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Last refreshed on: 11 September 2023
Main ID:  NCT02229916
Date of registration: 27/08/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Dr. med. Christian Rothermundt
Public title: Swiss Austrian German Testicular Cancer Cohort Study - SAG TCCS SAG TCCS
Scientific title: Swiss Austrian German Testicular Cancer Cohort Study - SAG TCCS
Date of first enrolment: December 2013
Target sample size: 6900
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02229916
Study type:  Observational [Patient Registry]
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Christian Rothermundt, Dr. med.
Address: 
Telephone: +41 71 494 11 11
Email: christian.rothermundt@kssg.ch
Affiliation: 
Name:     Christian Rothermundt, Dr. med.
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Written informed consent.

- Histologically proven seminomas or non-seminoma.

- Seminoma: complete remission (CR) or lymph nodes (LN) < 3cm or PET negative partial
remission (PR) or non-seminoma: CR.

- Completion of treatment within the last 6 months.

- Patient able and willing to attend for regular surveillance.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Co-existent malignancy within 5 years.

- Inability for any reason to comply with the trial investigations or follow-up
schedules.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Testicular Neoplasms
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Mode of relapse detection [Time Frame: 8 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Rate of false positive abnormalities on CT scan [Time Frame: 8 years]
Rate of offspring spontaneously conceived after testicular cancer treatment. [Time Frame: 8 years]
Rate of stage I seminoma and non-seminoma patients undergoing active surveillance. [Time Frame: 8 years]
Rate of false positive tumour marker elevations not due to seminomatous or non-seminomatous germ cell tumour relapses but due to other reasons [Time Frame: 8 years]
Patient characteristics at baseline and at the time-point of relapse detection. [Time Frame: 8 years]
Rate of intermediate and poor-prognosis disease at relapse. [Time Frame: 8 years]
Overview of treatment and follow-up strategies in germ cell cancer patients in Switzerland, Austria and Germany [Time Frame: 8 years]
Treatment sequelae following testicular cancer treatment in terms of organ function, cardiovascular risk factors, sexual health and socioeconomic aspects. [Time Frame: 8 years]
Rate of relapses detected on chest x-ray in seminoma patients [Time Frame: 8 years]
Secondary ID(s)
SG359/13
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
German Testicular Cancer Study Group
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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