Heart risks under the microscope: lenalidomide safety study in myeloma
NCT ID NCT03106324
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study followed over 900 newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients who were not eligible for a stem cell transplant. Researchers compared heart-related side effects between those treated with lenalidomide (Revlimid) and those receiving other treatments. The goal was to better understand the safety of lenalidomide in this specific group of patients.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- lenalidomide (Revlimid)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors understand the heart-related risks of lenalidomide in older myeloma patients, leading to safer treatment choices.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a controlled trial, so it can show links but not prove cause and effect. Results may be influenced by other patient factors.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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911 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2017
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) who are not eligible for transplant (TNE) starting their first treatment for multiple myeloma. Patients receiving any first line regimen can be included into the study. Decision for treatment needs to be done before inclusion into the trial.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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: 1. Must have understood and voluntarily signed the Informed Consent Form (ICF) 2. Age ≥ 18 years at the time of signing the ICF 3. Newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma 4. Must not be eligible for transplant 5. Will be treated with a first-line lenalidomide-containing or nonlenalidomide-containing regimen, or currently is being treated with a first-line regimen and has received less than 2 cycles. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Prior treatment for Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) or smoldering myeloma with lenalidomide, thalidomide, or pomalidomide or any agent considered to be a first-line Multiple myeloma (MM) therapy. 2. Prior treatment with lenalidomide, thalidomide, or pomalidomide or any agent considered to be a first-line MM therapy through clinical trial participation or patient access program 3. Two or more complete cycles of first-line therapy or any agent considered to be a firstline MM therapy for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) treatment before study enrollment 4. Refusal to participate in the Revlimid Transplant noneligible (TNE) Newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) Post-authorization safety study (PASS) or current participation in the treatment phase of an interventional clinical trial.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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"S.C. di Ematologia e Centro Trapianti di Cellule Staminali Emopoietiche
Cagliari, 0-9121, Italy
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A.O Bianchi Melacrino Morelli - Presidio Riuniti
Regio Calabria, 89125, Italy
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AO Garibaldi Catania
Catania, 95122, Italy
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AO Garibaldi Catania - Via Palermo 636
Catania, 95122, Italy
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ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
Milan, 20162, Italy
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ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda - Piazza Ospedale Maggiore, 3 -
Milan, 20162, Italy
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AZ Groeninge
Kortijk, 8500, Belgium
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AZ Nikolaas
Sint Niklass, 9100, Belgium
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Aalborg University Hospital
Aalborg, 9100, Denmark
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Academic Hospital Maastricht
Maastricht, 3526 KV, Netherlands
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Admiraal de Ruyter Hospital
Goes, 4462 RA, Netherlands
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Akershus universitetssykehus HF
Lørenskog, 1478, Norway
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Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board - Glan Clwyd Hospital
Bodelwyddan, LL18 5UJ, United Kingdom
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Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Birmingham, B9 5SS,, United Kingdom
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CH Mont de Marsan
Mont-de-Marsan, 40000, France
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CH St Jean
Perpignan, 66093, France
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CH Victor Dupouy
Argenteuil, 95100, France
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CH de Libourne
Libourne, 33505, France
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CHPLT Verviers
Verviers, 4800, Belgium
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CHR Citadelle Liège
Liège, 4000, Belgium
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CHR Orleans
Orléans, 45100, France
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CHU Ambroise Pare
Mons, 7000, Belgium
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CHU Saint-Pierre
Brussels, 1000, Belgium
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CHU de Nice
Nice, O6200, France
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CHU du Mont-Godinne
Yvoir, 5530, Belgium
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CHU-Charleroi
Brussels, 6110, Belgium
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CHU-Charleroi
Charleroi, 6042, Belgium
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Catharina Hospital, Hemato-Oncology
Eindhoven, 5623 EJ, Netherlands
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Saint-Etienne - Hopital Nord
Saint-Etienne, 42270, France
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Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano
Avianno, 33081, Italy
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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Campus Benjamin Franklin
Berlin, 12200, Germany
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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Campus Charité Mitte
Berlin, 10117, Germany
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Clinique Victor Hugo
Le Mans, 72015, France
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Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Brussels, 1200, Belgium
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Complejo Universitario Navarra
Pamplona, 31008, Spain
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Das Diak
Schwäbisch Hall, 74523, Germany
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Dipartimento di Oncologia Medica e Chirurgica AORN S. Anna e S. Sebastiano
Caserta, 81100, Italy
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Dres. Neise & Lollert, Praxis für Hämatologie & Onkologie
Krefeld, 47805, Germany
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Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Milan, 20122, Italy
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GHM Institut Daniel Hollard
Grenoble, 38000, France
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Gemeinschaftpraxis Pott/Tirier/Hannig
Bottrop, 46236, Germany
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HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch
Berlin, 13125, Germany
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Helse Førde HF sentralsjukehuset
Førde, 6807, Norway
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Hospital Manises
Valencia, 46940, Spain
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Hospital Prive Sevigne
Cesson-Sévigné, 35510, France
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Hospital Prive de Villeneuve d'Ascq
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, 59650, France
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Hospital Santa Lucía
Cartagena, 30202, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Central Asturias
Oviedo, 33011, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Quironsalud Madrid
Madrid, 28223, Spain
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Hospital de Jaen
Jaén, 23007, Spain
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Hospital de Jerez
Cadiz, 11408, Spain
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Hämatologie / Internistische Onkologie
Wiesbaden, 65189, Germany
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Hôpital privé d'Antony - Ramsay Générale de Santé
Antony, 92160, France
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IP HULA
Lugo, 27004, Spain
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IRCCS Policlinico di Pavia
Pavia, 27100, Italy
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Innsbruck University Hospital
Innsbruck, A-6020, Austria
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Internistische Facharztzentrum mit Dialyse
Memmingen, 87700, Germany
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Istituto di Ematologia ed Ocnologia Medica "Seràgnoli" AUO Sant'Orsola - Bologna
Bologna, 40138, Italy
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Kliniken Berlin Köpenick
Berlin, 12559, Germany
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Kliniken Villingen-Schwenningen
Villingen-Schwenningen, 78052, Germany
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Klinikum Magdeburg
Magdeburg, 39130, Germany
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Klinikum Nord, Klinik für Innere Medizin 5
Nuremberg, 90419, Germany
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Klinikum Sindelfingen, Med.Klinik I
Sindelfingen, 71065, Germany
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Klinikum St. Marien Amberg
Amberg, 92224, Germany
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Kreiskliniken Reutlingen
Reutlingen, 72764, Germany
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LKH Hochsteiermark
Leoben, A-8700, Austria
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Lahn-Dill-Kliniken
Wetzlar, 35578, Germany
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Lincoln County Hospital
Lincoln, LN2 5QY, United Kingdom
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Lübecker Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis
Lübeck, 23562, Germany
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MVZ Mitte - Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis
Leipzig, 4103, Germany
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Medizinische Klinik II, DONAUISAR Klinikum Deggendorf, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover
Deggendorf, 94469, Germany
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Medizinisches Zentrum für Hämatologie und Onkologie München MVZ GmbH
München, D-80639, Germany
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Midlands Regional Hospital , Hematology/Oncology
Country Offaly, R35 NY51, Ireland
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Nij Smellinghe
Drachten, 9202 NN, Netherlands
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Norfolk, NR4 7UY, United Kingdom
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Northern Health and Social Care Trust -Antrim Area Hospital
Antrim, BT41 2RL, United Kingdom
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Odense Hospital
Odense, 115000, Denmark
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Onko-Log Mulheim Gbr
Mülheim, 454680, Germany
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Onkologicum Stuttgart
Stuttgart, 70174, Germany
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Onkologie Koln
Cologne, 50677, Germany
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Onkologische Praxis Oldenburg
Oldenburg, 26121, Germany
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Opsedale di Bolzano
Milan, 39100, Italy
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Ospdeale Policlinico Borgo Roma
Verona, 37134, Italy
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Ospedale Alessandria, Via Venezia, 16, 15121 Alessandria AL
Allessandria, 15121, Italy
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Ospedale Belcolle Viterbo
Viterbo, 1100, Italy
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Ospedale Ivrea , Areas Medica
Ivrea, 10015, Italy
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Ospedale Maggiore di Novara
Novara, 28100, Italy
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Ospedale Sant'Eugenio
Rome, 00-144, Italy
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Ospedale dell'Angelo
Mestre, 30121, Italy
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Ospedale di Circolo di Busto Arsizio
Busto Arsizio, 21052, Italy
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Ospedale di Circolo, Fondazione Macchi
Varese, 21100, Italy
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Ospedale di Ivrea
Chivasso, Corso Galileo Ferraris, 3 Chivasso, 10034, Italy
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Policlinico Gemelli Roma
Rome, 00-168, Italy
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Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquaitaine
Bordeaux, 33300, France
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Queen Alexandra Hospital - Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Cosham, PO6 3LY, United Kingdom
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Rode Kruis Hospital
Beverwijk, 1942 LE, Netherlands
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Royal Stoke Hospital
Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6QG, United Kingdom
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Röpcke-Zweers Hospital
Hardenberg, 7772 SE, Netherlands
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S.C. Ematologia, Dip.to Oncologico e Tecnologie Avanzate
Reggio Emilia, 42123, Italy
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Servizio immunoematologia e medicina trasfusionale-ASP
Ragusa, 97100, Italy
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Skåne University Hospital, Lund
Lund, 22185, Sweden
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Son Espases
Palma de Mallorca, 0-7120, Spain
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South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust - The Ulster Hospital
Belfast, BT16 1RH, United Kingdom
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Southend Hospital
Southend-on-Sea, SS0 0RY, United Kingdom
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Southmead Hospital -North Bristol NHS Trust
Bristol, BS10 5NB, United Kingdom
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Sozialstiftung Bamberg
Bamberg, 96040, Germany
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St Georges Hospital
London, SW17 0QT, United Kingdom
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St. Bernward Krankenhaus GmbH
Hildesheim, 31134, Germany
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Stadt. Krankenhaus Kiel, 2.med Klinik,
Kiel, 24116, Germany
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Stauferklinikum
Mutlangen, 73557, Germany
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The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust - The Royal Liverpool Hospital
Liverpool, L9 7AL, United Kingdom
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UO Ematologia e Centro Trapianti di Midollo Osseo dell'Ospedale San Francesco di Nuoro
Nuoro, 8100, Italy
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UO di Ematologia Osp. Mons Di Miccolis
Barletta, 76121, Italy
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UO di Ematologia Osp. Perrino
Brindisi, 72100, Italy
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UO di Ematologia Osp. S. Carlo - Potenza
Potenza, 85100, Italy
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UOSD Ematologia Complesso Opsedaliero-Ospedale S. Spirito e Nuovo Regina Margherita
Rome, 153, Italy
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UZ Gent
Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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Ueboroertliche Berugsausuebungsgemeinschaft
Troisdorf, 53840, Germany
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University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, 3584 CX, Netherlands
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University hospital St. Pölten
Pölten, A-3100, Austria
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VieCuri Medical Center
Venlo, 5912 BL, Netherlands
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W8 Praxis für Onkologie
Aachen, 52064, Germany
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Waterford Regional Hospital, Waterford
Waterford, X91 ER8E, Ireland
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - Worcestershire Royal Hospital
Worcester, WR5 1DD, United Kingdom
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Ziekehuis Oost Limburg
Limbourg, 3600, Belgium
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