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Hospital Based Registry of Childhood Cancer in Pediatric Oncology Units in French Speaking Africa

Recruiting
Conditions
Pediatric Cancer
Registration Number
NCT03803735
Lead Sponsor
French Africa Pediatric Oncology Group
Brief Summary

The ultimate aim of this registry is to collect precise information concerning the children coming to oncology units working with the French African Oncology Group. This data will help to plan and provide correct pediatric oncology treatment and care for this population.

Collecting the data will give much needed information on numbers, stage, treatment and outcome. The register will give data for local and national health authorities in planning pediatric cancer programs.

Detailed Description

This register is a registration of all children entering hospital based pediatric oncology units, working in selected hospitals in French speaking Africa. The data collected includes: demographic and socioeconomic status as well as clinical status and outcome.

The register also collects information on vital status, treatment abandonment and loss to follow-up.

Data, collected locally is entered on line using the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) program. Data are stored under the responsibility of the IT department at Gustave ROUSSY in Paris- Villejuif.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
10000
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Any child presenting at any one of the participating units for treatment
  2. Any child with any type of cancer
  3. Any child or adolescent less than 18 years of age.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. No cancer found
  2. Age greater than 18 years -

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Treatment Statusin any 12 month period

1. The number of children who had treatment administered,

2. The number of children who abandoned treatment

Illness statusin any 12 month period

1. The number of children relapsed,

2. The number of children whos illness has progressed.

Number of children with a suspicion of any type of cancer in a given unitin any 12 month period

Number of children with details of :

1. the type of cancer

2. the stage of the identified cancer coming into a given unit

VITAL STATUS:in any 12 month period

Dead or alive

1. The number of children living

2. the number of children dead

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (14)

Hopital Yalgado Ouedraogo

🇧🇫

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique Charles De Gaulle

🇧🇫

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Centre Mère et Enfant CME-FCB (Fondation Chantal Biya)

🇨🇲

Yaoundé, Cameroon

Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa

🇨🇩

Kinshasa, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

Cliniques Universitaires de Lubumbashi (CUL)

🇨🇩

Lubumbashi, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

CHU de Treichville à ABIDJAN

🇨🇮

Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire

GFAOP

🇫🇷

Villejuif, Paris, France

l'Institut de Cancérologie de Libreville

🇬🇦

Libreville, Gabon

HJRA, Hôpital universitaire Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona

🇲🇬

Antananarivo, Ampefiloha, Madagascar

CHU Gabriel Touré (HGT)

🇲🇱

Bamako, Mali

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Hopital Yalgado Ouedraogo
🇧🇫Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
BOUDA CHANTAL, DR
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