🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2025-11-24

7T Brain MRI Scan for Micro-brain Metastasis (microBM) Detection for Patients With Small-cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), Who Decline Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation (PCI) (NCT07175077)

🟢 Recruiting Interventional Protocol 📊 Observational Clinical Research Sponsor: University of Missouri-Columbia

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

Comparison of a 7t MRI to standard of care 1.5t/3t MRI scans to determine if earlier detection of brain metastases are possible on a 7t.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (6 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (5 items).

Location: University of Missouri — Columbia, Missouri

Age range: 18 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Patient must not have a contraindication to an MRI, such as implanted metal devices or foreign bodies.
  • Patient must not have a contraindication to gadolinium contrast administration during MR imaging.
  • Patient must not have other metastatic malignancies requiring current active treatment.
  • Pregnant patients are excluded. Pregnancy status will be confirmed verbally.

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)

  • University of Missouri — Columbia, Missouri

📞 Contact the Study Coordinator

Phone: (573) 884-7488

Email: mcdanielbl@health.missouri.edu

Coordinator details come directly from the registered NIH protocol. Confirm the study is still recruiting before traveling.

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Contact the study coordinator using the phone/email above.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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