New study aims to end sex bias in CT scans by tailoring contrast doses
NCT ID NCT06965790
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests if giving CT contrast dye based on a person's blood volume, instead of just weight, can reduce differences in image quality between women and men. Researchers found women often get stronger contrast than men of the same size, likely due to lower blood volume. The trial will compare standard weight-based dosing to blood-volume-based dosing in 400 adults needing a CT scan.
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Study facts
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- 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 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Presence of a justifying indication for a CT scan of the thorax and abdomen with application of intravenous contrast medium and a start delay corresponding to the portal venous contrast medium phase * Ability to give informed consent, as well as written and verbal consent to participate in the study available Exclusion Criteria: * Cardiorespiratory instability (as assessed by the attending physician) * Age \<18 years * Existing or suspected pregnancy * Known post hepatectomy and/or splenectomy * Lack of current height (in the same inpatient/outpatient hospital stay) or lack of possibility of height measurement * Lack of current daily body weight or inability to measure body weight * Height under 140 cm or over 220 cm * Body weight under 50 kg or over 120 kg * Contraindication to iodine-containing contrast medium (Allergy to contrast media containing iodine, Severe renal insufficiency (eGFR \< 30 ml/min), Hyperthyroidism)
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Locations
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University Hosptial Augsburg
RECRUITINGAugsburg, Bavaria, 86157, Germany
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