can provide clearer, more detailed images to improve diagnosis and planning.
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 show that fetal MRI provides clearer, more detailed images to help doctors better diagnose birth defects before birth.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It may not change current medical practice, and results depend on how well MRI works in real-world settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2019
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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.
Who is studied
Pregnant patients followed in the Fetal Medicine Department of the Necker-Enfants Malades hospital belonging to one of the following 4 groups: * Having prenatal ultrasound screening without detected abnormality * Having an ultrasound examination without abnormality detected but in whom ultrasound examination is not optimal (poor technical conditions, multiple pregnancies, obese patients) * Standardized prenatal screening with ultrasound examination finding an isolated anomaly that does not currently constitute a commonly accepted indication of fetal MRI * A medical termination of pregnancy, in addition to a fetopathological examination (virtopsy)
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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: * patient ≥ 18 years * Single or twin pregnancy * gestational age≥ 16 WG and ≤ 36 WG based on cranio-caudal length (LCC) dating * Collection of the patient's consent Exclusion Criteria: contraindication to MRI * multiple pregnancies \> 2 * subsequent follow-up impossible * maternal condition contraindicates continuation of pregnancy * patient having to have an MRI examination as part of the normal clinical follow-up of her pregnancy (identified or strongly suspected echocardiographic abnormality on ultrasound, diaphragmatic dome hernia, CMV fetal infection, antecedent brain abnormality in siblings, STT operated)
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Necker - Enfants Malades Hospital
RECRUITINGParis, 75015, France
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