Cardiovascular Function in Acute Leukemia
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
An observational, prospective study to describe the rates and predictors of cardiovascular events in patients with acute leukemia.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Detailed Description
Patients recently diagnosed with acute leukemia and who will initiating chemotherapy will be enrolled and followed serially with blood collection, echocardiogram, arterial applanation tonometry, and questionnaires for 1 year.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Acute Leukemia Observation only. Patients newly diagnosed with acute leukemia who are scheduled to start treatment with chemotherapy will be enrolled and followed serially with blood collection, echocardiogram, arterial applanation tonometry, and questionnaires for 1 year. |
Other: observation only
No intervention, observational study only
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Left Ventricular dysfunction [1 year]
defined as a reduction in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction of more than 10 percentage points from baseline and to less than 50%.
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Incidence of Cardiovascular Events [1 year]
- Incidence of Symptomatic Heart Failure [1 year]
- Incidence of Cardiac Death and all mortality [1 year]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Older than 18 years of age,
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New diagnosis of untreated acute leukemia (prior treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome or myeloproliferative neoplams or prior treatment with an anthracycline for breast cancer, Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or another diagnosis will be included).
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Signed the informed consent form
Exclusion Criteria:
• Unable to provide informed consent
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | United States | 19104 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- UPCC48418