Health Effects of CArdiac FluoRoscopy and MOderN RadIotherapy in PediatriCs - Radiotherapy

NCT ID: NCT04746729

Last Updated: 2025-04-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

2670 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-01-11

Study Completion Date

2040-09-30

Brief Summary

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The goal of the HARMONIC-RT study is to evaluate late health and social outcomes of contemporary techniques of external beam radiotherapy in paediatric patients, based on the setting-up of a European, long-term registry complemented by a biobank.

Detailed Description

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Specific objectives:

* To develop the infrastructure and instruments for setting-up a European, long-term registry of paediatric patients treated with contemporary techniques of modern external radiotherapy;
* To assess the incidence and severity of late health outcomes, primarily endocrine dysfunctions, cardiovascular toxicities, neurovascular damages, and subsequent primary neoplasms, in relation to the dose-volume distribution to non-targeted organs and tissues, radiation delivery technique and beam quality factors, and potential modifying factors (i.e. age at exposure, genetic predispositions, comorbidities, and systemic treatments including chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy and hormonal drugs) that may underlie differences in individual susceptibility for these outcomes ;
* To assess societal aspects of advances in radiotherapy, primarily health-related quality of life and academic achievement, in paediatric patients treated with modern external radiotherapy techniques.

Secondary scientific objectives:

* To assess multidimensional fatigue in paediatric patients treated with modern external radiotherapy techniques, and identify clinical and therapeutic determinants of fatigue;
* To improve estimation of patient-specific doses to the whole body and non-targeted organs and substructures from different radiotherapy delivery techniques;
* To investigate radiation-induced cellular responses and biological mechanisms related to the occurrence of vascular diseases and subsequent primary neoplasms in samples of blood and saliva ; to identify biomarkers of susceptibility and health effects ; to evaluate differences in disease biomarkers in relation to the radiation delivery technique and beam quality factors ; to explore the relevance of the use of saliva as a biosampling method for paediatric cohorts regarding feasibility and the quality and reproducibility for different measured biomarkers.

Secondary strategic objectives:

* To promote sustained collaborative research activities for improvement of patient care, and inform health care providers and policy makers on the clinical and social impact of advances in radiotherapy in paediatric settings;
* To serve as a pilot for a future long-term pan-European registry of children and adolescents treated with particle and photon beam therapy, including a biobank of saliva and blood samples collected before and after treatment;
* To contribute in future collaborative projects with existing cohorts or registries in Europe
* To contribute in future international research studies on late outcomes of modern radiotherapy techniques for management of paediatric cancers

Funding: The HARMONIC project has received funding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014-2018 under grant agreement No 847707.

Conditions

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Neoplasms

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Interventions

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No intervention

No intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* First external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) started in 2000 or after for management of a first primary neoplasm
* Age under 22 years at the time of first EBRT initiation
* Radiation treatment plan (first EBRT) stored in DICOM format
* Usual residency in the country of EBRT to enable a long-term follow-up


* Scheduled first EBRT for management of a first primary neoplasm
* Age under 22 years at the time of scheduled first EBRT
* Radiation treatment plan stored in DICOM format
* Affiliate or beneficiary of health insurance (or any required equivalent as defined in applicable national law)
* Usual residency in the country of EBRT to enable a long-term follow-up
* Signed informed consent/assent

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with poor prognosis (e.g. diffuse pontine glioma or high grade glioma) at first EBRT initiation
* Prior external or internal radiation therapy
* Patients who refused to participate in the study

Prospective inclusion of study participants


* Patients with poor prognosis (e.g. diffuse pontine glioma or high grade glioma)
* Prior external or internal radiation therapy;
* Protected adults (persons under curatorship, tutorship / individuals under guardianship by court order, persons deprived of their liberty)
* Adult/parent(s)/legal representative(s) who cannot read or understand the informed consent in the applicable language(s) in the country of EBRT
Maximum Eligible Age

22 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Barcelona Institute for Global Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The West German Proton Therapy Centre, Essen

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Centre Francois Baclesse

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

KU Leuven

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Aarhus

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Medical Center Groningen

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Stockholm University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Research Council, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Italy

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Zurich

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Commissariat A L'energie Atomique

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital, Essen

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Aarhus University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Beate Timmermann, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UK Essen

Neige Journy, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Stéphanie Bolle, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris

Isabelle Thierry-chef, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Barcelona Institute for Global Health

Locations

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KU Leuven

Leuven, , Belgium

Site Status RECRUITING

Aarhus University hospital

Aarhus, , Denmark

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Régional François Baclesse

Caen, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Gustave Roussy

Villejuif, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

University Hospital Essen, The West German Proton Therapy Centre Essen

Essen, , Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Belgium Denmark France Germany

Central Contacts

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Neige Journy, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+33 142 11 54 27

Beate Timmermann, MD

Role: CONTACT

+49 201 723 64

Facility Contacts

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Sofie Isebaert

Role: primary

Yasmin Lassen

Role: primary

Juliette Thariat, MD

Role: primary

Stéphanie Bolle

Role: primary

Martina Wette

Role: primary

References

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Journy N, Bolle S, Brualla L, Dumas A, Fresneau B, Haddy N, Haghdoost S, Haustermans K, Jackson A, Karabegovic S, Lassen-Ramshad Y, Thariat J, Wette MR, Botzenhardt S, De Wit I, Demoor-Goldschmidt C, Christiaens M, Hoyer M, Isebaert S, Jacobs S, Henriksen LT, Maduro JH, Ronckers C, Steinmeier T, Uyttebroeck A, Van Beek K, Walsh L, Thierry-Chef I, Timmermann B. Assessing late outcomes of advances in radiotherapy for paediatric cancers: Study protocol of the "HARMONIC-RT" European registry (NCT 04746729). Radiother Oncol. 2024 Jan;190:109972. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2023.109972. Epub 2023 Nov 2. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37922994 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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2020-A01037-32/1

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

C20-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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