The investigators plan to compare contrast-enhanced ultrasound to CT and MRI for the detection and quantification of intestinal inflammation in the the setting of pediatric small bowel Crohns disease
The proposed study will investigate the use of an FDA-approved ultrasound microbubble contrast agent (Lumason; Bracco Diagnostics) in pediatric and adult Crohn's disease patients undergoing either MR enterography (MRE, or MRI of the bowel) or CT enterography (CTE, or CT of the bowel). In April 2016, Lumason was FDA approved for intravenous administration and imaging of the liver in children. Imaging of the bowel will employ an identical administration method to that described for liver imaging, but the ultrasound transducer will be placed over the affected intestines as opposed to liver.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
25
Patients undergoing a clinically ordered CT or MRI Enterography for Crohn disease will be recruited to undergo a contrast enhanced ultrasound study of the bowel
Patients undergoing a clinically ordered CT or MRI Enterography for Crohn disease will be recruited to undergo a contrast enhanced ultrasound study of the bowel
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Degree of bowel wall enhancement
Percent hyperenhancement (compared to normal bowel loops)
Time frame: 2 years
Overall Disease Status for imaged section
status of inactive, mild activity, moderate activity and severe activity
Time frame: 2 years
Degree of mesenteric inflammation
Inflammation assessed as none, mild, moderate, severe
Time frame: 2 years
Maximum Bowel Wall Thickness
Measured
Time frame: 2 years
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