New study monitors Kids' lungs after cancer therapy
NCT ID NCT05427136
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 140 children who have had cancer treatment to check how their lungs are working over time. Researchers use breathing tests, lung scans, and breath samples to spot early signs of lung problems. The goal is to better understand and detect lung damage caused by cancer therapies like chemotherapy, radiation, or stem cell transplants.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 140 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2021
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2051
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
Every new diagnosed cancer patient and every cancer patient planned for HSCT who is 4 years or older will be asked by the paediatric oncologist to participate in the study. This study will be conducted at the University Children's Hospital of Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne and Zürich.
- Ages
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4 to 22 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: * at least one of the following cancer treatments: * chest radiation * treatment with any kind of chemotherapy * hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) * thoracic surgery * consent for Childhood Cancer Registry (ChCR) registration Exclusion Criteria: * no signed informed consent * Operation outside the chest area as only cancer treatment * Relapsed cancer (patients who develop relapse during the study will not be excluded) * In addition for MRI and lung function tests: * Subjects who are respiratory insufficient and cannot perform a lung function test (less than 92% O2 saturation; under O2 therapy) * Pregnant * MRI measurement not possible without sedation * Metal (e.g. pacemaker) in the body
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois Lausanne
RECRUITINGLausanne, 1011, Switzerland
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Geneva University Hospital
RECRUITINGGeneva, 1211, Switzerland
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University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB)
RECRUITINGBasel, 4056, Switzerland
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Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich
RECRUITINGZurich, 8032, Switzerland
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Universitätsklinik für Kinderheilkunde
RECRUITINGBern, 3010, Switzerland
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