Can an MRI predict diabetes complications?
NCT ID NCT05057403
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study will use a special MRI scan to look at the health of multiple organs in 1,000 adults with type 2 diabetes who have not had heart problems. Researchers want to see if these scans can predict future heart attacks, strokes, or kidney disease over five years. The goal is to find better ways to catch complications early.
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 help doctors identify type 2 diabetes patients at higher risk for heart or kidney disease earlier, leading to better prevention strategies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It may not find strong links between MRI results and future health events, or the findings may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,000 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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Jun 2034
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Adult participants, aged 18 years of age and over with type 2 diabetes lacking history of cardiovascular disease. Recruitment will be carried out from patients identified following diabetes or diabetic retinopathy diagnoses or via self-referral. 1. Diabetes referral appointments 2. Diabetic retinopathy referral appointments 3. Primary care and diabetes clinics - including GP practices 4. Participant Identification Centres 5. Diabetes Eye Screening Programmes (DESP)
- 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: * Male or female at least 18 years of age and diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, with or without diabetic retinopathy. * Participant willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study. Exclusion Criteria: In 12 months prior to consent, evidence of existing cardiovascular event defined as at least one of: * myocardial infarction * ischaemic stroke * hospital admission/discharge for unstable angina * heart surgery * unstable angina * transient ischemic attack * The participant may not enter the study if they have any contraindication to magnetic resonance imaging (standard MR exclusion criteria including pregnancy, extensive tattoos, pacemaker, shrapnel injury, severe claustrophobia). * Patients with known autoimmune hepatitis, viral hepatitis, Wilson's disease or known significant structural renal tract abnormality. * Patients with known alcohol dependency. * Any other cause, including a significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the investigator, may either put the participant at risk because of participation in the study, or may influence the participant's ability to participate in the study
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
12 sites. 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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Eynsham Medical Centre
RECRUITINGEynsham, Oxfordshire, OX29 4QB, United Kingdom
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Hedena Health
RECRUITINGOxford, OX3 9JA, United Kingdom
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Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATIONLondon, United Kingdom
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Oxford Community Diagnostic centre
RECRUITINGOxford, OX42LL, United Kingdom
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St Bartholomew and Hollow Way Medical Practice
RECRUITINGOxford, OX4 1XB, United Kingdom
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Swansea Bay University Health Board
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBaglan, Swansea, SA12 7BR, United Kingdom
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The House Partnership
RECRUITINGRedhill, Surrey, RH1 1EB, United Kingdom
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The Manor Group
RECRUITINGOxford, OX3 9BP, United Kingdom
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University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
RECRUITINGLiverpool, L9 7AL, United Kingdom
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White Horse Medical Practice
RECRUITINGFarringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7YU, United Kingdom
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Windrush Medical Practice
RECRUITINGWitney, Oxfordshire, OX26 6JS, United Kingdom
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Woodlands Medical Centre
RECRUITINGDidcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0BB, United Kingdom
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