MRI access for pacemaker patients: landmark safety study launches
NCT ID NCT07189728
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This registry will enroll 1,500 adults with pacemakers or defibrillators to see if it is safe to have an MRI in situations not yet well studied, such as with older leads or at higher magnetic strengths. Participants will be monitored for heart rhythm changes and other complications during and after the scan. The goal is to provide evidence that could expand MRI access for millions of patients who currently may be denied this imaging.
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 study could expand MRI access for many patients with pacemakers or defibrillators who are currently denied scans.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational registry, not a treatment trial. It only collects data on risks and may not change practice if no clear safety signal emerges.
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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.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2031
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
The proposed study, the MagnaSafe-2 Registry, is a prospective, multicenter registry designed to determine the risks of MRI in three groups of patients presently without access to clinically indicated MRI and not previously addressed in clinical investigations or peer-reviewed literature. The three groups of patients presently without adequate access to MRI are those with (1) a patient with CIED system scheduled for MRI at a magnet field strength of 3-tesla and labelled NMRC at that field strength, (2) a patient with an NMRC system due to a "mixed-vendor" or a same vendor "mixed-component" system scheduled for imaging at 1.5-tesla or 3-tesla, and (3) a patient with an MRC or NMRC pacing system and an abandoned lead, epicardial lead, fractured lead or subcutaneous array scheduled for clinically indicated MRI at a field strength of 1.5-tesla.
- 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: Patients will be included in the registry if they fulfill all the following criteria: 1. Age of 18 years or older 2. Able to provide informed consent for entry in the research registry 3. Have a CIED from any manufacturer implanted after 2001 4. Have cardiac leads from any manufacturer without an implant date limitation 5. Documentation that the patient's ordering physician has determined that an MRI at 1.5-tesla or 3.0-tesla of any anatomic region is clinically indicated without an acceptable alternative imaging technology 6. The patient is scheduled for that imaging procedure 7. MRI will be performed for clinical purposes, and not for the purpose of entry into this research protocol 8. In addition, groups within the protocol require that an enrolled patient will have: 1. An NMRC CIED scheduled for MRI at 3.0-tesla with a CIED that is not MRC at that field strength. 2. A "mixed-vendor" or same vendor "mixed-component" system that is NMRC because the generator and lead combination are not labeled as MRC for use in the MR-environment. 3. A CIED and abandoned lead, a fractured cardiac lead, an epicardial lead, or a subcutaneous array. Exclusion Criteria: Patients will not be included in the registry if they fulfill any of the following criteria: <!-- --> 1. A generator battery at the elective replacement indicator (ERI) 2. Renal insufficiency (GFR \<45 cc/min) 3. In addition, all standard clinical exclusion criteria for MRI in patients without a cardiac device will be observed. 4. Standard clinical exclusion criteria include pregnancy, severe claustrophobia (not responsive to pre-procedure medications), morbid obesity (abdominal diameter of greater than 60 cm), and the presence of ferro-magnetic metallic objects (such as intra-orbital or intra-ocular retained metal fragments, and intracranial vascular clips and coils) \-
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