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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06454617




Registration number
NCT06454617
Ethics application status
Date submitted
6/06/2024
Date registered
12/06/2024
Date last updated
10/06/2025

Titles & IDs
Public title
Calibr-Ì: Comparative Evaluation of Phantomless Calibration Methods to Quantify Bone Mineral Density for Opportunistic Analysis of CT Scans
Scientific title
Comparative Evaluation of Phantomless Calibration Methods to Quantify Bone Mineral Density for Opportunistic Analysis of CT Scans
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
Calibr-I
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Calibr-Ì
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Osteoporosis 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Musculoskeletal 0 0 0 0
Osteoporosis

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
Patient registry
Target follow-up duration
Target follow-up type
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Other interventions - Phantom

Experimental - Patients that require a TC scan.


Other interventions: Phantom
The patients will be simultaneously scanned with a QCT phantom
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Other interventions
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Comparison of different internal calibration methods
Timepoint [1] 0 0
At baseline (Day 0)
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Definition of performance of internal calibration methods
Timepoint [1] 0 0
At baseline (Day 0)
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Optimization of existing internal calibration methods
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Through study completion, up to 2 years

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Both sexes.
* All ethnicities.
* Age equal or above 18 years.
* Any clinical indication (no specific pathology is required) for a CT scan of the lumbosacral spine or abdomen in which the entire lumbar spine (L1 to L5), paravertebral muscles, abdominal aorta, and subcutaneous adipose tissue are visible.
* Ability to give informed consent.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* General contraindications to CT examination, including pregnancy or body weight/size exceeding scanner limits.
* Severe degenerative manifestations of the lumbosacral spine.
* Severe scoliosis of the lumbosacral spine.
* Surgical hardware that prevents adequate CT scanning.
* Oncologic pathology in progress or in recent history.
* Any other situation deemed incompatible with the study by the designated physician or investigator.

Study design
Purpose
Duration
Selection
Timing
Prospective
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
6/06/2024
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
1/06/2026
Actual
Sample size
Target
100
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 0 0
Italy
State/province [1] 0 0
Bo
Country [2] 0 0
New Zealand
State/province [2] 0 0
Auckland

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Address
Country
Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Other
Name [1] 0 0
Auckland Hospital - Greenlane Clinical Centre - National Women's Hospital
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Alberto Bazzocchi, MD
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
051636
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries

Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
Undecided
No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided


Results publications and other study-related documents


Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06454617