Assessment of colon motility in patients with megacolon and slow transit constipation using cine-MRI

Assessment of colon motility in patients with megacolon and slow transit constipation using cine-MRI - Assessment of colon motility using cine-MRI

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000014136

Enrollment

Registered

2014-06-01

Start date

2014-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

megacolon and slow tlansit constipation (STC)

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients who are diagnosed megacolon or STC from their symptom, X-rays, and CT scan. 2. Written informed consent was obtained.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with organic digestive tract disease. 2. Patients with current or past history of malignant disease. 3. Patients with current other digestive diseases. 4. Subjects with contraindications to MRI. 5. Patients judged inappropriate for the trial by investigators.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Mean luminal diameter, contraction ratio, and contraction cycle, calculated from each image of cine-MRI.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactYumi Inoh

Yokohama City University School of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

iyumi@yokohama-cu.ac.jp045-787-2864

Outcome results