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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00541801
Date of registration: 08/10/2007
Primary sponsor: Luzerner Kantonsspital
Public title: Acoustic Cardiographic Assessment of Heart Function in Comparison to Doppler-echocardiography
Scientific title: Acoustic Cardiographic Assessment of Heart Function in Comparison to Doppler-echocardiography in Patients With Cytostatic Therapies
Date of first enrolment: March 2007
Target sample size:
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00541801
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic  
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:   Paul Erne, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Luzerner Kantonsspital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with malignant disease with scheduled anthracycline and trastuzumab therapy



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Antineoplastic Agents
Heart Failure, Congestive
Intervention(s)
Device: Doppler-echocardiography and acoustic cardiography
Primary Outcome(s)
Changes of echocardiographic parameters and changes of electromechanical activation time (EMAT)and development of third heart sound as indicators of congestive heart failure [Time Frame: Repeated measurements over a year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Development of clinically overt congestive heart failure [Time Frame: One year]
Secondary ID(s)
Audicor-Oncology
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Inovise Medical
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