High Resolution Diffusion Weighted Imaging in Prostate

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexMale
Age55+
SponsorThe First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

About this trial

hrDWI might be an alternative to cDWI for the prostate imaging.

1. increase the signal-to-noise ratio and contrast-to-noise ratio, yielding high-fidelity images with less noise in general 2. improve the diagnostic accuracy of PCa in particular than conventional DWI

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Patients who underwent standard MR scanning including T2WI, cDWI , hrDWI and respective calculated apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps;

Complete clinical information.

Disqualifiers

None

Trial population

Men larger than 55 years old were eligible to participate if they had a clinical suspicion of PCa with no previous biopsy. This included those with elevated PSA (\> 4 ng/ml), or with suspicious digital rectal examination findings, or with suspicious findings on ultrasound examination, or with a family history of PCa.

Trial design

Design model

Case-only

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

Not listed

Trial groups

No trial groups listed

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

image quality evaluation

objective and subjective image quality and lesion conspicuity

Time frame
2024.01-2025.12

Secondary outcomes

1

prostate cancer diagnosis

the diagnostic accuracy of prostate cancer

Time frame
2024.01-2025.12

Other outcomes

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