New MRI coil could revolutionize heart attack imaging
NCT ID NCT04458883
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing a new type of MRI scanner coil designed specifically for the heart. Researchers want to see if it can take clearer pictures of heart damage in people who have had a heart attack. The study will involve 150 participants, including healthy volunteers and heart attack survivors, at the University of Aberdeen.
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 lead to better heart scans that help doctors see heart damage more clearly after a heart attack.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early technical study, not a treatment trial. The new scanner coil may not work better than standard MRI, and results may not apply to all patients.
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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 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2020
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
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 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: * Participant who is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study * Healthy volunteers willing to give informed consent for participation in the study * Patients diagnosed with a previous myocardial infarction Exclusion Criteria: * Unwillingness to participate * Claustrophobia * Contraindication to MRI scanning such as implantable cardiac devices * Participants who have had a previous myocardial infarction in the past of which they may not be aware and this is discovered whilst being scanned on the 3T MRI scanner, or who may have any other cardiology condition that they were previously unaware will not be included in the healthy control group, even if they present themselves to us as "healthy" at the time of the study visit * Pregnancy * Body habitus that may preclude comfortable positioning of the volunteer in either of the MRI scanners (\>50cm in diameter) * Participants with abnormal kidney function that will preclude them from receiving a contrast agent
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. 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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Cardiovascular Research Facility
RECRUITINGAberdeen, Aberdeenshire, AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom
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University of Aberdeen and NHS Grampian
RECRUITINGAberdeen, Aberdeenshire, AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom
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