CompletedNot Applicable

Breast Cancer Long-term Outcome of Cardiac Dysfunction

Netherlands700 participantsStarted 2013-06

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of cardiac dysfunction and (undiagnosed) heart failure in women registered in general practice with a history of breast cancer who received chemotherapy and / or radiotherapy as compared to a matched female control population.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * For breast cancer patients: minimum of 5 years after treatment for breast cancer with chemo- and/or radiotherapy and after 1970 * For breast cancer patients: younger than 80 at the time of diagnosis of breast cancer * willing to sign an informed consent * older than 18 at the time of inclusion Exclusion Criteria: * Treatment with chemo- and/or radiotherapy for other types of cancer besides breast cancer * women who are unable to participate (e.g. terminally or mentally ill)

What they're measuring

Cardiac dysfunction

Timeframe: on average 11 years after treatment with breast cancer

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01904331

SponsorUniversity Medical Center Groningen

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2016-02-06

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