Two new imaging methods to study aorta wall strength in abdominal aortic aneurysm
Tests two new imaging methods on aorta wall properties in healthy and aneurysm aortas.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Mayo Clinic
- Where
- Jacksonville, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Estimation of Biomechanical Aortic Wall Properties in Healthy and Aneurysmal Aortas Using Novel Imaging Techniques
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 30 people, planned
- Started
- Aug 2015
- Expected to end
- Aug 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional, 3 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- ECHO
- ECG-gated MRA
- Record updated
- 24 September 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (a bulge in the main belly artery), or with a normal aorta, who need contrast imaging or a heart ultrasound. It tests two new imaging methods.
- Age
- Over 18 years.
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm with or without symptoms, with an aortic width of at least 1.5x normal. People with a normal aorta can also join.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Cannot have IV contrast dye, for example because of allergy or severe kidney problems.
- No contrast imaging or heart ultrasound (echocardiogram) needed as part of care.
- Terminal illness or expected to live 6 months or less.
- Unable to tolerate an MRI scan.
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Patients >18 years of age with ability to provide informed consent
- Patients with either symptomatic or asymptomatic AAA as defined by aortic diameter ≥ 1.5x normal diameter
- Patients with non-aneurysmal aortas who require aortic contrast imaging or echocardiography for preoperative planning or other reason
Who cannot take part
- Patients with contraindication to IV contrast such as allergy or severe kidney dysfunction
- Patients who do not require contrast imaging or echocardiogram as part of their care plan
- Terminally ill patients, and patients with estimated life expectancy of ≤ 6 months
- Patients unable to tolerate magnetic resonance imaging
Where in United States
- Mayo Clinic FloridaJacksonville, United StatesContact: Houssam Farres, MDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The primary aim of this study is to establish the practicality of using two novel imaging modalities for the assessment of biomechanical properties of the aorta.
The 3 groups in the trial
- SurveillanceExisting treatment, for comparison
No Surgery with ECHO and ECG-gated MRA imaging.
Treatment: ECHO and ECG-gated MRA
- Surgery-OpenExisting treatment, for comparison
Open Surgery with ECHO and ECG-gated MRA imaging.
Treatment: ECHO and ECG-gated MRA
- Surgery-EVARExisting treatment, for comparison
EVAR with ECHO and ECG-gated MRA imaging.
Treatment: ECHO and ECG-gated MRA
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Estimation of Biomechanical Aortic Wall Properties in Healthy and Aneurysmal Aortas Using Novel Imaging Techniques
- Plain-language title
- Two new imaging methods to study aorta wall strength in abdominal aortic aneurysmGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 24 September 2026