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Severe and Transient Hypoxemia During Selective Intra-arterial Chemotherapy for Retinoblastoma in Children: Evaluation of the Right-sided Heart Function.

NCT03559894 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2018-06-18

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Summary

Children having selective ophthalmic artery chemotherapy for retinoblastoma under general anaesthesia may experience troubles during the procedure. The troubles are transient, may be severe and include hypoxemia, hypotension and bradycardia. All children having such trouble always fully recovered without any sequelae or prolonged length of stay. The investigators suspect that these phenomenons are caused by transient pulmonary hypertension.The objective is to see whether transient pulmonary hypertension and right-sided heart failure is present during theses phenomenon by trans-thoracic echocardiography.

Conditions

  • Retinoblastoma

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Trans-thoracic echocardiography

Trans-thoracic echocardiography

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Christian Kern

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Max Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-01
Primary Completion
2019-05-31
Completion
2019-05-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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