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Cardiac Dysfunction in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Sponsor: University of Bern
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
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