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Cardiac Dysfunction in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Prospective Single Center Cohort Study for Early Detection of Cardiac Dysfunction in Childhood Cancer Survivors


Sponsor

University of Bern

Enrollment

500 participants

Start Date

Feb 13, 2018

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

This multicenter, prospective cohort study evaluates early cardiac dysfunction in adult survivors of childhood cancer. The hypothesis of this study is that cardiac dysfunction can be detected earlier when using speckle tracking echocardiography as novel echocardiographic technique compared to conventional echocardiography.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria9

  • This prospective cohort study is nested within the Childhood Cancer Registry (ChCR), a national, population-based cancer registry that includes all children and adolescents in Switzerland who were diagnosed with cancer at age 0-20 years. It includes patients diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma, central nervous system tumors, and malignant solid tumours or Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Childhood cancer survivors have survived at least 5 years from cancer diagnosis.
  • Registered in the ChCR
  • Formerly treated at the Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology of one of five participating centers
  • Treated with any chemotherapy and/or chest radiation
  • Survived ≥ 5 years since most recent cancer diagnosis (primary cancer, relapse(s), secondary cancer) at time of examination
  • Diagnosed at age ≤ 20 years
  • ≥ 18 years of age at time of study participation
  • Resident in Switzerland
  • Written informed consent

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Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTcardiac assessment

Personal history, physical examination including anthropometry with hip/waist-ratio, electrocardiogram, echocardiography, 1-minute-sit-to-stand test, questionnaires on health-related quality of life (SF-36), diet, physical activity, and fatigue


Locations(6)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel

Basel, Canton of Basel-City, Switzerland

Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern

Bern, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Department of Cardiology, Inselspital Bern

Bern, Switzerland

Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals of Geneva

Geneva, Switzerland

Department of Cardiology, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital

Lucerne, Switzerland

Department of Cardiology, Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

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