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NCT03790943

Cardiac Dysfunction in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Sponsor: University of Bern

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

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.

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

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - Any

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

500

Start Date

2018-02-13

Completion Date

2029-04-23

Last Updated

2025-05-07

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

cardiac 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