Heart risk study for kids with cancer pulled before start
NCT ID NCT04036045
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to find early markers of heart damage in children with cancer who receive a type of chemotherapy called anthracyclines. Researchers planned to use blood tests and heart scans to identify which children were at highest risk. However, the study was withdrawn before any participants were enrolled.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2018
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Finished
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Mar 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients who are \> or equal to 9 years of age who are newly diagnosed with cancer who will receive anthracycline (s) as part of the their treatment regimen.
- Ages
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9 to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age (≥ 9years old) * Newly diagnosed with a malignancy that will receive ACs as part of their chemotherapy. * Parental/caregiver consent and subject assent to enrollment. Exclusion Criteria: * Subject has contraindications to CMR.\* * Subject requiring sedation for CMR * Subject too large to be safely accommodated by CMR * Pregnancy tests are done routinely prior to chemotherapy, if test is positive the patient will be excluded * Subject's serum creatinine above guidelines for adequate renal function. See table below: Age (years) Male Female 6-10 1.0 mg/dL 1.0 mg/dL 10-13 1.2 mg/dL 1.2 mg/dL 13-16 1.5 mg/dL 1.4 mg/dL \>16 1.7 mg/dL 1.4 mg/dL
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Olga Salazar
Hartford, Connecticut, 06106, United States
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