Water compared with a standard drink for bowel MRI scans in Crohn's disease
Tests water against a standard drink to fill the bowel for MRI in Crohn's disease.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: WAter Preparation in Crohn's Disease's Imagery
Key facts
- Where
- Toulouse, FranceSee the site
AI summary: who the study is looking for
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 Crohn's disease who need a Magnetic Resonance Enterography (MRE) scan. It compares water with polyethylene glycol as the drink taken before the scan.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- Diagnosis of Crohn's disease. The patient's gastroenterologist decides that an MRE is needed.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Under 18 years old
- Cannot give informed consent
- Under guardianship or curatorship
- Allergy to PEG
- Cannot have an MRE (for example pregnancy, pacemaker, claustrophobia)
Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
Where in France
- CHU ToulouseToulouse, FranceContact: Cindy CANIVETTaking people
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
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- Who runs it
- University Hospital, Toulouse
- Trial code
- NCT06690632
- Record updated
- 8 May 2026
- Original description
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare distension quality and patient experience of water and polyethylene glycol preparation as oral contrast media in Magnetic Resonance Enterography (MRE) in patients with Crohn's disease.Read full original descriptionShow less
WAter Preparation for Magnetic Resonance Enterography in Crohn's Disease
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare distension quality and patient experience of water and polyethylene glycol preparation as oral contrast media in Magnetic Resonance Enterography (MRE) in patients with Crohn's disease.
Thus, the main question it aims to answer is:
Is water sufficient to interpret MRE from patients with Crohn's disease?
Researchers will compare the standard protocol (polyethylene glycol) with water as bowel distension agent to see if it is possible to obtain a satisfying global distension of small bowel.
Participants will undergo the same procedures as standard care adding questionnaires and replacing water as the bowel distension agent for the MRE for patient randomized into the experimental group.
Inclusion: Diagnosis of Crohn's Disease,; need for MRE (determined by patient's gastroenterologist).
Exclusion: patient under guardianship or curatorship, allergy to PEG,; contraindication to gadolinium administration (kidney failure with glomerular filtration rate < 30/mL/1.73m², pregnancy, allergy); < 18 years old,; inability to obtain an informed consent,; contraindication to MRE (pregnancy, pace maker, claustrophobia in particular), - contraindication to phloroglucinol administration (phenylcetonuria),.