TY - JOUR
T1 - METRIC (MREnterography or ulTRasound in Crohn's disease)
T2 - a study protocol for a multicentre, non-randomised, single-arm, prospective comparison study of magnetic resonance enterography and small bowel ultrasound compared to a reference standard in those aged 16 and over
AU - Taylor, Stuart
AU - Mallett, Susan
AU - Bhatnagar, Gauraang
AU - Bloom, Stuart
AU - Gupta, Arun
AU - Halligan, Steve
AU - Hamlin, John
AU - Hart, Ailsa
AU - Higginson, Antony
AU - Jacobs, Ilan
AU - McCartney, Sara
AU - Morris, Steve
AU - Muirhead, Nicola
AU - Murray, Charles
AU - Punwani, Shonit
AU - Rodriguez-Justo, Manuel
AU - Slater, Andrew
AU - Travis, Simon
AU - Tolan, Damian
AU - Windsor, Alastair
AU - Wylie, Peter
AU - Zealley, Ian
PY - 2014/8/11
Y1 - 2014/8/11
N2 - Crohn's disease (CD) is a lifelong, relapsing and remitting inflammatory condition of the intestine. Medical imaging is crucial for diagnosis, phenotyping, activity assessment and detecting complications. Diverse small bowel imaging tests are available but a standard algorithm for deployment is lacking. Many hospitals employ tests that impart ionising radiation, of particular concern to this young patient population. Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) and small bowel ultrasound (USS) are attractive options, as they do not use ionising radiation. However, their comparative diagnostic accuracy has not been compared in large head to head trials. METRIC aims to compare the diagnostic efficacy, therapeutic impact and cost effectiveness of MRE and USS in newly diagnosed and relapsing CD.
AB - Crohn's disease (CD) is a lifelong, relapsing and remitting inflammatory condition of the intestine. Medical imaging is crucial for diagnosis, phenotyping, activity assessment and detecting complications. Diverse small bowel imaging tests are available but a standard algorithm for deployment is lacking. Many hospitals employ tests that impart ionising radiation, of particular concern to this young patient population. Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) and small bowel ultrasound (USS) are attractive options, as they do not use ionising radiation. However, their comparative diagnostic accuracy has not been compared in large head to head trials. METRIC aims to compare the diagnostic efficacy, therapeutic impact and cost effectiveness of MRE and USS in newly diagnosed and relapsing CD.
U2 - 10.1186/1471-230X-14-142
DO - 10.1186/1471-230X-14-142
M3 - Article
C2 - 25110044
SN - 1471-230X
VL - 14
SP - 142
JO - BMC Gastroenterology
JF - BMC Gastroenterology
ER -