Actively Recruiting
Cardiac Dysfunction in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Led by University of Bern · Updated on 2025-05-07
500
Participants Needed
6
Research Sites
583 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Bern
Lead Sponsor
U
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
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.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Cardiac Dysfunction in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Registered in the Childhood Cancer Registry in Switzerland
- Previously treated at the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Department of one of five participating centers
- Received any chemotherapy and/or chest radiation
- Survived at least 5 years since the most recent cancer diagnosis
- Diagnosed with cancer at age 20 years or younger
- At least 18 years old at the time of study participation
- Resident of Switzerland
- Provided written informed consent
You will not qualify if you...
- Do not meet all inclusion criteria
- Refuse to participate in the study
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 6 locations
1
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel
Basel, Canton of Basel-City, Switzerland, 4031
Actively Recruiting
2
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern
Bern, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, 3012
Active, Not Recruiting
3
Department of Cardiology, Inselspital Bern
Bern, Switzerland, 3010
Actively Recruiting
4
Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland, 1205
Actively Recruiting
5
Department of Cardiology, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital
Lucerne, Switzerland, 6000
Actively Recruiting
6
Department of Cardiology, Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen
Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, 9007
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
C
Claudia E Kuehni, MD
CONTACT
C
Christina Schindera, MD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
0
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