impaired splenic function in long-term survivors of childhood cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients: Inclusion of all survivors aged >=18 years, after 1) splenectomy, 2) irradiation over the spleen and 3) total body irradiation
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: diagnosis of childhood cancer with survival less than 5 years, age at diagnosis >17 years or diagnosis while residing in foreign country, survivors who are not capable of giving informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| • Individual diagnostic value of IgM memory B cells after irradiation over the spleen. • The number of hypo- or asplenic patients with vaccine failure. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| • Duration of protection after pneumococcal vaccination. • The number of survivors with hyposplenism after irradiation over the spleen related to the dose of irradiation and time interval from irradiation assessed by the number of IgM memory B-cells. . | — |
Countries
Netherlands