New heart MRI techniques could revolutionize stress testing
NCT ID NCT03854071
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing new heart MRI techniques to see how the heart adapts to stress, like exercise or fluid changes. Researchers will study 135 healthy volunteers and people with heart conditions. The goal is to improve understanding of heart function and develop better diagnostic tools.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- intravenous fluid challenge
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better, non-invasive heart MRI tests to diagnose and monitor heart conditions.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage observational study, not a treatment trial. The new MRI methods may not prove better than existing tests.
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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 135 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2018
- 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.
- Ages
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20 to 80 years
- 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: * Healthy Volunteers age 20 to 80, recruited from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals staff members * Patients age 20 to 80 with suspected or known heart disease (group 1 to 5) * Capable of giving written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to perform the study protocol secondary to severe heart failure requiring IV therapy * Patients recruited in the suspected CAD and acute myocardial infarction arms of the study and in need for detection of ischaemia should not have any past medical history of MI, ACS or cardiomyopathy * Patients with significant valvular heart disease will be excluded from any patient group * Patient with in atrial fibrillation will be excluded * Contraindication to MRI (as per standard MRI screening questionnaire issued to patients prior to clinical MRI procedures)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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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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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
RECRUITINGSheffield, England, S10 2JF, United Kingdom
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