Metabolic Syndrome in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Completed

Conditions studied: Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Metabolic Syndrome, Sarcoma

In brief

RATIONALE: Gathering information about how often metabolic syndrome occurs in young survivors of childhood cancer may help doctors learn more about the disease. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying metabolic syndrome in survivors of childhood cancer and in their healthy sisters and brothers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00920738

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

512

Starts

2005-04-01

Expected to finish

2011-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-08-22

Who can join

Age: 9 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects must be survivors of childhood cancer, treated at Fairview-University Medical Center or Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minneapolis and St Paul or siblings of survivors.
• Subjects will be 9-17 years old at the time of their visit.
• Subjects who are cancer survivors must have survived childhood cancer for a minimum of 5 years and be in remission.

You may not qualify if…

• Eligibility will not be restricted by race or sex.
• Any women currently pregnant will not be eligible, but may participate 3 or more months after the end of her pregnancy if the study is still ongoing.
• Subjects who underwent hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) are not eligible for this study.

Where it is running

• University of Minnesota Children's Hospital - Fairview — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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