Clinical symptoms and time to diagnosis in a cohort of Southern Danish children with brain tumours
ISRCTN | ISRCTN88306789 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN88306789 |
Secondary identifying numbers | 01 |
- Submission date
- 09/11/2010
- Registration date
- 12/11/2010
- Last edited
- 21/12/2011
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Cancer
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Dr Niels Ove Illum
Scientific
Scientific
Department of Paediatrics H
Odense University Hospital
Sdr Boulevard 29
Odense C
5000
Denmark
Phone | +45 22 83 91 02 |
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niels.illum@ouh.regionsyddanmark.dk |
Study information
Study design | Retrospective observational cohort study |
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Primary study design | Observational |
Secondary study design | Cohort study |
Study setting(s) | Hospital |
Study type | Diagnostic |
Scientific title | Clinical symptoms and time to diagnosis in a cohort of Southern Danish children with brain tumours: a retrospective observational cohort study |
Study objectives | To identify time to diagnosis and first symptoms in children with brain tumours in order to improve coming diagnostic processes. |
Ethics approval(s) | No specific ethical requirements for this study according to Danish National Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics, as the study was observational and non-randomised only. Parent to every single participating child gave written consent. |
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Brain tumour |
Intervention | All children living in Southern Denmark that had a brain tumour in the period from 01/10/1994 to 31/12/1999 were identified at the referral Hospital record system. Letters were forwarded to all parents, written agreement obtained and telephone interviews undertaken. Data were analysed by comparing pre-diagnosis symptoms with time from parents first encounters to diagnosis. No successive data obtained. |
Intervention type | Other |
Primary outcome measure | Clinical signs and pre-diagnosis symptomatic interval. Analyses were performed in 2010 with close August 2010. |
Secondary outcome measures | No secondary outcome measures |
Overall study start date | 01/01/1999 |
Completion date | 31/12/1999 |
Eligibility
Participant type(s) | Patient |
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Age group | Child |
Sex | Both |
Target number of participants | 50 |
Key inclusion criteria | Retrospective study using patient records. Records of all children living in Southern Danish Region with brain tumours, from 1994 to 1999, were investigated. |
Key exclusion criteria | Does not meet inclusion criteria |
Date of first enrolment | 01/01/1999 |
Date of final enrolment | 31/12/1999 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Denmark
Study participating centre
Department of Paediatrics H
Odense C
5000
Denmark
5000
Denmark
Sponsor information
Odense University Hospital (Denmark)
Hospital/treatment centre
Hospital/treatment centre
Department of Pediatrics
Sdr Boulevard 29
Odense C
5000
Denmark
Phone | +45 65 41 15 47 |
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arne.hoest@ouh.regionsyddanmark.dk | |
Website | http://www.ouh.dk/wm122110 |
https://ror.org/00ey0ed83 |
Funders
Funder type
University/education
No formal funding, incidental costs covered by following institutions:
No information available
Southern Danish University (Denmark) - Faculty of Medicine
No information available
Odense University Hospital (Denmark) - Department of Pediatrics
No information available
Results and Publications
Intention to publish date | |
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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
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Results article | results | 01/07/2011 | Yes | No |