500-Patient registry aims to unlock better care for rare lymphatic disorders
NCT ID NCT07131293
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is a large European registry that will observe up to 500 patients with lymphatic disorders related to congenital heart disease. Researchers will collect data on current diagnostic imaging and treatments like lymphatic embolization to see which approaches improve symptoms and lab results. The goal is to identify best practices and create standardized care guidelines across Europe. No new treatments are being tested; this is purely observational.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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
Participants will be identified from pediatric and adult congenital cardiology and lymphatic referral centers across Europe. The study population includes patients of any age with congenital heart disease (CHD) and associated central lymphatic complications (such as plastic bronchitis, protein-losing enteropathy, or chylothorax), as well as patients with primary central lymphatic disorders. Patients are included from tertiary care institutions that perform lymphatic imaging and/or interventions and will be enrolled retrospectively from existing clinical records and prospectively during routine care.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * Patients of any age with a confirmed central lymphatic disorder, either in the context of CHD or as a primary lymphatic disorder, verified through lymphatic diagnostics (e.g. lymphatic imaging or relevant biomarkers). * Patients who have undergone, or are undergoing, diagnostic lymphatic imaging and/or interventional procedures for their lymphatic disorder. * Patients who are receiving, or have received, conservative (non-interventional) management for their lymphatic disorder. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with isolated peripheral lymphatic disorders not involving the central lymphatic system. * Patients with acute postoperative iatrogenic chylothorax (\<3-4 weeks duration and not requiring intervention). * Patients without sufficient clinical documentation to confirm diagnosis, treatment, or follow-up. * Patients who decline, or whose legal guardians decline, to provide informed consent (for prospective inclusion).
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital
RECRUITINGCopenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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