Effects of Oncological Treatment During Pregnancy on Mother and Child

Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Oncological Treatment During Pregnancy: Pharmacokinetics of Chemotherapy and Long Term Follow up of the Offspring

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00330447
• Other study ID #: cancer in pregnancy
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: August 2005
• Est. completion date: December 2032

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: University Hospital, Gasthuisberg
• Contact: Ayaka Wakatsuki
• Phone: +32 16 34 41 69
• Email: ayaka.wakatsuki[@]uzleuven.be
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

The researchers aim to investigate the outcome (overall survival) of mothers who are diagnosed and/or treated for cancer during pregnancy. Furthermore they want to test the hypothesis that children who were exposed to cancer or cancer treatment (cytotoxic drugs, radiation therapy, targeted therapy,...) develop normally (neurologic and cardiologic examination).

Description:

Study contains several study parts (protocol version 4.4): **********Part I. Pregnancy, delivery and maternal health********** Part I.I.A. Registration study 'Cancer during pregnancy' mother and neonate None Part I.I.B. Effects of prenatal exposure to cancer treatment on fetal growth. The association between placental pathophysiologic mechanisms (histopathology and immunohistochemistry), circulating maternal factors and fetal growth. From participating women, a maternal blood sample will be collected during or shortly after birth. Also, an umbilical cord blood sample and placental and umbilical cord biopsies will be drawn. Part I.II. Measurement of maternal and paternal anxiety and emotional needs when confronted with a cancer diagnosis during pregnancy The participants will be asked to complete questionnaires. **********Part II. Child********** Long term follow up of children and adolescents in utero exposed to chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy Regular check-ups of the child, at the age of 6 months, 18 months, 3y, 6y, 9y, 12y, 15y, and 18y, and after the age of 18 years: 5-yearly cardiologic assessment and questionnaires (23y, 28y, 33y, 38y, and 43y). Optional at the ages of 9y, 12y, 15y and 18y: MRI session. Summary part I: Prospectively the outcome of mothers diagnosed and/or treated for cancer during pregnancy will be registered and investigated. Summary Part II: In a prospective trial we invite children that were exposed to cytotoxic drugs or radiotherapy in utero for a standardized neurological and cardiological examination. The examinations will be done by qualified psychologists, neurological and cardiological pediatricians.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 5000
• Est. completion date: December 2032
• Est. primary completion date: April 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Patients do not need to participate in both; however, preferentially both study parts should be performed. **************Part I: Pregnancy, delivery and maternal health**************

Patients must meet the following inclusion criteria:

• Histologically proven cancer in association with a pregnancy (during pregnancy or cancer dagnosis within 5 years after pregnancy)
• > 18 years of age, premenopausal
• Patients who have given their signed and written informed consent to participate in the trial after fully understanding the implication of the protocol
• Women receiving any cytotoxic drug or radiation therapy during pregnancy are allowed for the assessment of the maternal and fetal outcome (Part II).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mentally disabled or significantly altered mental status that would prohibit the understanding and giving of informed consent **************Part II: Follow-up of children**************

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children that were prenatally exposed to cancer of cancer treament. Informed Consent is asked from parents. From the age of 12 years, informed assent is additionally asked from the child. After the age of 18 years, informed consent is solely asked of the offspring.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mentally disabled or significantly altered mental status that would prohibit the understanding and giving of informed consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cancer
• Pregnancy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Argentina	Instituto Alexander Fleming	Buenos Aires
Austria	Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe (retrospective 2016-2018)	Graz
Belgium	UCL Brussels (2013-ongoing)	Brussels
Belgium	UZ Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2004-ongoing)	Leuven
Czechia	University Hospital Ostrava (2018-ongoing)	Ostrava
Czechia	3rd medical faculty of Charles University (2010-ongoing)	Prague
Denmark	Copenhagen University Hospital (2015-ongoing)	Copenhagen
France	Hopital Bichat-Claude-Bernard (retrospective until 2018)	Paris
Germany	Universitätsklinik Freiburg (retrospective until 2018)	Freiburg
Greece	Euroclinic Hospital (2016-ongoing)	Athens
Greece	Hellenic Anticancer-Oncological Hospital of Athens (retrospective 2015-2018)	Athens
Greece	Ioannina University Hospital (retrosepctive 2015-2018)	Ioánnina
Greece	Hippokration Hospital (retrospective 2015-2018)	Thessaloníki
Italy	European Institute of Oncology (2010-ongoing)	Milan
Italy	Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore (2012-ongoing)	Milan
Italy	Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano (2017-ongoing)	Milan
Italy	San Raffaele Hospital (2017-ongoing)	Milan
Italy	CIttà della Salute e della Scienza di Torino (2015-ongoing)	Torino
Mexico	Regional Hospital of High Specialty of Ixtapaluca (2018-ongoing)	Ixtapaluca
Netherlands	Erasmus Medical Center (2014-ongoing)	Rotterdam
Norway	Haukeland University Hospital (2017-ongoing)	Bergen
Poland	Medyczne Macierzynstwo (retrospective 2010-2018)	Kraków
Poland	University Hospital Krakow (2018-ongoing)	Kraków
Poland	Pozanan University of Medical Sciences (2017-ongoing)	Poznan
Portugal	Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira (2017-ongoing)	Vila Franca De Xira
Russian Federation	N.N.Blokchin National Medical Research Center of Oncology (2013-2018 retrospective; 2018-ongoing prospective)	Moscow
Russian Federation	Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology (2014-ongoing)	Moscow
Russian Federation	Almazov National Medical Research Center (2018-ongoing)	Saint Petersburg
Sweden	Karolinska University Hospital (2017-ongoing)	Stockholm
Tunisia	F.Hached University Teaching Hospital (retrospective 2016-2018)	Sousse
Turkey	Trakya University Faculty of Medicine (retrospective 2015-2018)	Edirne
Ukraine	Grigoriev Institute for medical Radiology (retrospective until 2018)	Kharkov
United States	Cooper University Hospital (2015-ongoing)	Camden	New Jersey

Sponsors (6)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Gasthuisberg	Charles University, Czech Republic, Erasmus Medical Center, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, San Gerardo Hospital, The Netherlands Cancer Institute

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Argentina,  Austria,  Belgium,  Czechia,  Denmark,  France,  Germany,  Greece,  Italy,  Mexico,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Poland,  Portugal,  Russian Federation,  Sweden,  Tunisia,  Turkey,  Ukraine, 

References & Publications (69)

Amant F, Brepoels L, Halaska MJ, Gziri MM, Calsteren KV. Gynaecologic cancer complicating pregnancy: an overview. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2010 Feb;24(1):61-79. doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.08.001. Epub 2009 Sep 8. — View Citation

Amant F, Deckers S, Van Calsteren K, Loibl S, Halaska M, Brepoels L, Beijnen J, Cardoso F, Gentilini O, Lagae L, Mir O, Neven P, Ottevanger N, Pans S, Peccatori F, Rouzier R, Senn HJ, Struikmans H, Christiaens MR, Cameron D, Du Bois A. Breast cancer in pregnancy: recommendations of an international consensus meeting. Eur J Cancer. 2010 Dec;46(18):3158-68. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.09.010. — View Citation

Amant F, Halaska MJ, Fumagalli M, Dahl Steffensen K, Lok C, Van Calsteren K, Han SN, Mir O, Fruscio R, Uzan C, Maxwell C, Dekrem J, Strauven G, Mhallem Gziri M, Kesic V, Berveiller P, van den Heuvel F, Ottevanger PB, Vergote I, Lishner M, Morice P, Nulman I; ESGO task force 'Cancer in Pregnancy'. Gynecologic cancers in pregnancy: guidelines of a second international consensus meeting. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2014 Mar;24(3):394-403. doi: 10.1097/IGC.0000000000000062. Erratum In: Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2014 May;24(4):819. — View Citation

Amant F, Han SN, Gziri MM, Dekrem J, Van Calsteren K. Chemotherapy during pregnancy. Curr Opin Oncol. 2012 Sep;24(5):580-6. doi: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e328354e754. — View Citation

Amant F, Han SN, Gziri MM, Vandenbroucke T, Verheecke M, Van Calsteren K. Management of cancer in pregnancy. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2015 Jul;29(5):741-53. doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2015.02.006. Epub 2015 Mar 4. — View Citation

Amant F, Loibl S, Neven P, Van Calsteren K. Breast cancer in pregnancy. Lancet. 2012 Feb 11;379(9815):570-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61092-1. — View Citation

Amant F, Van Calsteren K, Halaska MJ, Beijnen J, Lagae L, Hanssens M, Heyns L, Lannoo L, Ottevanger NP, Vanden Bogaert W, Ungar L, Vergote I, du Bois A. Gynecologic cancers in pregnancy: guidelines of an international consensus meeting. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2009 May;19 Suppl 1:S1-12. doi: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a1d0ec. — View Citation

Amant F, Van Calsteren K, Halaska MJ, Gziri MM, Hui W, Lagae L, Willemsen MA, Kapusta L, Van Calster B, Wouters H, Heyns L, Han SN, Tomek V, Mertens L, Ottevanger PB. Long-term cognitive and cardiac outcomes after prenatal exposure to chemotherapy in chil — View Citation

Amant F, Van Calsteren K, Vergote I, Ottevanger N. Gynecologic oncology in pregnancy. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2008 Sep;67(3):187-95. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2008.01.006. Epub 2008 Mar 4. — View Citation

Amant F, Vandenbroucke T, Verheecke M, Fumagalli M, Halaska MJ, Boere I, Han S, Gziri MM, Peccatori F, Rob L, Lok C, Witteveen P, Voigt JU, Naulaers G, Vallaeys L, Van den Heuvel F, Lagae L, Mertens L, Claes L, Van Calsteren K; International Network on Ca — View Citation

Amant F, Verheecke M, Wlodarska I, Dehaspe L, Brady P, Brison N, Van Den Bogaert K, Dierickx D, Vandecaveye V, Tousseyn T, Moerman P, Vanderstichele A, Vergote I, Neven P, Berteloot P, Putseys K, Danneels L, Vandenberghe P, Legius E, Vermeesch JR. Presymptomatic Identification of Cancers in Pregnant Women During Noninvasive Prenatal Testing. JAMA Oncol. 2015 Sep;1(6):814-9. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.1883. — View Citation

Amant F, von Minckwitz G, Han SN, Bontenbal M, Ring AE, Giermek J, Wildiers H, Fehm T, Linn SC, Schlehe B, Neven P, Westenend PJ, Muller V, Van Calsteren K, Rack B, Nekljudova V, Harbeck N, Untch M, Witteveen PO, Schwedler K, Thomssen C, Van Calster B, Lo — View Citation

Amant F. Safety of chemotherapy in pregnancy. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol. 2012 Apr;10(4):258-9. No abstract available. — View Citation

Boere I, Lok C, Vandenbroucke T, Amant F. Cancer in pregnancy: safety and efficacy of systemic therapies. Curr Opin Oncol. 2017 Sep;29(5):328-334. doi: 10.1097/CCO.0000000000000386. — View Citation

Boucek J, de Haan J, Halaska MJ, Plzak J, Van Calsteren K, de Groot CJM, Dahl Steffensen K, Fruscio R, Massolt ET, Klaritsch P, Zola P, Amant F; International Network on Cancer, Infertility, and Pregnancy. Maternal and obstetrical outcome in 35 cases of w — View Citation

Boussios S, Han SN, Fruscio R, Halaska MJ, Ottevanger PB, Peccatori FA, Koubkova L, Pavlidis N, Amant F. Lung cancer in pregnancy: report of nine cases from an international collaborative study. Lung Cancer. 2013 Dec;82(3):499-505. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan. — View Citation

Calsteren KV, Verbesselt R, Devlieger R, De Catte L, Chai DC, Van Bree R, Heyns L, Beijnen J, Demarsin S, de Bruijn E, de Hoon J, Amant F. Transplacental transfer of paclitaxel, docetaxel, carboplatin, and trastuzumab in a baboon model. Int J Gynecol Canc — View Citation

Caluwaerts S, VAN Calsteren K, Mertens L, Lagae L, Moerman P, Hanssens M, Wuyts K, Vergote I, Amant F. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radical hysterectomy for invasive cervical cancer diagnosed during pregnancy: report of a case and review of the literature. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2006 Mar-Apr;16(2):905-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00223.x. — View Citation

de Haan J, Lok CA, de Groot CJ, Crijns MB, Van Calsteren K, Dahl Steffensen K, Halaska MJ, Altintas S, Boere IA, Fruscio R, Kolawa W, Witteveen PO, Amant F; International Network on Cancer, Infertility and Pregnancy (INCIP). Melanoma during pregnancy: a r — View Citation

de Haan J, Van Calsteren K, Lok CAR, de Groot CJM, Amant F. Comment on "Maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnancy-associated melanoma. Report of two cases and a systematic literature review". Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2017 Sep;216:261-262. doi: — View Citation

de Haan J, van Thienen JV, Casaer M, Hannivoort RA, Van Calsteren K, van Tuyl M, van Gerwen MM, Debeer A, Amant F, Painter RC. Severe Adverse Reaction to Vemurafenib in a Pregnant Woman with Metastatic Melanoma. Case Rep Oncol. 2018 Feb 15;11(1):119-124. — View Citation

de Haan J, Vandecaveye V, Han SN, Van de Vijver KK, Amant F. Difficulties with diagnosis of malignancies in pregnancy. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2016 May;33:19-32. doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2015.10.005. Epub 2015 Oct 19. — View Citation

de Haan J, Verheecke M, Amant F. Management of ovarian cysts and cancer in pregnancy. Facts Views Vis Obgyn. 2015;7(1):25-31. — View Citation

de Haan J, Verheecke M, Van Calsteren K, Van Calster B, Shmakov RG, Mhallem Gziri M, Halaska MJ, Fruscio R, Lok CAR, Boere IA, Zola P, Ottevanger PB, de Groot CJM, Peccatori FA, Dahl Steffensen K, Cardonick EH, Polushkina E, Rob L, Ceppi L, Sukhikh GT, Ha — View Citation

Deckers S, Amant F. Breast cancer in pregnancy: a literature review. Facts Views Vis Obgyn. 2009;1(2):130-41. — View Citation

Dekrem J, Van Calsteren K, Amant F. Effects of fetal exposure to maternal chemotherapy. Paediatr Drugs. 2013 Oct;15(5):329-34. doi: 10.1007/s40272-013-0040-6. — View Citation

Fruscio R, de Haan J, Van Calsteren K, Verheecke M, Mhallem M, Amant F. Ovarian cancer in pregnancy. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2017 May;41:108-117. doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2016.09.013. Epub 2016 Oct 1. — View Citation

Gziri MM, Amant F, Debieve F, Van Calsteren K, De Catte L, Mertens L. Effects of chemotherapy during pregnancy on the maternal and fetal heart. Prenat Diagn. 2012 Jul;32(7):614-9. doi: 10.1002/pd.3847. Epub 2012 Apr 17. — View Citation

Gziri MM, Brunee L, Cayphas C, Prigogine T, Van Raemdonck D, Amant F, Hubinont C. Low-grade bronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma during pregnancy successfully treated by lobectomy. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2017 Nov;37(8):1082-1084. doi: 10.1080/01443615.2017.1308 — View Citation

Gziri MM, Debieve F, DE Catte L, Mertens L, Barrea C, VAN Calsteren K, Han SN, Heyns L, Amant F. Chemotherapy during pregnancy: effect of anthracyclines on fetal and maternal cardiac function. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2012 Dec;91(12):1465-8. doi: 10.111 — View Citation

Gziri MM, Goffin F, Debieve F, Amant F. [Cancer diagnosis during pregnancy: importance of a national and European registration]. Rev Med Liege. 2013 Oct;68(10):527-30. French. — View Citation

Gziri MM, Han SN, Amant F. Use of general anesthesia and sentinel node procedure during pregnancy. J Surg Oncol. 2012 Dec;106(8):1008. doi: 10.1002/jso.23164. Epub 2012 Jun 4. No abstract available. — View Citation

Gziri MM, Hui W, Amant F, Van Calsteren K, Ottevanger N, Kapusta L, Mertens L. Myocardial function in children after fetal chemotherapy exposure. A tissue Doppler and myocardial deformation imaging study. Eur J Pediatr. 2013 Feb;172(2):163-70. doi: 10.100 — View Citation

Gziri MM, Pokreisz P, De Vos R, Verbeken E, Debieve F, Mertens L, Janssens SP, Amant F. Fetal rat hearts do not display acute cardiotoxicity in response to maternal Doxorubicin treatment. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2013 Sep;346(3):362-9. doi: 10.1124/jpet.113. — View Citation

Han SN, Gziri MM, Van Calsteren K, Amant F. Is chemotherapy during the first trimester of pregnancy really safe? Int J Cancer. 2013 Apr 1;132(7):1728. doi: 10.1002/ijc.27815. Epub 2012 Sep 28. No abstract available. — View Citation

Han SN, Kesic VI, Van Calsteren K, Petkovic S, Amant F; ESGO 'Cancer in Pregnancy' Task Force. Cancer in pregnancy: a survey of current clinical practice. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2013 Mar;167(1):18-23. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.10.026. Epub 2012 Nov 19. — View Citation

Han SN, Lotgerink A, Gziri MM, Van Calsteren K, Hanssens M, Amant F. Physiologic variations of serum tumor markers in gynecological malignancies during pregnancy: a systematic review. BMC Med. 2012 Aug 8;10:86. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-10-86. — View Citation

Han SN, Mhallem Gziri M, Van Calsteren K, Amant F. Cervical cancer in pregnant women: treat, wait or interrupt? Assessment of current clinical guidelines, innovations and controversies. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2013 Jul;5(4):211-9. doi: 10.1177/1758834013494988. — View Citation

Han SN, Van Calsteren K, Amant F. Use of chemotherapy during pregnancy in the treatment of ovarian malignancies. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2011 Jun;156(2):237. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2011.02.004. Epub 2011 Mar 25. No abstract available. — View Citation

Han SN, Van Peer S, Peccatori F, Gziri MM, Amant F; International Network on Cancer, Infertility and Pregnancy. Contraception is as important as fertility preservation in young women with cancer. Lancet. 2015 Feb 7;385(9967):508. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60201-X. No abstract available. — View Citation

Han SN, Verheecke M, Vandenbroucke T, Gziri MM, Van Calsteren K, Amant F. Management of gynecological cancers during pregnancy. Curr Oncol Rep. 2014 Dec;16(12):415. doi: 10.1007/s11912-014-0415-z. — View Citation

Lambrechts S, Van Calsteren K, Capoen A, Op De Beeck K, Joniau S, Timmerman D, Amant F. Polypoid endometriosis of the bladder during pregnancy mimicking urachal carcinoma. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Oct;38(4):475-8. doi: 10.1002/uog.8985. Epub 2011 S — View Citation

Lishner M, Avivi I, Apperley JF, Dierickx D, Evens AM, Fumagalli M, Nulman I, Oduncu FS, Peccatori FA, Robinson S, Van Calsteren K, Vandenbroucke T, Van den Heuvel F, Amant F. Hematologic Malignancies in Pregnancy: Management Guidelines From an International Consensus Meeting. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Feb 10;34(5):501-8. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.62.4445. Epub 2015 Nov 30. — View Citation

Loibl S, Han SN, Amant F. Being Pregnant and Diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Breast Care (Basel). 2012 Jun;7(3):204-209. doi: 10.1159/000339674. Epub 2012 Jun 27. — View Citation

Loibl S, Han SN, von Minckwitz G, Bontenbal M, Ring A, Giermek J, Fehm T, Van Calsteren K, Linn SC, Schlehe B, Gziri MM, Westenend PJ, Muller V, Heyns L, Rack B, Van Calster B, Harbeck N, Lenhard M, Halaska MJ, Kaufmann M, Nekljudova V, Amant F. Treatment — View Citation

Loibl S, Schmidt A, Gentilini O, Kaufman B, Kuhl C, Denkert C, von Minckwitz G, Parokonnaya A, Stensheim H, Thomssen C, van Calsteren K, Poortmans P, Berveiller P, Markert UR, Amant F. Breast Cancer Diagnosed During Pregnancy: Adapting Recent Advances in — View Citation

Mhallem Gziri M, Han SN, Van Calsteren K, Heyns L, Delaere P, Nuyts S, Van den Heuvel F, Cheron AC, Fossion E, Van den Weyngaert D, Lok C, Amant F. Tongue cancers during pregnancy: Case reports and review of literature. Head Neck. 2013 Apr;35(4):E102-8. d — View Citation

Van Calsteren K, Amant F. Cancer during pregnancy. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2014 May;93(5):443-6. doi: 10.1111/aogs.12380. — View Citation

Van Calsteren K, Berteloot P, Hanssens M, Vergote I, Amant F, Ganame J, Claus P, Mertens L, Lagae L, Delforge M, Paridaens R, Noens L, Humblet Y, Vandermeersch B, De Muylder X. In utero exposure to chemotherapy: effect on cardiac and neurologic outcome. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Apr 20;24(12):e16-7. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.1382. No abstract available. — View Citation

Van Calsteren K, Devlieger R, De Catte L, D'Hooghe T, Chai DC, Mwenda JM, Vergote I, Amant F. Feasibility of ultrasound-guided percutaneous samplings in the pregnant baboon: a model for studies on transplacental transport. Reprod Sci. 2009 Mar;16(3):280-5. doi: 10.1177/1933719108324890. Epub 2008 Dec 15. — View Citation

Van Calsteren K, Hanssens M, Moerman P, Orye G, Bielen D, Vergote I, Amant F. Successful conservative treatment of endocervical adenocarcinoma stage Ib1 diagnosed early in pregnancy. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2008;87(2):250-3. doi: 10.1080/00016340701870 — View Citation

Van Calsteren K, Hartmann D, Van Aerschot L, Verbesselt R, Van Bree R, D'Hooge R, Amant F. Vinblastine and doxorubicin administration to pregnant mice affects brain development and behaviour in the offspring. Neurotoxicology. 2009 Jul;30(4):647-57. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.04.009. Epub 2009 May 5. — View Citation

Van Calsteren K, Heyns L, De Smet F, Van Eycken L, Gziri MM, Van Gemert W, Halaska M, Vergote I, Ottevanger N, Amant F. Cancer during pregnancy: an analysis of 215 patients emphasizing the obstetrical and the neonatal outcomes. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Feb 1;28 — View Citation

Van Calsteren K, Van Mensel K, Joniau S, Oyen R, Hanssens M, Amant F, Van Poppel H. Urachal carcinoma during pregnancy. Urology. 2006 Jun;67(6):1290.e19-21. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.12.041. — View Citation

Van Calsteren K, Verbesselt R, Beijnen J, Devlieger R, De Catte L, Chai DC, Van Bree R, Heyns L, de Hoon J, Amant F. Transplacental transfer of anthracyclines, vinblastine, and 4-hydroxy-cyclophosphamide in a baboon model. Gynecol Oncol. 2010 Dec;119(3):5 — View Citation

Van Calsteren K, Verbesselt R, Ottevanger N, Halaska M, Heyns L, Van Bree R, de Bruijn E, Chai D, Delforge M, Noens L, Renard V, Witteveen E, Rob L, de Hoon J, Amant F. Pharmacokinetics of chemotherapeutic agents in pregnancy: a preclinical and clinical s — View Citation

Van Calsteren K, Verbesselt R, Van Bree R, Heyns L, de Bruijn E, de Hoon J, Amant F. Substantial variation in transplacental transfer of chemotherapeutic agents in a mouse model. Reprod Sci. 2011 Jan;18(1):57-63. doi: 10.1177/1933719110379650. Epub 2010 S — View Citation

van Dam L, Han SN, Dierickx D, Amant F. Optimal staging of lymphoma during pregnancy is crucial. Womens Health (Lond). 2015 Mar;11(2):101-2. doi: 10.2217/whe.14.77. No abstract available. — View Citation

van Hasselt JGC, van Calsteren K, Heyns L, Han S, Mhallem Gziri M, Schellens JHM, Beijnen JH, Huitema ADR, Amant F. Optimizing anticancer drug treatment in pregnant cancer patients: pharmacokinetic analysis of gestation-induced changes for doxorubicin, ep — View Citation

Vandenbriele C, Dierickx D, Amant F, Delforge M. The treatment of hematologic malignancies in pregnancy. Facts Views Vis Obgyn. 2010;2(2):74-87. No abstract available. — View Citation

Vandenbroucke T, Amant F. Development of children born to mothers with cancer during pregnancy: comparing in utero chemotherapy-exposed children with nonexposed controls. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Jun;212(6):830-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.01.035. Epub 20 — View Citation

Vandenbroucke T, Han SN, Van Calsteren K, Wilderjans TF, Van den Bergh BRH, Claes L, Amant F. Psychological distress and cognitive coping in pregnant women diagnosed with cancer and their partners. Psychooncology. 2017 Aug;26(8):1215-1221. doi: 10.1002/po — View Citation

Vandenbroucke T, Van Calsteren K, Amant F. Pediatric Outcome after Maternal Cancer Diagnosed during Pregnancy. N Engl J Med. 2016 Feb 18;374(7):693. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1515462. No abstract available. — View Citation

Vandenbroucke T, Verheecke M, Fumagalli M, Lok C, Amant F. Effects of cancer treatment during pregnancy on fetal and child development. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2017 Dec;1(4):302-310. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(17)30091-3. Epub 2017 Sep 29. — View Citation

Vandenbroucke T, Verheecke M, Van Calsteren K, Han S, Claes L, Amant F. Fetal outcome after prenatal exposure to chemotherapy and mechanisms of teratogenicity compared to alcohol and smoking. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2014 Dec;13(12):1653-65. doi: 10.1517/147 — View Citation

Vercruysse DC, Deprez S, Sunaert S, Van Calsteren K, Amant F. Effects of prenatal exposure to cancer treatment on neurocognitive development, a review. Neurotoxicology. 2016 May;54:11-21. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2016.02.013. Epub 2016 Mar 4. — View Citation

Verheecke M, Cortes Calabuig A, Finalet Ferreiro J, Brys V, Van Bree R, Verbist G, Everaert T, Leemans L, Gziri MM, Boere I, Halaska MJ, Vanhoudt J, Amant F, Van Calsteren K. Genetic and microscopic assessment of the human chemotherapy-exposed placenta re — View Citation

Verheecke M, Halaska MJ, Lok CA, Ottevanger PB, Fruscio R, Dahl-Steffensen K, Kolawa W, Gziri MM, Han SN, Van Calsteren K, Van den Heuvel F, De Vleeschouwer S, Clement PM, Menten J, Amant F; ESGO Task Force 'Cancer in Pregnancy'. Primary brain tumours, me — View Citation

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Follow-up of the mothers diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy	treatment during pregnancy, obstetrical outcome, maternal survival	anticipated
Primary	Follow-up of the children antenatally exposed to chemotherapy or radiotherapy	neurologic and cardiologic outcome	anticipated

External Links

•   This site provides background information on the problem of cancer in pregnancy and details further the project.