Pilot study of measuring cardiac volume and cardiac function in patients with resectable esophagus carcinoma during pre-operative chemoradiatio
Completed
- Conditions
- esophageal cancer10017990
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON38490
- Lead Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 23
Inclusion Criteria
patients with esophageal cancer who are planned to be treated with preoperative chemoradiation
Exclusion Criteria
cardiac failure NYHA class 3 and 4
previous radiotherapy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Change in cardiac volume at baseline compared to weekly measurement during<br /><br>chemoradiation </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>- Change in inferior vena cava diameter at the end of chemoradiation compared<br /><br>to baseline<br /><br>- Changes in myocardial strain and strain rate at the end of chemoradiation<br /><br>compared to baseline<br /><br>- Weekly changes in concentration of Creatine Kinase (CK), Creatine Kinase<br /><br>Muscle type and Brain type (CK-MB), troponin, N-terminal-pro-natriuretic<br /><br>peptide (NT-pro-BNP)<br /><br>- Change in LVEF at the end of chemoradiation compared to baseline<br /><br>- Change in New York Heart Association (NYHA) score at baseline compared to<br /><br>weekly measurements during treatment.<br /><br>*</p><br>