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Early Pulmonary Dysfunction in Childhood Cancer Patients

Recruiting
Conditions
Pulmonary Dysfunction
Registration Number
NCT05427136
Lead Sponsor
University Children's Hospital Basel
Brief Summary

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

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
140
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

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in total lung capacity (TLC)At Baseline (start of therapy), at month 3 (during intensive treatment), at month 6-18 (end of intensive treatment), 12 months after end of intensive treatment,24 months after end of intensive treatment

Static lung function parameter: total lung capacity (TLC) to assess lung restriction

Change in Alveolar-capillary membrane diffusionAt Baseline (start of therapy), at month 3 (during intensive treatment), at month 6-18 (end of intensive treatment), 12 months after end of intensive treatment,24 months after end of intensive treatment

Alveolar-capillary membrane diffusion

Change in residual volume (RV)/TLCAt Baseline (start of therapy), at month 3 (during intensive treatment), at month 6-18 (end of intensive treatment), 12 months after end of intensive treatment,24 months after end of intensive treatment

Static lung function parameter: residual volume (RV)/TLC to assess hyperinflation

Change in ratio of FEV1/forced vital capacity (FVC) for airway obstructionAt Baseline (start of therapy), at month 3 (during intensive treatment), at month 6-18 (end of intensive treatment), 12 months after end of intensive treatment,24 months after end of intensive treatment

Dynamic lung function parameter: ratio of FEV1/forced vital capacity (FVC) for airway obstruction

Change in Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)At Baseline (start of therapy), at month 3 (during intensive treatment), at month 6-18 (end of intensive treatment), 12 months after end of intensive treatment,24 months after end of intensive treatment

Dynamic lung function parameter: Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)

Change in lung clearance index (LCI)At Baseline (start of therapy), at month 3 (during intensive treatment), at month 6-18 (end of intensive treatment), 12 months after end of intensive treatment,24 months after end of intensive treatment

Global ventilation inhomogeneity assessed by lung clearance index (LCI)

Change in percentage portion of the lung volume with impaired ventilation or perfusionBefore start of therapy, 12 months after end of intensive treatment,24 months after end of intensive treatment

Functional MRI: the primary outcome of functional lung imaging is the percentage portion of the lung volume with impaired ventilation or perfusion.

Change in lung morphology assessed by MRIBefore start of therapy, 12 months after end of intensive treatment,24 months after end of intensive treatment

Change in lung morphology assessed by MRI (description of structural changes: ground glass changes, thickened septal lines, interstitial infiltrates, diffuse alveolar infiltrates, haemorrhage, focal consolidation, fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, pleural effusion, nodular changes, vasculitis (wall thickening) and thrombosis will be assessed)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Assessment of genetic variants through saliva or buccal cell sampling (collection of germline DNA)At Baseline (start of therapy)

Genetic variants associated with susceptibility to cancer therapy or related to lung development. Assessed in the Germline DNA Biobank Switzerland for childhood cancer and blood disorders (BISKIDS, as part of the Paediatric Biobank for Research in Haematology and Oncology \[BaHOP\], ethics approval PB_2017-00533 to assess genetic determinants of pulmonary toxicity.

Change in 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal in exhaled breathAt Baseline (start of therapy), at month 3 (during intensive treatment), at month 6-18 (end of intensive treatment), 12 months after end of intensive treatment,24 months after end of intensive treatment

Breath analysis: 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal is regarded as a surrogate marker for oxidative stress in the human body.

Change in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breathAt Baseline (start of therapy), at month 3 (during intensive treatment), at month 6-18 (end of intensive treatment), 12 months after end of intensive treatment,24 months after end of intensive treatment

Untargeted explorative approach to assess volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath

Trial Locations

Locations (5)

Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich

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Zürich, Switzerland

University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB)

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Basel, Switzerland

Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois Lausanne

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Lausanne, Switzerland

Universitätsklinik für Kinderheilkunde

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Bern, Switzerland

Geneva University Hospital

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Genève, Switzerland

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