Epidemiology and biology of the metabolic syndrome in adult survivors of childhood cancer.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- 100133171000321610018424cardiovascular diseases
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1200
Inclusion Criteria
Patient:
- history of childhood cancer
- treated in ErasmusMC-Sophia
- at least 18 years old
- minimum of 5 years after cessation of therapy
Control:
- preferrably brother or sister of the patient, if not available;
- friend or neighbour of survivor of same sex and approximately same age, within a range of 5 years.
Exclusion Criteria
Patient:
- when partly treated in other country
Controls:
- when they also have a history of childhood cancer
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>- blood pressure<br /><br>- body composition<br /><br>- (abdominal) obesity<br /><br>- glucose metabolism<br /><br>- lipidspectrum</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>-polymorphisms<br /><br>-other parameters associated with the metabolic syndrome:<br /><br>*biomarkers for endothelial function<br /><br>*pro-inflammatory markers<br /><br>*pro-thrombotic factors<br /><br>*biomarkers for adiposity<br /><br>*urine-analysis<br /><br>- results of fitness test</p><br>