Determining Whether Multiple Anesthesia Exposures Affect Cognitive Function for Retinoblastoma Patients

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Conditions studied: Pediatric Retinoblastoma, Retinoblastoma

In brief

The purpose of this study is to see if there is a difference between the development of the brain (neurodevelopment) in children who have been treated for retinoblastoma with multiple anesthetic exposures, compared with brain development in children who have never had anesthesia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03546387

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

75

Starts

2018-05-07

Expected to finish

2027-05-07

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-03

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age ≥ 6 and < 17 years old

You may not qualify if…

• Diagnosis of any secondary disease associated with developmental delay
• History of second cancer diagnosis
• Legal Blindness
• Past surgery of any type, with the exception of enucleation for retinoblastoma
• Past exposure to anesthesia for surgical intervention
• More than one anesthesia encounter for surgical intervention before diagnosis at MSK
• Past External Beam Radiation for treatment of retinoblastoma
• Past systemic chemotherapy
• Non-native speaker of English; however, children whose parents speak only Spanish will be included, because the tests for parents are available in Spanish

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States (enrolling)

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