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New heart scan could catch damage early in childhood cancer survivors

NCT ID NCT03790943

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of Bern Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looks at 500 adult survivors of childhood cancer to see if a newer type of heart ultrasound, called speckle tracking, can find heart problems earlier than the usual method. Researchers want to know if this technique can detect heart damage sooner, which could help with earlier treatment. Participants will have heart scans and exercise tests, and their past cancer treatments will be reviewed.

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Study facts

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Participants

About 500 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Feb 2018

Expected to finish

Apr 2029

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Who is studied

Adult survivors of childhood cancer, formerly treated at the University Children's Hospital Bern or University Children's Hospital Basel or Children's Hospital of Eastern Switzerland or Children´s Hospital Lucerne or University Hospitals of Geneva, with any chemotherapy and/or chest radiation.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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This prospective cohort study is nested within the Childhood Cancer Registry (ChCR), a national, population-based cancer registry that includes all children and adolescents in Switzerland who were diagnosed with cancer at age 0-20 years. It includes patients diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma, central nervous system tumors, and malignant solid tumours or Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Childhood cancer survivors have survived at least 5 years from cancer diagnosis. Inclusion Criteria: * Registered in the ChCR * Formerly treated at the Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology of one of five participating centers * Treated with any chemotherapy and/or chest radiation * Survived ≥ 5 years since most recent cancer diagnosis (primary cancer, relapse(s), secondary cancer) at time of examination * Diagnosed at age ≤ 20 years * ≥ 18 years of age at time of study participation * Resident in Switzerland * Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Study participants will be excluded if they do not meet the above mentioned inclusion criteria or refuse to participate in the study.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Cardiotoxicity cardiovascular disorder childhood malignant neoplasm heart failure neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

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Cardiac dysfunction Cardiovascular diseases Childhood cancer

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Department of Cardiology, Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen

    RECRUITING

    Sankt Gallen, 9007, Switzerland

  • Department of Cardiology, Inselspital Bern

    RECRUITING

    Bern, 3010, Switzerland

  • Department of Cardiology, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Lucerne, 6000, Switzerland

  • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel

    RECRUITING

    Basel, Canton of Basel-City, 4031, Switzerland

  • Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals of Geneva

    RECRUITING

    Geneva, 1205, Switzerland

  • Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Bern, Canton of Bern, 3012, Switzerland

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