Confounder-Corrected Quantitative MRI Biomarker of Hepatic Iron Content

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Trial ID: NCT02025543

Purpose

The purpose of this multi-site research is to validate a rapid magnetic resonance based confounder-corrected R-2 mapping method as a quantitative imaging biomarker of liver iron concentrations.

Official Title

Confounder-Corrected Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Biomarker of Hepatic Iron Content

Stanford Investigator(s)

Shreyas Vasanawala, MD/PhD
Shreyas Vasanawala, MD/PhD

William R. Brody Professor of Pediatric Radiology and Child Health

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

   - know or suspected iron overload

   - minimum age: Stanford- 8years , University of Wisconsin - 10 years, John Hopkins
   follow- 10 years, University of Texas-Southwestern - 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

   - contraindication to magnetic resonance imaging

Intervention(s):

device: MRI

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Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Elisabeth Merkel, RN
650-736-0644