Early Pulmonary Dysfunction in Childhood Cancer Patients

NCT ID: NCT05427136

Last Updated: 2025-03-26

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

140 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-06-01

Study Completion Date

2051-06-30

Brief Summary

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This longitudinal, prospective, multicentre study is to monitor lung function prospectively in childhood cancer patients after diagnosis. The impact of cancer treatment on pulmonary dysfunction non-invasively using lung function, lung imaging and breath analysis as well as clinical symptoms using a questionnaire will be assessed at different time points.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Pulmonary Dysfunction

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Lung function measurements

All lung function tests are non-invasive and last about 60 minutes per child:

* Multiple Breath Washout: The nitrogen multiple-breath-washout test (N2MBW) measures ventilation inhomogeneity of the lung that occurs when smaller airways are damaged.
* Spirometry/Bodyplethysmography/DLCO: Spirometry measures dynamic air flows to quantify airway obstruction of large airways and pulmonary restriction. Plethysmography assesses static lung volumes. Diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) evaluates diffusion deficits.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Breath Analysis

Patients will exhale into a secondary electrospray-ionization-mass spectrometry (SESI-MS) breath analysis platform. SESI-MS allows real-time breath-printing by detection of both volatile and non-volatile trace components.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Functional MRI scan assessing regional fractional lung ventilation and relative perfusion, followed by a morphological MRI scan. This technique allows simultaneous assessment of all affected lung components, the airways, alveoli and pulmonary vasculature.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Standardized interview to assess respiratory symptoms

Short questions on current airway symptoms, recent colds, exercise-related respiratory symptoms, and passive smoking exposure will be assessed. The interview takes about 10 minutes.

Intervention Type OTHER

Data collection for assessment of clinical parameters and cumulative doses to chemotherapy, radiation, surgery and HSCT

Assessment of clinical parameters and cumulative doses to chemotherapy, radiation, surgery and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Data on cumulative doses of pulmotoxic chemotherapy (carmustine, lomustine, busulfan, bleomycin, methotrexate and cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, ifosfamide, melphalan and thiotepa) and radiation therapy at the region of the chest from patient's hospital charts will be collected. Information on chest wall and lung surgery will be retrieved from the surgical reports. Information about conditioning regimens including cumulative chemotherapy doses and total body irradiation of patients undergoing HSCT will be collected. Further information on the health state of the patient and interventions (e.g. development of pneumonia, antibiotic treatment) will be collected from the hospital charts.

Intervention Type OTHER

Collection of genetic samples

Germline DNA is collected (e.g. through saliva or buccal cell sampling) for later analysis on genetic risk factors for pulmonary complications.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

4 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

22 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Children's Hospital Basel

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jakob Usemann, PD Dr. med.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Children's Hospital Basel, UKBB

Locations

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University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB)

Basel, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Universitätsklinik für Kinderheilkunde

Bern, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Geneva University Hospital

Geneva, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois Lausanne

Lausanne, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich

Zurich, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Switzerland

Central Contacts

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Jakob Usemann, PD Dr. med.

Role: CONTACT

+41 61 704 12 12

Christine Schneider

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Jakob Usemann, PD Dr. med.

Role: primary

+41 61 704 12 12

Jochen Roessler, Prof. Dr. med.

Role: primary

+41 (0)31 632 94 95

Christine Schneider, Dr. med.

Role: backup

+41 (0)31 632 21 11

Marc Ansari, Prof. Dr. med.

Role: primary

Manuel Diezi, Dr. med.

Role: primary

Jean- Pierre Bourquin, Prof. Dr. med.

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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2021-01206; ks22Usemann

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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