Status:

COMPLETED

Risk Factors and Measures to Prevent Liver and Pancreas Complications in Pediatric Patients After HSCT

Lead Sponsor:

University of Pisa

Collaborating Sponsors:

IRCCS Burlo Garofolo

University of Genova

Conditions:

Iron Overload

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 17 years

Brief Summary

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) is currently a standard procedure for a wide range of blood-oncological diseases and genetic disorders. Recent improvements in transplant technologies, i...

Detailed Description

The present retrospective study will be conducted at the Bone Marrow Transplant Center, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy. All pediatric patients who underwent one or more allogeneic HSCTs between ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • one or more allogeneic HSCT
  • any type of disease (blood-oncological or genetic), from any type of donor (sibling, MUD, haploidentical) and with any source of stem cells (spinal cord, peripheral blood stem cells, cord blood)
  • diagnosis of moderate-to-severe siderosis (by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, MRI) and who needed a chelation treatment with deferasirox
  • one or more liver biopsies in the post-transplant period to perform histological examinations
  • Complete results from lab analyses
  • 2-year follow-up after HSCT
  • therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) protocol for deferasirox plasma concentration as per clinical routine
  • Sign of the informed consent by the parents or legal representatives

Exclusion

  • Lack of liver biopsies after transplantation, results from laboratory analyses or TDM or MRI
  • Lack of informed consent

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 30 2020

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

39 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04423237

Start Date

September 30 2020

End Date

December 31 2024

Last Update

June 3 2025

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IRCCS Burlo Garofolo

Trieste, Italy, 34137