New study seeks sharper MRI images for cancer treatment
NCT ID NCT03500081
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to find the best MRI settings for the MR-linac, a machine that combines MRI and radiation therapy. Researchers will test different scan parameters in cancer patients and healthy volunteers to get clearer, more accurate images. The goal is to improve radiation therapy planning and delivery.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 295 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2017
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
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
There are two groups of participants: A) Non-patient volunteers who will take part in non-patient volunteer imaging studies. B) Patient volunteers who will take part in imaging studies.
- 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: * Cancer patients with any solid tumor type planning to undergo a course of radiation therapy. * Healthy volunteers (may be from the Department of Radiation Oncology faculty and staff, family and friends of the Department of Radiation Oncology faculty and staff and Cancer Center faculty and staff) will sign an IRB- approved consent form, give demographic information and complete the MRI eligibility checklist. The MRI scans will be performed outside normal working hours. * Ability and willingness to provide written informed consent. For the genomic biomarkers studies, patients will sign an additional consent form for tissue and genomic testing. * All subjects (including patients and healthy volunteers) will complete the MRI history form. * For the genomic biomarkers sub-study: biopsy tissue availability that will not be exhausted during the preparation of specimen for genomic assessment. Exclusion Criteria: * People under 18 years of age. * Pregnant people. * People with MRI contraindicated conditions as evaluated during routine MR screening.
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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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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States
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