Clinical trials: Ultrasound Guided
Essential Tremor, Parkinson's Disease
Global Registry: ExAblate Neuro MR Guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) of Neurological Disorders:
A global post approval study to collect safety and effectiveness data related to ExAblate Neuro for the treatment of certain disorders such as Essential Tremor, Parkinson's Movement Disorders, or Neuropathic Pain within the…
- Conditions
- Essential Tremor, Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Neuropathic Pain
- Trial name
- NCT03100474
- Where
- 9 sites in United States, Canada and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- InSightec
Postoperative Pain
Multicenter Continuous Peripheral Nerve Block Surveillance Study
This two tiered study is a multi-center, open label, surveillance study of the use of continuous nerve blocks with the ON-Q® C-bloc and either nerve stimulator or ultrasound guided continuous nerve block techniques.
- Trial name
- cpnb (NCT00653133)
- Testing
- Ultrasound imaging, Peripheral nerve stimulator
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,821 people
- Sponsor
- Halyard Health
Uterine Fibroids
MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery in the Treatment of Uterine Fibroids
This is a prospective, nonrandomized, multi-center study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of ExAblate in the treatment of uterine fibroids.
- Trial name
- NCT00166270
- Testing
- ExAblate 2000
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- InSightec
Cardiac Disease, Heart Failure
Interactive Guided Ultrasound Examinations Done by Non-experts of Ultrasound Imaging
This prospective study is a pilot study for evaluating a guidance system that aims to facilitate high-quality echocardiographic acquisitions.
- Conditions
- Cardiac Disease, Heart Failure, Cardiac Ischemia
- Trial name
- EPISODE (NCT03642730)
- Testing
- TransThoracic Echocardiography imaging
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philips Healthcare
Uterine Fibroids, Adhesions
Evaluation of Uterine Patency Following Sonography-guided Transcervical Ablation of Fibroids
This study is designed to observe the presence or absence of intrauterine adhesions at 6 weeks after treatment with the Sonata® System through hysteroscopic evaluation by third party readers.
- Trial name
- OPEN (NCT02844920)
- Testing
- Intrauterine ultrasound guided radio-frequency ablation
- Where
- 6 sites in Germany, Netherlands and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Gynesonics
CT Guided Biopsy, CT Guided Drain Placement Within the Abdomen or Pelvis
Ultrasound-CT Fusion System for Interventional Radiology Procedures
The objective of this research is to use the Clear Guide SCENERGY technology, an FDA approved Ultrasound-CT fusion imaging system, that allows the user to fuse CT images onto a real-time ultrasound that is being performed on the…
- Conditions
- CT Guided Biopsy, CT Guided Drain Placement Within the Abdomen or Pelvis, CT Guided Injection of Muscle or Nerve Within the Pelvis
- Trial name
- NCT03226535
- Testing
- Ultrasound-CT Fusion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Clear Guide Medical
Fibroadenoma
ICE-SENSE™ Cryotherapy for Breast Fibroadenoma Trial
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the Ice-Sense, a novel cryotherapy system (a system that freezes tissues), is safe and effective in the treatment of benign breast tumors such as fibroadenoma.
- Trial name
- ICE-CRYSTAL (NCT00910312)
- Testing
- Ice-Sense
- Where
- 4 sites in Czechia, Germany and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- IceCure Medical Ltd.
Femoral Arteriotomy Closure
MANTA Ultrasound Closure Study
Demonstrate the safety of MANTA Vascular Closure Device (VCD) ultrasound (U/S) guided closure in patients undergoing elective TAVR procedures with planned percutaneous femoral arterial access.
- Trial name
- MANTA ULTRA (NCT05142566)
- Testing
- MANTA Vascular Closure Device
- Where
- 6 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Essential Medical, Inc.
Liver Cirrhosis
Comparing a Direct Versus an Indirect Approach to Measuring the Portalsytemic Pressure Gradients
The objective of this study is to evaluate the correlation of the calculated portosystemic pressure gradient (PPG) obtained by direct portal and hepatic pressure measurements with the EchoTip® Insight™ and indirect portal vein…
- Trial name
- NCT04987034
- Testing
- EchoTip® Insight™
- Where
- 3 sites in Belgium, Netherlands and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Cook Research Incorporated
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Blood-Brain Barrier Opening Using MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and feasibility of Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) opening using transcranial MRI-guided focused ultrasound in conjunction with an intravenous ultrasound contrast agent…
- Trial name
- NCT03321487
- Testing
- Blood-Brain Barrier opening with MRgFUS
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- InSightec
Inguinal Hernia Repair, Pain, Postoperative
Ultrasound-guided Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Nerve Block
Abdominal wall hernias are common, with a prevalence of 1.7% for all ages and 4% for those aged over 45 years. Inguinal hernias account for 75% of abdominal wall hernias, with a lifetime risk of 27% in men and 3% in women.
- Trial name
- NCT05559437
- Testing
- Levo-bupivacaine 0.25
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Egymedicalpedia
Parkinson's Disease
ExAblate Transcranial MR Guided Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
This is a feasibility study to evaluate the safety and initial effectiveness of unilateral ExAblate thermal ablation of the Vim thalamic nucleus of subjects suffering from medication-refractory, idiopathic, tremor-dominant PD…
- Trial name
- NCT01772693
- Testing
- ExAblate Transcranial MRgFUS
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- InSightec
Prostatic Neoplasms, Prostate Cancer
Multi-Center Trial of High-resolution Transrectal Ultrasound Versus Standard Low-resolution Transrectal Ultrasound for the Identification of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer
This trial uses a ultra high-resolution ultrasound system and specialized transducer, intended for use in prostate imaging. The system's image resolution is significantly better than the standard of care, due to its higher…
- Conditions
- Prostatic Neoplasms, Prostate Cancer, Cancer of the Prostate
- Trial name
- NCT02079025
- Testing
- High-resolution ultrasound guided prostate biopsy, Standard ultrasound guided prostate biopsy
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,676 people
- Sponsor
- Exact Imaging
Tennis Elbow
ITU Treatment for Chronic Epicondylitis Musculoskeletal Pain Reduction
This study evaluates the effectiveness, safety and patient tolerance for the use of Intense Therapeutic Ultrasound (ITU) for chronic, subcutaneous lateral Epicondylitis musculoskeletal tissue pain reduction began in July 2015 and…
- Trial name
- ITU (NCT03255733)
- Testing
- Intense Therapeutic Ultrasound Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- Guided Therapy Systems
Parkinsons Disease With Dementia
A Study to Evaluate Temporary Blood Brain Barrier Disruption in Patients With Parkinson's Disease Dementia
The goal of this prospective, non-randomized, single-arm, feasibility study is to develop data to evaluate the safety and initial efficacy of this treatment (temporary disruption of the BBB) using this ExAblate Model 4000 Type 2…
- Trial name
- NCT03608553
- Testing
- MR Guided Focused Ultrasound
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- InSightec
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule, Biopsy, Fine-Needle
iNod System Human Feasibility Assessment
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate feasibility to access, visualize, and obtain specimens adequate for cytology of lung lesions in subjects with suspected lung cancer when using the iNod System.
- Trial name
- iNod (NCT02832284)
- Testing
- iNod System
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Alzheimer Disease
Blood-Brain-Barrier Opening Using Focused Ultrasound With IV Contrast Agents in Patients With Early Alzheimer's Disease
This is a prospective, non-randomized, single-arm, feasibility study to evaluate the safety and initial effectiveness of opening of the Blood-Brain Barrier with intravenous contrast agents using the ExAblate Neuro System in…
- Trial name
- BBB-Alzheimers (NCT02986932)
- Testing
- BBB opening
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- InSightec
Essential Tremor
ExAblate Transcranial MR Guided Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Essential Tremors
The objective of this prospective, randomized, double-blind (to subjects, local site's blinded assessor and Tremor Core Lab assessors), crossover, multi-site, two-arm study (ExAblate treated arm Vs ExAblate Sham treated control…
- Trial name
- NCT01827904
- Testing
- Transcranial ExAblate
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Canada and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- InSightec
Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer, Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Safety and Efficacy of NRT6008 in Patients With Unresectable Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer (LAPC) and Advanced Pancreatic Cancer With Lymph Node Metastases
This is a single arm, open label, multi-center phase I study, including phase Ia dose escalation and phase Ib dose expansion. Safety review committee (SRC) will be formed to monitor safety and efficacy data through the study.
- Conditions
- Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer, Advanced Pancreatic Cancer, Lymph Node Metastases
- Trial name
- NCT06278454
- Testing
- NRT6008 Injection + Systematic chemotherapy
- Where
- 6 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Chengdu New Radiomedicine Technology Co. LTD.
Uterine Leiomyomas
Therapeutic MRI Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation of Uterine Fibroids
This study is to collect supplementary safety and technical effectiveness data of Philips MRI guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) in ablating uterine tissue associated with symptomatic fibroids in a 3T MRI scanner.
- Trial name
- HIFU (NCT01141062)
- Testing
- Philips MR-guided HIFU
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Philips Healthcare