New study tests safer lung scans for cystic fibrosis patients
NCT ID NCT04644471
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study compared two imaging methods—ultra-low-dose CT and lung MRI—for assessing lung damage in adults with cystic fibrosis. Researchers wanted to see if MRI could provide similar information to standard CT but without radiation. The study involved 185 participants and used the Helbich scoring system to measure disease severity.
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 safer, radiation-free imaging for monitoring cystic fibrosis lung disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed diagnostic comparison study, not a treatment trial. The results may show that MRI is not as accurate as CT, limiting its use.
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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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185 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2021
- Finished
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Jul 2024
- 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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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: * Age ≥ 18 year-old * Diagnosis of cystic fibrosis provided by genetic and swear test * Chest CT acquisition performed as part of the standard follow-up * Patient with social security or health insurance * Informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * MRI contraindication * Orthopnea * Inability to hold breath for 17 seconds * No spirometry planned the same day * Lung transplant patient
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cochin hospital
Paris, 75014, France
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