Status:

COMPLETED

Preventing Cardiac Sequelae in Pediatric Cancer Survivors

Lead Sponsor:

The Hospital for Sick Children

Collaborating Sponsors:

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

Conditions:

Anthracycline-induced Cardiotoxicity

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 18 years

Brief Summary

Cancer therapy can place childhood cancer survivors at increased risk for heart disease which can lead to significant illness or early death. Interventions that occur late in the evolution of treatmen...

Detailed Description

This is a multi-centre observational cohort study that will be conducted at The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto), Princess Margaret Hospital (Toronto), McMaster Children's Hospital (Hamilton), Lon...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • ACUTE COHORT:
  • Aged \<18 years at time of cancer diagnosis
  • Diagnosed with a new malignancy (patients with a history of a prior malignancy wlil be eligible if they have not received any anthracycline chemotherapy or chest radiation)
  • Cancer treatment plan will require therapy with at least one dose of any anthracycline
  • Planned to have all pre-anthracycline echocardiograms (ECHO) at the recruiting site
  • Normal cardiac functioning prior to initiation of anthracycline therapy (LV EF \> 55%)
  • Patients who are uncooperative during the ECHO without sedation or anesthesia will be included in the study. However, these patients will only undergo clinically indicated echocardiograms, with no echocardiograms added for purely research purposes
  • Provision of signed informed consent by the patient and/or patient's legal guardian

Exclusion

  • Patients who were previously treated with anthracycline chemotherapy or radiation to the chest.
  • Significant congenital heart defects, including patients with any other congenital cardiac abnormality, except those with a patent foramen ovale or a small ASD. Patients with familial cardiomyopathies (hypertrophic, dilated and restrictive) will be excluded.
  • SURVIVOR COHORT:
  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Aged \< 18 years at time of cancer diagnosis
  • Previously diagnosed with cancer and currently in remission
  • Patients whose prior treatment plan included therapy with at least one dose of any anthracycline
  • Patients who completed their final dose of anthracycline at least 3 years ago
  • Routinely followed at the recruiting site approximately ever 12 months
  • Exclusion Criteria
  • Prior allogeneic stem cell transplant
  • Significant congenital heart defects, including patients with any other congenital cardiac abnormality, except those with a patent foramen ovale or a small ASD. Patients with familial cardiomyopathies (hypertrophic, dilated and restrictive) will be excluded.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2012

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

1128 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01805778

Start Date

December 1 2012

End Date

September 1 2018

Last Update

July 8 2019

Active Locations (6)

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Children's Hospital of Orange County

Orange, California, United States, 92868

2

McMaster Children's Hospital

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

3

London Health Sciences Centre

London, Ontario, Canada

4

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada