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Description of the Cystatin C as an Early Nephrotoxic Bio-marker in Pediatric Oncology

Assessment of Cystatin C as a Tubular and Glomerular Marker of Nephrotoxicity in Pediatric Oncology

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02822404
Acronym
CysPed
Enrollment
42
Registered
2016-07-04
Start date
2012-02-17
Completion date
2021-05-04
Last updated
2026-04-01

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Conditions

Kidney Diseases

Keywords

kidney toxicity

Brief summary

Cisplatin and ifosfamide are commonly used drugs in chemotherapy. They are known to involve renal toxic threats in children given their immature kidney. This toxicity is increased especially after nephrectomy and/or concomitant radiotherapy. In pediatric oncology, the available evaluation methods of the renal function could be very restrictive to perform on children. In this study, the investigators intend to test the use of the cystatin C as an effective and reliable biological marker of renal toxicity in children treated with cisplatin and / or ifosfamide.

Detailed description

Cisplatin and ifosfamide are commonly used drugs in chemotherapy. They are known to involve renal toxic threats in children given their immature kidney. This toxicity is increased especially after nephrectomy and/or concomitant radiotherapy. In pediatric oncology, the evaluation of the renal function is carried out according to the clinical trial protocols and to the center practices. To date, the standard methods (eg. creatinine clearance), as well as the available predictive formula (eg. Schwartz formula) are not well adapted to monitor children renal function. Indeed, the reliability of these methods depends on several parameters such as the diet and the muscle mass and could be very restrictive to perform on children. To circumvent these practical difficulties, the investigators intend to use the cystatin C as a biological marker of renal toxicity in children treated with cisplatin and / or ifosfamide. This cysteine protease has witnessed an upsurge of interest as an endogenous glomerular filtration rate marker and could be a good candidate to assess tubular toxicity when measured in urine. This study aims to describe the kinetic of the appearance of the urinary cystatin C and explore its proprieties as an early and cost-effective marker for glomerular and tubular renal toxicity in children. In addition, this method could allow enhancing the calculation models routinely used for glomerular filtration rate.

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTUrinary and blood sample for Cystatine dosage

Urinary and blood cystatin C are sampled in patient with nephrotoxic risks before the treatment beginning, after the first course of chemotherapy, in the middle and at the end of the treatment. A follow up assessment is also required at 2 and 5 years. The cystatin C measurements are compared to traditional nephrology markers. Their sampling requires additional blood and urinary collection but involve minimal risks for patient.

Sponsors

University Hospital, Toulouse
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Children of 0 to18 years treated with cisplatin and / or ifosfamide in the hematology-oncology unit of Toulouse University Hospital of children regardless to the pathology they have been treated for * Children with more than 4kg * Written informed consent given by both parents or legal representative * Patient covered by a social security agreement

Exclusion criteria

* Impossibility to monitor and follow up the patient until the foreseeable end of the treatment (geographic reasons, etc.) * Contraindication to EDTA clearance performing

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Urinary cystatin C rate1 month

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Sensibility, specificity and positive predictive value for urinary CysC5 yearsCysC is positive when it is detectable in urine, i.e when one or more reference biomarkers are positive
Predictive value for Glomerular Filtration Rate with blood rate of CysC (with Bouvet calculation method)5 years

Countries

France

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMarlène Pasquet

University Hospital, Toulouse

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 2, 2026