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Koenig C, Ammann RA, Schneider C, Wyss J, Roessler J, Brack E. Continuous timely monitoring of core temperature with two wearable devices in pediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy for cancer - a comparison study. Support Care Cancer 2024; 32:188. [PMID: 38400942 PMCID: PMC10894150 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-024-08366-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024]
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PURPOSE Pediatric patients with cancer often develop chemotherapy-induced fever in neutropenia (FN), requiring emergency broad-spectrum antibiotics. Continuous temperature monitoring can lead to earlier FN detection and therapy with improved outcomes. We aimed to compare the feasibility of continuous core temperature monitoring with timely data availability between two wearable devices (WDs) in pediatric oncology patients undergoing chemotherapy. METHODS In this prospective observational two-center study, 20 patients (median age: 8 years) undergoing chemotherapy simultaneously wore two WDs (CORE®, Everion®) for 14 days. The predefined goal was core temperature recorded in sufficient quality and available within ≤ 30 min during ≥ 18/24 h for ≥ 7/14 days in more than 15 patients. RESULTS More patients reached the goal with CORE® (n = 13) versus Everion® (n = 3) (difference, 50% p < 0.001). After correcting for the transmission bottleneck caused by two WDs transmitting via one gateway, these numbers increased (n = 15 versus n = 14; difference, 5%; p = 0.69). CORE® measurements corresponded better to ear temperatures (n = 528; mean bias, - 0.07 °C; mean absolute difference, 0.35 °C) than Everion® measurements (n = 532; - 1.06 °C; 1.10 °C). Acceptance rates for the WDs were 95% for CORE® and 89% for Everion®. CONCLUSION The CORE® fulfilled the predefined feasibility criterion (15 of 20 patients) after correction for transmission bottleneck, and the Everion® nearly fulfilled it. Continuous core temperature recording of good quality and with timely data availability was feasible from preschool to adolescent patients undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. These results encourage the design of randomized controlled trials on continuously monitored core temperature in pediatric patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION CLINICALTRIALS gov (NCT04914702) on June 7, 2021.
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- Christa Koenig
- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland.
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- , StatConsult Ammann, Burgdorf, Switzerland
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland
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Schuerch K, Grieder M, Benzing V, Siegwart V, Federspiel A, Slavova N, Kiefer C, Roessler J, Everts R. How is Cerebral Perfusion Associated with Functional Outcome in Pediatric Cancer Survivors? Dev Neuropsychol 2023:1-17. [PMID: 37248710 DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2023.2215360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Pediatric cancer survivors (PCS) experience functional difficulties and brain alterations. However, little is known about cerebral perfusion and its relationship to functional outcome (cognitive and motor performance) in PCS. We examined cerebral blood flow (CBF) in non-brain tumor PCS and the associations between CBF and age, as well as functional outcome. Forty PCS and 40 age-comparable controls were included. CBF did not differ between PCS and controls. CBF decreased with age only in controls. In PCS, CBF was associated with functional outcome. Our data indicate an altered relationship between age and CBF in survivors, with stronger brain-behavior mechanisms after cancer.
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- Kirstin Schuerch
- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
- Division of Neuropediatrics, Development and Rehabilitation, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
- Graduate School for Health Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
- Division of Neuropediatrics, Development and Rehabilitation, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
- Institute of Sport Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Support Center for Advanced Neuroimaging (SCAN), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Support Center for Advanced Neuroimaging (SCAN), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Support Center for Advanced Neuroimaging (SCAN), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
- Division of Neuropediatrics, Development and Rehabilitation, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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Koenig C, Kuehni CE, Bodmer N, Agyeman PKA, Ansari M, Roessler J, von der Weid NX, Ammann RA. Time to antibiotics is unrelated to outcome in pediatric patients with fever in neutropenia presenting without severe disease during chemotherapy for cancer. Sci Rep 2022; 12:14028. [PMID: 35982121 PMCID: PMC9388602 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-18168-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Fever in neutropenia (FN) remains an unavoidable, potentially lethal complication of chemotherapy. Timely administration of empirical broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics has become standard of care. But the impact of time to antibiotics (TTA), the lag period between recognition of fever or arrival at the hospital to start of antibiotics, remains unclear. Here we aimed to analyze the association between TTA and safety relevant events (SRE) in data from a prospective multicenter study. We analyzed the association between time from recognition of fever to start of antibiotics (TTA) and SRE (death, admission to intensive care unit, severe sepsis and bacteremia) with three-level mixed logistic regression. We adjusted for possible triage bias using a propensity score and stratified the analysis by severity of disease at presentation with FN. We analyzed 266 FN episodes, including 53 (20%) with SRE, reported in 140 of 269 patients recruited from April 2016 to August 2018. TTA (median, 120 min; interquartile range, 49-180 min) was not associated with SRE, with a trend for less SREs in episodes with longer TTA. Analyses applying the propensity score suggested a relevant triage bias. Only in patients with severe disease at presentation there was a trend for an association of longer TTA with more SRE. In conclusion, TTA was unrelated to poor clinical outcome in pediatric patients with FN presenting without severe disease. We saw strong evidence for triage bias which could only be partially adjusted.
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- Christa Koenig
- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Oncology, Kinderspital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Women, Child and Adolescent, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology, and Obstetrics, Cansearch Research Platform of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.,Kinderaerzte KurWerk, Burgdorf, Switzerland
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Siegwart V, Schürch K, Benzing V, Roessler J, Everts R. Personal and Social Resources Are Linked to Cognition and Health-Related Quality of Life in Childhood Cancer Survivors. Children (Basel) 2022; 9:children9070936. [PMID: 35883920 PMCID: PMC9322872 DOI: 10.3390/children9070936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 06/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Personal and social resources may buffer the adverse effects of childhood cancer and its impact on cognition and quality of life. While childhood cancer survivors show domain-specific cognitive difficulties, little is known about their personal and social resources. We therefore investigated personal and social resources and their association with cognitive and quality-of-life outcomes in childhood cancer survivors. Seventy-eight survivors of childhood cancer of different etiologies (aged 7−16 years; ≥one year since treatment) and fifty-six healthy controls were included. Cognitive outcome was assessed by neuropsychological tests; personal and social resources, as well as health-related quality of life, were assessed by standardized questionnaires. In the social resource domain, peer integration was worse in survivors than in controls (puncorr < 0.04, d = 0.33). Personal resources and all other subscales of social resources did not significantly differ between survivors and controls. In survivors, the global resource score was significantly correlated with processing speed (r = 0.39, pcorr < 0.001) and quality of life (parent: r = 0.44; self-report: r = 0.46; pscorr < 0.001). In controls, no association occurred between resources and cognitive outcome, and the correlation between the global resource score and quality of life did not withstand correction for multiple comparison (parent: r = 0.28; self-report: r = 0.40, psuncorr < 0.001). After an adverse event such as childhood cancer, resources might play a particularly buffering role on cognitive performance and quality of life (when compared to the everyday life of healthy controls). This highlights the importance of interventions that strengthen the resources of children and their families, even years after cancer. Such resource-focused intervention could help to counteract long-term sequelae in cognitive outcomes and health-related quality of life.
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- Valerie Siegwart
- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland; (V.S.); (K.S.); (V.B.); (J.R.)
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland; (V.S.); (K.S.); (V.B.); (J.R.)
- Division of Neuropediatrics, Development, and Rehabilitation, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland; (V.S.); (K.S.); (V.B.); (J.R.)
- Division of Neuropediatrics, Development, and Rehabilitation, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
- Institute of Sport Science, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland; (V.S.); (K.S.); (V.B.); (J.R.)
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland; (V.S.); (K.S.); (V.B.); (J.R.)
- Division of Neuropediatrics, Development, and Rehabilitation, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
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Haemmerli M, Ammann RA, Roessler J, Koenig C, Brack E. Vital signs in pediatric oncology patients assessed by continuous recording with a wearable device, NCT04134429. Sci Data 2022; 9:89. [PMID: 35301334 PMCID: PMC8931088 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01182-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Pediatric patients with cancer are at high risk for severe infections. Changes in vital signs, triggered by infections, may be detected earlier by continuous recording with a wearable device than with discrete measurements. This prospective, observational single-center feasibility study consecutively recruited pediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. The WD Everion® was used for 14 days in each of the 20 patients on study to continuously record vital signs. Nine different vital signs and health indicators derived from them, plus six quality scores. This resulted in 274 study days (6576 hours) with 85’854 measuring points, which are a total of 772’686 measurements of vital signs and health indicators, plus 515’124 quality scores. Additionally, non-WD data like side effects, acceptability of the WD and effort for investigators were collected. In this manuscript, we present the methods of acquisition and explanations to the complete data set, which have been made publically available on open access and which can be used to study feasibility of continuous multi-parameter recording of vital signs by a WD. Measurement(s) | Vital signs continiously | Technology Type(s) | Wearable Device | Factor Type(s) | Core temperature • Galvanic skin response • Health score • Heart rate • Heart rate variability • Oxygen saturation • Skin temperature • Skin blood perfusion | Sample Characteristic - Organism | Homo sapiens |
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- Marion Haemmerli
- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Kinderaerzte KurWerk, Burgdorf, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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Lavieri L, Koenig C, Bodmer N, Agyeman PKA, Scheinemann K, Ansari M, Roessler J, Ammann RA. Predicting fever in neutropenia with safety-relevant events in children undergoing chemotherapy for cancer: The prospective multicenter SPOG 2015 FN Definition Study. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2021; 68:e29253. [PMID: 34310027 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.29253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 07/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fever in neutropenia (FN) remains a frequent complication in pediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. Preventive strategies, like primary antibiotic prophylaxis, need to be evidence-based. PROCEDURE Data on pediatric patients with any malignancy from the prospective multicenter SPOG 2015 FN Definition Study (NCT02324231) were analyzed. A score predicting the risk to develop FN with safety-relevant events (SRE; bacteremia, severe sepsis, intensive care unit admission, death) was developed using multivariate mixed Poisson regression. Its predictive performance was assessed by internal cross-validation and compared with the performance of published rules. RESULTS In 238 patients, 318 FN episodes were recorded, including 53 (17%) with bacteremia and 68 (21%) with SRE. The risk-prediction score used three variables: chemotherapy intensity, defined according to the expected duration of severe neutropenia, time since diagnosis, and type of malignancy. Its cross-validated performance, assessed by the time needed to cover (TNC) one event, exceeded the performance of published rules. A clinically useful score threshold of ≥11 resulted in 2.3% time at risk and 4.1 months TNC. Using external information on efficacy and timing of intermittent antibiotic prophylaxis, 4.3 months of prophylaxis were needed to prevent one FN with bacteremia, and 5.2 months to prevent one FN with SRE, using a threshold of ≥11. CONCLUSIONS This score, based on three routinely accessible characteristics, accurately identifies pediatric patients at risk to develop FN with SRE during chemotherapy. The score can help to design clinical decision rules on targeted primary antibiotic prophylaxis and corresponding efficacy studies.
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- Luana Lavieri
- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Oncology, University Children's Hospital of Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Pediatrics, McMaster Children's Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Women, Child and Adolescent, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology, and Obstetrics, Cansearch Research Platform of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Kinderaerzte KurWerk, Burgdorf, Switzerland
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Quéré I, Stasi E, Mestre S, Roessler J, Roccatello D, Moffatt C. International Camps for Children with Lymphedema and Lymphatic Anomalies: When Education Links with Psychosocial Research. Lymphat Res Biol 2021; 19:36-40. [PMID: 33625888 DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2020.0095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Background: Lymphedema in children and adolescents is a rare and chronic condition. The management of their lymphedema is mainly driven by the adaptation of treatments used in adults. The aim of our study was to explore the needs and challenges the children and adolescents face during their management with the aim of finding ways to satisfy these needs and organize an hospital-based centre accordingly with an educational program. Methods and Results: Patients and their families were given the opportunity to meet other patients, their families and professionals during social activities organised annually and during two international camps. They were invited to take part in different semi structured focus groups and interviews. All patients and families described a long journey and relief when the diagnosis was obtained followed by the shock of being told that it was a chronic condition. Meeting other children with the condition was a relief. The impact of lymphedema on body shape and genitals was a source of distress. Rejection of the compression was part of journey. Lymphedema management had an impact on all the family members including siblings. Parents were responsible for their child self-management in young children which was described as demanding. It was followed by a complex transition phase to self-management. The impact was not the same according to the age the lymphedema had started. Conclusion: Acceptance and management of lymphedema is complex and invades many aspects of families' life. Self-management is demanding. Based on these results, the management of lymphedema in the centre included meeting other children and families and an educational program based on individual needs and follow-up. Clinical Trials.gov ID:NCT01922635.
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- Isabelle Quéré
- Centre de Référence Lymphoedèmes et Malformations Lymphatiques Rares, Département de Médecine Vasculaire, LERN Lymphatic Education and Research Network Center of Excellence, CHU Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Center of Research of Immunopathology and Rare Diseases-CMID-Coordinating Center of the Network for Rare Diseases of Piedmont and Aosta Valley, Turin, Italy
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- Centre de Référence Lymphoedèmes et Malformations Lymphatiques Rares, Département de Médecine Vasculaire, LERN Lymphatic Education and Research Network Center of Excellence, CHU Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Référence Lymphoedèmes et Malformations Lymphatiques Rares, Département de Médecine Vasculaire, LERN Lymphatic Education and Research Network Center of Excellence, CHU Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Center of Research of Immunopathology and Rare Diseases-CMID-Coordinating Center of the Network for Rare Diseases of Piedmont and Aosta Valley, Turin, Italy
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- Centre de Référence Lymphoedèmes et Malformations Lymphatiques Rares, Département de Médecine Vasculaire, LERN Lymphatic Education and Research Network Center of Excellence, CHU Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Koenig C, Ammann RA, Kuehni CE, Roessler J, Brack E. Continuous recording of vital signs with a wearable device in pediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy for cancer-an operational feasibility study. Support Care Cancer 2021; 29:5283-5292. [PMID: 33655413 PMCID: PMC7925259 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-021-06099-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE Pediatric patients with cancer are at high risk for severe infections. Infections can trigger changes of vital signs long before clinical symptoms arise. Continuous recording may detect such changes earlier than discrete measurements. We aimed to assess the feasibility of continuous recording of vital signs by a wearable device (WD) in pediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. METHODS In this prospective, observational single-center study, pediatric patients under chemotherapy wore the Everion® WD for 14 days. The predefined patient-specific goal was heart rate recorded in good quality during ≥18/24 h per day, on ≥7 consecutive days. The predefined criterion to claim feasibility was ≥15/20 patients fulfilling this patient-specific goal. RESULTS Twenty patients were included (median age, 6 years; range, 2-16). Six patients aged 3-16 years fulfilled the patient-specific goal. Quality of heart rate recording was good during 3992 of 6576 (61%) hours studied and poor during 300 (5%) hours, and no data was recorded during 2284 (35%) hours. Eighteen of 20 participants indicated that this WD is acceptable to measure vital signs in children under chemotherapy. CONCLUSION The predefined feasibility criterion was not fulfilled. This was mainly due to important compliance problems and independent of the WD itself. However, continuous recording of vital signs was possible across a very wide age range in pediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. We recommend to study feasibility in the Everion® again, plus in further WDs, applying measures to enhance compliance. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04134429) on October 22, 2019.
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- Christa Koenig
- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Kinderaerzte KurWerk, Burgdorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Roessler J, Zimmermann F, Schmidt D, Escher U, Jasina A, Heimesaat M, Gast M, Poller W, Giral-Arnal H, Schumann P, Leistner D, Landmesser U, Haghikia A. Impact of the gut microbiome on the atorvastatin-dependent modulation of the serum lipidome. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.3823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background and aims
The modulation of serum lipids, in particular of the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), by statins varies between individuals. The mechanisms regulating this interindividual variation are only poorly understood. Here, we investigated the relation between the gut microbiome and the regulatory properties of atorvastatin on the serum lipidome using mice with depleted gut microbiome.
Methods
Over a period of 6 weeks, mice (C57BL/6) with either an intact (conventional mice, CONV, n=24) or antibiotic-based depleted gut microbiome (antibiotic treated mice, ABS, n=16) were put on standard chow diet (SCD) or high fat diet (HFD), respectively. During the last 4 weeks of treatment atorvastatin (Ator, 10mg/kg body weight/day) or control vehicle was administered via daily oral gavage. Blood lipids (total cholesterol, VLDL, LDL-C, HDL-C) and serum sphingolipids were compared among the groups. The expressions of hepatic and intestinal genes involved in cholesterol metabolism were analyzed by qRT-PCR. Alterations in the gut microbiota profile of mice with intact gut microbiome were examined using 16S RNA qRT-PCR.
Results
In CONV mice, HFD led to significantly increased blood LDL-C levels as compared with SCD (HFD: 36.8±1.4 mg/dl vs. SCD: 22.0±1.8 mg/dl; P<0.01). In CONV mice atorvastatin treatment significantly reduced blood LDL-C levels after HFD, whereas in ABS mice the LDL-C lowering effect of atorvastatin was markedly attenuated (CONV+HFD+Ator: 31.0±1.8 mg/dl vs. ABS+HFD+Ator: 46.4±3 mg/dl; P<0.01). A significant reduction in the abundance of several plasma lipids, in particular sphingolipids and glycerophospholipids upon atorvastatin treatment was observed in CONV mice, but not in ABS mice. The expressions of distinct hepatic and intestinal cholesterol-regulating genes (ldlr, srebp2, pcsk9 and npc1l1) upon atorvastatin treatment were significantly altered in gut microbiota depleted mice. In response to HFD a decrease in the relative abundance of the bacterial phyla Bacteroides and an increase in the relative abundance of Firmicutes was observed. The altered ratio between Bacteroides and Firmicutes in HFD fed mice was partly reversed upon atorvastatin treatment.
Conclusions
Our findings indicate a crucial role of the gut microbiome for the regulatory properties of atorvastatin on the serum lipidome and, in turn, support a critical impact of atorvastatin on the gut microbial composition. The results provide novel insights into potential microbiota related mechanisms underlying interindividual variation in modulation of the serum lipidome by statins, given interindividual differences in microbiome composition and function.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Foundation. Main funding source(s): German Heart Research Foundation
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- J Roessler
- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Insitute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Insitute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany
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Schindera C, Kuehni CE, Pavlovic M, Haegler-Laube ES, Rhyner D, Waespe N, Roessler J, Suter T, von der Weid NX. Diagnosing Preclinical Cardiac Dysfunction in Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivors: Protocol for a Single-Center Cohort Study. JMIR Res Protoc 2020; 9:e17724. [PMID: 32269016 PMCID: PMC7315371 DOI: 10.2196/17724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease is the leading nonmalignant cause of late deaths in childhood cancer survivors. Cardiovascular disease and cardiac dysfunction can remain asymptomatic for many years, but eventually lead to progressive disease with high morbidity and mortality. Early detection and intervention are therefore crucial to improve outcomes. OBJECTIVE In our study, we aim to assess the prevalence of preclinical cardiac dysfunction in adult childhood cancer survivors using conventional and speckle tracking echocardiography; determine the association between cardiac dysfunction and treatment-related risk factors (anthracyclines, alkylating agents, steroids, cardiac radiation) and modifiable cardiovascular risk factors (abdominal obesity, hypertension); investigate the development of cardiac dysfunction longitudinally in a defined cohort; study the association between cardiac dysfunction and other health outcomes like pulmonary disease, endocrine disease, renal disease, quality of life, fatigue, strength and endurance, and physical activity; and gain experience conducting a clinical study of childhood cancer survivors that will be extended to a national, multicenter study of cardiac complications. METHODS For this retrospective cohort study, we will invite ≥5-year childhood cancer survivors who were treated at the University Children's Hospital Bern, Switzerland with any chemotherapy or cardiac radiation since 1976 and who are ≥18 years of age at the time of the study for a cardiac assessment at the University Hospital Bern. This includes 544 childhood cancer survivors, of whom about half were treated with anthracyclines and/or cardiac radiation and half with any other chemotherapy. The standardized cardiac assessment includes a medical history focusing on signs of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors, a physical examination, anthropometry, vital parameters, the 1-minute sit-to-stand test, and echocardiography including 2-dimensional speckle tracking. RESULTS We will invite 544 eligible childhood cancer survivors (median age at the time of the study, 32.5 years; median length of time since diagnosis, 25.0 years) for a cardiac assessment. Of these survivors, 300 (55%) are at high risk, and 244 (45%) are at standard risk of cardiac dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS This study will determine the prevalence of preclinical cardiac dysfunction in Swiss childhood cancer survivors, inform whether speckle tracking echocardiography is more sensitive to cardiac dysfunction than conventional echocardiography, and give a detailed picture of risk factors for cardiac dysfunction. The results will help improve primary treatment and follow-up care of children with cancer. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03790943; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03790943. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/17724.
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- Christina Schindera
- Childhood Cancer Registry, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, University Children's Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Childhood Cancer Registry, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Childhood Cancer Registry, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Platform of Pediatric Onco-Hematology research, CANSEARCH Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology, and Obstetrics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, University Children's Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Reiser E, Hagenbuchner J, Ausserlechner MJ, Kyvelidou C, Seeber B, Sopper S, Tsibulak I, Wieser V, Roessler J, Marth C, Zeimet AG, Fiegl H. Effekte von D,L-Methadon auf Tumor Sphäroide von Ovarialkarzinompatientinnen. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2020. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-3403396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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- E Reiser
- Universitätsklinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe der Med. Universität Innsbruck
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- Department für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Pädiatrie II der Med. Universität Innsbruck
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- Department für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde, Pädiatrie II der Med. Universität Innsbruck
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- Universitätsklinik für Gynäkologische Endokrinologie und Reproduktionsmedizin der Med. Universität Innsbruck
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- Universitätsklinik für Gynäkologische Endokrinologie und Reproduktionsmedizin der Med. Universität Innsbruck
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- Internal Medicine V, der Med. Universität Innsbruck
- Tiroler Krebsforschungsinstitut
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- Universitätsklinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe der Med. Universität Innsbruck
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- Universitätsklinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe der Med. Universität Innsbruck
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- Universitätsklinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe der Med. Universität Innsbruck
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- Universitätsklinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe der Med. Universität Innsbruck
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- Universitätsklinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe der Med. Universität Innsbruck
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- Universitätsklinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe der Med. Universität Innsbruck
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Léauté-Labrèze C, Baselga Torres E, Weibel L, Boon LM, El Hachem M, van der Vleuten C, Roessler J, Troilius Rubin A. The Infantile Hemangioma Referral Score: A Validated Tool for Physicians. Pediatrics 2020; 145:peds.2019-1628. [PMID: 32161112 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-1628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Infantile hemangiomas (IHs) are common; some cases require timely referral and treatment to prevent complications. We developed and validated a reliable instrument for timely and adequate referral of patients with IH to experts by nonexpert primary physicians. METHODS In this multicenter, cross-sectional, observational study, we used a 3-stage process: (1) development of the Infantile Hemangioma Referral Score (IHReS) tool by IH experts who selected a representative set of 42 IH cases comprising images and a short clinical history, (2) definition of the gold standard for the 42 cases by a second independent committee of IH experts, and (3) IHReS validation by nonexpert primary physicians using the 42 gold standard cases. RESULTS A total of 60 primary physicians from 7 different countries evaluated the 42 gold standard cases (without reference to the IHReS tool); 45 primary physicians evaluated these cases using the IHReS questionnaire, and 44 completed retesting using the instrument. IHReS had a sensitivity of 96.9% (95% confidence interval 96.1%-97.8%) and a specificity of 55.0% (95% confidence interval 51.0%-59.0%). The positive predictive value and negative predictive value were 40.5% and 98.3%, respectively. Validation by experts and primary physicians revealed substantial agreement for interrater reliability and intrarater repeatability. CONCLUSIONS IHReS, a 2-part algorithm with a total of 12 questions, is an easy-to-use tool for primary physicians for the purpose of facilitating correct and timely referral of patients with IH. IHReS may help practitioners in their decision to refer patients to expert centers.
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- Department of Dermatology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Dermatology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for Vascular Anomalies, Division of Plastic Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pediatric Dermatology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Expertise Center for Hemangioma and Vascular Malformations, Department of Dermatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Center of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Center-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; and
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- Centre for Laser and Vascular Anomalies, Department of Dermatology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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Daurat M, Nguyen C, Dominguez Gil S, Sol V, Chaleix V, Charnay C, Raehm L, El Cheikh K, Morère A, Bernasconi M, Timpanaro A, Garcia M, Cunin F, Roessler J, Durand JO, Gary-Bobo M. The mannose 6-phosphate receptor targeted with porphyrin-based periodic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles for rhabdomyosarcoma theranostics. Biomater Sci 2020; 8:3678-3684. [DOI: 10.1039/d0bm00586j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Periodic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles targeted to the mannose 6-phosphate receptor for rhabdomyosarcoma photodynamic therapy using a pulsed laser.
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- Morgane Daurat
- NanoMedSyn Avenue Charles Flahault
- Montpellier Cedex 05
- France
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- Laboratoire PEIRENE
- EA 7500
- Université de Limoges
- Faculté des Sciences et Techniques
- 87060 Limoges
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- Laboratoire PEIRENE
- EA 7500
- Université de Limoges
- Faculté des Sciences et Techniques
- 87060 Limoges
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- IBMM
- UMR 5247 CNRS
- UM-Faculté de Pharmacie
- Montpellier Cedex 05
- France
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Inselspital
- Bern University Hospital
- Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR)
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Inselspital
- Bern University Hospital
- Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR)
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- NanoMedSyn Avenue Charles Flahault
- Montpellier Cedex 05
- France
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Inselspital
- Bern University Hospital
- Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR)
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- IBMM
- UMR 5247 CNRS
- UM-Faculté de Pharmacie
- Montpellier Cedex 05
- France
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Zimmermann F, Schmidt D, Escher U, Jasina A, Roessler J, Heimesaat MM, Gast M, Poller W, Kratzer A, Giral Arnal H, Schumann P, Leistner DM, Landmesser U, Haghikia A. 54Role of the gut microbiome for the cholesterol lowering effect of atorvastatin. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background and aims
Statins show interindividual differences in the extent of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction. The mechanisms of this interindividual variation are not fully understood. Here, we examined the potential role of the gut microbiome for the LDL-C lowering property of atorvastatin.
Methods
Mice (C57BL/6) with either intact (conventional mice, CONV, n=24) or with antiobiotic depleted gut microbiome (gnotobiotic, n=16), were put on standard chow diet (SCD) (n=11) or high fat diet (HFD) (n=29) for 6 weeks. During the last 4 weeks atorvastatin (Ator, 10mg/kg body weight/day) or control vehicle was orally applied via gavage. Blood levels of LDL-C and glucose and body weight after 6 weeks of treatment were compared between the groups. Expression of genes involved in hepatic and intestinal cholesterol-metabolism were examined. Faeces of CONV mice were analyzed for alteration of the gut microbiota profile upon atorvastatin treatment using 16S rRNA qPCR.
Results
HFD fed mice with intact gut microbiome showed significantly increased blood LDL-C levels as compared to SCD (HFD: 36.8±1.4 mg/dl vs. SCD: 22.0±1.8 mg/dl; P<0.01). Bodyweight gain or blood glucose levels after HFD were not significantly different between CONV and gnotobiotic mice. While in CONV mice atorvastatin significantly reduced LDL-C levels after HFD, in gnotobiotic mice the LDL-C lowering effect of atorvastatin was attenuated (CONV+HFD+Ator: 31.0±1.8 mg/dl vs. gnotobiotic mice+HFD+Ator: 46.4±3 mg/dl; P<0.01). The expression of genes involved in hepatic cholesterol synthesis was not significantly altered in gnotobiotic mice as compared to CONV mice. In CONV mice HFD decreased the relative abundance of the bacterial phyla Bacteroidetes and increased the abundance of Firmicutes as compared to SCD. The ratio between Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes was shifted towards control conditions upon atorvastatin treatment.
Conclusions
The results of this study suggest a regulatory impact of atorvastatin on the gut-microbial profile and, in turn, a crucial role of the gut-microbiome for the LDL-C lowering effect of atorvastatin independent of its regulation of hepatic cholesterol synthesis. Our findings provide novel insight into potential microbiota-related mechanisms causing interindividual variation in LDL-C lowering effects of statins.
Acknowledgement/Funding
German Heart Research Foundation
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- F Zimmermann
- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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Karow A, Wilhelm A, Ammann RA, Baerlocher GM, Pabst T, Mansouri Taleghani B, Roessler J, Leibundgut K. Peripheral blood progenitor cell collection in pediatric patients optimized by high pre-apheresis count of circulating CD34+ cells and high blood flow. Bone Marrow Transplant 2018; 54:885-893. [DOI: 10.1038/s41409-018-0353-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Seiffert A, Schneider M, Roessler J, Larisch K, Pfeiffer D. Incidence, Treatment Patterns, and Health Care Costs of Infantile Hemangioma: Results of a Retrospective German Database Analysis. Pediatr Dermatol 2017; 34:450-457. [PMID: 28675551 DOI: 10.1111/pde.13187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the incidence, effect (defined according to treatment rate), and health care costs of infantile hemangiomas (IHs) in Germany from 2007 to 2012 by analyzing patient data of German statutory health insurances. METHODS A retrospective analysis using data from a database matched with the overall population covered by German statutory health insurance was performed. To describe the treatment rate and costs of IHs, a search algorithm was developed dividing the study population into three groups (patients with IHs, patients with IHs possibly requiring treatment, and patients with IHs receiving treatment). RESULTS The incidence of IHs was 2.0% to 3.2%, with a slight increase during the later years of the study period and a female:male ratio of 1.4:1. IH incidence was lower and girls were less likely to present with IHs than in previous reports. The mean treatment rate of IHs was 11.3%. Mean health care costs during first year of life for infants diagnosed with IHs in 2012 were slightly lower (€2,396) than for all infants (€2,649), whereas costs for infants diagnosed and treated for IHs were considerably higher (€10,550). The majority of these costs were due to hospitalization (€8,658). CONCLUSION This retrospective study is the first to analyze the incidence and sex ratio of IHs based on German claims data. The treatment rate of IHs was consistent with previous reports. The mean health care costs for treated patients with IHs were substantially higher than those for all newborns. Limitations of this study are coding bias, a limited sample size, and claims perspective (nonclinical approach).
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- Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Saumet L, Haouy S, Daien V, Hillaire-Buys D, Roessler J, Sirvent N. [Isolated unilateral cranial nerve palsy during childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment: What does it mean?]. Arch Pediatr 2016; 23:415-6. [PMID: 26968305 DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2016.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/01/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- L Saumet
- Unité d'oncologie pédiatrique, CHU Arnaud-de-Villeneuve, avenue du Doyen-Gaston-Giraud, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France.
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- Unité d'oncologie pédiatrique, CHU Arnaud-de-Villeneuve, avenue du Doyen-Gaston-Giraud, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Département d'ophtalmologie, CHU de Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Département de pharmacologie médicale et toxicologie, CHU de Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Unité d'oncologie pédiatrique, CHU Arnaud-de-Villeneuve, avenue du Doyen-Gaston-Giraud, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Unité d'oncologie pédiatrique, CHU Arnaud-de-Villeneuve, avenue du Doyen-Gaston-Giraud, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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Léauté-Labrèze C, Hoeger P, Mazereeuw-Hautier J, Guibaud L, Baselga E, Posiunas G, Phillips RJ, Caceres H, Lopez Gutierrez JC, Ballona R, Friedlander SF, Powell J, Perek D, Metz B, Barbarot S, Maruani A, Szalai ZZ, Krol A, Boccara O, Foelster-Holst R, Febrer Bosch MI, Su J, Buckova H, Torrelo A, Cambazard F, Grantzow R, Wargon O, Wyrzykowski D, Roessler J, Bernabeu-Wittel J, Valencia AM, Przewratil P, Glick S, Pope E, Birchall N, Benjamin L, Mancini AJ, Vabres P, Souteyrand P, Frieden IJ, Berul CI, Mehta CR, Prey S, Boralevi F, Morgan CC, Heritier S, Delarue A, Voisard JJ. A randomized, controlled trial of oral propranolol in infantile hemangioma. N Engl J Med 2015; 372:735-46. [PMID: 25693013 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1404710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 445] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Oral propranolol has been used to treat complicated infantile hemangiomas, although data from randomized, controlled trials to inform its use are limited. METHODS We performed a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, adaptive, phase 2-3 trial assessing the efficacy and safety of a pediatric-specific oral propranolol solution in infants 1 to 5 months of age with proliferating infantile hemangioma requiring systemic therapy. Infants were randomly assigned to receive placebo or one of four propranolol regimens (1 or 3 mg of propranolol base per kilogram of body weight per day for 3 or 6 months). A preplanned interim analysis was conducted to identify the regimen to study for the final efficacy analysis. The primary end point was success (complete or nearly complete resolution of the target hemangioma) or failure of trial treatment at week 24, as assessed by independent, centralized, blinded evaluations of standardized photographs. RESULTS Of 460 infants who underwent randomization, 456 received treatment. On the basis of an interim analysis of the first 188 patients who completed 24 weeks of trial treatment, the regimen of 3 mg of propranolol per kilogram per day for 6 months was selected for the final efficacy analysis. The frequency of successful treatment was higher with this regimen than with placebo (60% vs. 4%, P<0.001). A total of 88% of patients who received the selected propranolol regimen showed improvement by week 5, versus 5% of patients who received placebo. A total of 10% of patients in whom treatment with propranolol was successful required systemic retreatment during follow-up. Known adverse events associated with propranolol (hypoglycemia, hypotension, bradycardia, and bronchospasm) occurred infrequently, with no significant difference in frequency between the placebo group and the groups receiving propranolol. CONCLUSIONS This trial showed that propranolol was effective at a dose of 3 mg per kilogram per day for 6 months in the treatment of infantile hemangioma. (Funded by Pierre Fabre Dermatologie; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01056341.).
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Bausch B, Wellner U, Bausch D, Schiavi F, Barontini M, Sanso G, Walz MK, Peczkowska M, Weryha G, Dall'igna P, Cecchetto G, Bisogno G, Moeller LC, Bockenhauer D, Patocs A, Rácz K, Zabolotnyi D, Yaremchuk S, Dzivite-Krisane I, Castinetti F, Taieb D, Malinoc A, von Dobschuetz E, Roessler J, Schmid KW, Opocher G, Eng C, Neumann HPH. Long-term prognosis of patients with pediatric pheochromocytoma. Endocr Relat Cancer 2014; 21:17-25. [PMID: 24169644 DOI: 10.1530/erc-13-0415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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A third of patients with paraganglial tumors, pheochromocytoma, and paraganglioma, carry germline mutations in one of the susceptibility genes, RET, VHL, NF1, SDHAF2, SDHA, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, TMEM127, and MAX. Despite increasing importance, data for long-term prognosis are scarce in pediatric presentations. The European-American-Pheochromocytoma-Paraganglioma-Registry, with a total of 2001 patients with confirmed paraganglial tumors, was the platform for this study. Molecular genetic and phenotypic classification and assessment of gene-specific long-term outcome with second and/or malignant paraganglial tumors and life expectancy were performed in patients diagnosed at <18 years. Of 177 eligible registrants, 80% had mutations, 49% VHL, 15% SDHB, 10% SDHD, 4% NF1, and one patient each in RET, SDHA, and SDHC. A second primary paraganglial tumor developed in 38% with increasing frequency over time, reaching 50% at 30 years after initial diagnosis. Their prevalence was associated with hereditary disease (P=0.001), particularly in VHL and SDHD mutation carriers (VHL vs others, P=0.001 and SDHD vs others, P=0.042). A total of 16 (9%) patients with hereditary disease had malignant tumors, ten at initial diagnosis and another six during follow-up. The highest prevalence was associated with SDHB (SDHB vs others, P<0.001). Eight patients died (5%), all of whom had germline mutations. Mean life expectancy was 62 years with hereditary disease. Hereditary disease and the underlying germline mutation define the long-term prognosis of pediatric patients in terms of prevalence and time of second primaries, malignant transformation, and survival. Based on these data, gene-adjusted, specific surveillance guidelines can help effective preventive medicine.
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- Birke Bausch
- 2nd Department of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany Department of Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany Department of Medicine, Familial Cancer Clinic and Oncoendocrinology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy Center for Endocrinological Investigations (CEDIE), Hospital de Ninos R. Gutierrez, Buenos Aires, Argentina Department of Surgery, Center of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany Department of Hypertension, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland Department of Endocrinology, University of Lorraine, Nancy, France Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy Pediatric Oncology, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy Department of Endocrinology, University Medical Center, University of Duisburg and Essen, Essen, Germany Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Great Ormond Street, London, UK 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, NAMS of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine Department of Endocrinology, University of Riga, Riga, Latvia Department of Endocrinology, La Timone Hospital, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Timone, Marseilles, France Section for Preventive Medicine, Department of Nephrology and General Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany Department of Visceral Surgery, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany Department of Pediatrics, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany Department of Pathology, University Medical Center, University of Duisburg and Essen, Essen, Germany Genomic Medicine Institute, Lerner Research Institute and Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Zeimet AG, Reimer D, Sopper S, Boesch M, Martowicz A, Roessler J, Wiedemair AM, Rumpold H, Untergasser G, Concin N, Hofstetter G, Muller-Holzner E, Fiegl H, Marth C, Wolf D, Pesta M, Hatina J. Ovarian cancer stem cells. Neoplasma 2013; 59:747-55. [PMID: 22862176 DOI: 10.4149/neo_2012_094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Because of its semi-solid character in dissemination and growth, advanced ovarian cancer with its hundreds of peritoneal tumor nodules and plaques appears to be an excellent in vivo model for studying the cancer stem cell hypothesis. The most important obstacle, however, is to adequately define and isolate these tumor-initiating cells endowed with the properties of anoikis-resistance and unlimited self-renewal. Until now, no universal single marker or marker constellation has been found to faithfully isolate (ovarian) cancer stem cells. As these multipotent cells are known to possess highly elaborated efflux systems for cytotoxic agents, these pump systems have been exploited to outline putative stem cells as a side-population (SP) via dye exclusion analysis. Furthermore, the cells in question have been isolated via flow cytometry on the basis of cell surface markers thought to be characteristic for stem cells.In the Vienna variant of the ovarian cancer cell line A2780 a proof-of-principle model with both a stable SP and a stable ALDH1A1+ cell population was established. Double staining clearly revealed that both cell fractions were not identical. Of note, A2780V cells were negative for expression of surface markers CD44 and CD117 (c-kit). When cultured on monolayers of healthy human mesothelial cells, green-fluorescence-protein (GFP)-transfected SP of A2780V exhibited spheroid-formation, whereas non-side-population (NSP) developed a spare monolayer growing over the healthy mesothelium. Furthermore, A2780V SP was found to be partially resistant to platinum. However, this resistance could not be explained by over-expression of the "excision repair cross-complementation group 1" (ERCC1) gene, which is essentially involved in the repair of platinated DNA damage. ERCC1 was, nonetheless, over-expressed in A2780V cells grown as spheres under stem cell-selective conditions as compared to adherent monolayers cultured under differentiating conditions. The same was true for the primary ovarian cancer cells B-57.In summary our investigations indicate that even in multi-passaged cancer cell lines hierarchic government of growth and differentiation is conserved and that the key cancer stem cell population may be composed of small overlapping cell fractions defined by various arbitrary markers.
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- A G Zeimet
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Masnari O, Landolt MA, Roessler J, Weingaertner SK, Neuhaus K, Meuli M, Schiestl C. Self- and parent-perceived stigmatisation in children and adolescents with congenital or acquired facial differences. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2012; 65:1664-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2012.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2011] [Revised: 05/23/2012] [Accepted: 06/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rottenburger C, Juettner E, Harttrampf AC, Hentschel M, Kontny U, Roessler J. False-positive radio-iodinated metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) accumulation in a mast cell-infiltrated infantile haemangioma. Br J Radiol 2010; 83:e168-71. [PMID: 20675460 DOI: 10.1259/bjr/40750533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Radio-iodinated metaiodobenzylguanidine ((123)I-MIBG) is used for the detection and staging of neuroblastoma, pheochromcytoma and other neuroendocrine tumours in diagnostic nuclear medicine. A specific uptake and storage mechanism provides the basis for imaging with (123)I-MIBG. Nevertheless, cases of false-positive (123)I-MIBG scintigraphy with accumulation in non-chromaffin tumours have been described. Here, we present a case of a false-positive (123)I-MIBG scan in a case of a mast-cell infiltrated infantile haemangioma and discuss the possible uptake mechanism.
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- C Rottenburger
- University Hospital Freiburg, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
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Müller T, Hupfeld T, Roessler J, Simoni M, Gromoll J, Behr R. Molecular cloning and functional characterization of endogenous recombinant common marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus) follicle-stimulating hormone. J Med Primatol 2010; 40:111-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2010.00453.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Hanke CA, Roessler J, Stegmaier S, Koscielniak E, Niemeyer CM, Kontny U. Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma mimicking lymphoma with bone marrow involvement. Eur J Pediatr 2007; 166:505-6. [PMID: 17008999 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0269-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2006] [Accepted: 07/19/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Christof Andreas Hanke
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Freiburg, Mathildenstrasse 1, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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Waksman R, Leitch IM, Roessler J, Yazdi H, Seabron R, Tio F, Scott RW, Grove RI, Rychnovsky S, Robinson B, Pakala R, Cheneau E. Intracoronary photodynamic therapy reduces neointimal growth without suppressing re-endothelialisation in a porcine model. Heart 2006; 92:1138-44. [PMID: 16399853 PMCID: PMC1861129 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.073486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of intracoronary PhotoPoint photodynamic therapy (PDT) with a new photosensitiser, MV0611, in the overstretch balloon and stent porcine models of restenosis. METHODS 28 pigs were injected with 3 mg/kg of MV0611 systemically 4 h before the procedure. Animals were divided into either the balloon overstretch injury (BI) group (n = 19) or the stented group (n = 9). After BI, a centred delivery catheter was positioned in the artery to cover the injured area, and light (532 nm, 125 J/cm(2)) was applied to activate the drug (n = 10). Control arteries (n = 9) were not activated by light. In the stented group, the drug was light activated before stent deployment. Serial sections of vessels were processed 14 days after treatment in the BI group and 30 days after treatment in the stented group for histomorphometric or immunohistochemical analysis. RESULTS Intracoronary PDT significantly reduced intimal thickness in both BI and stented arteries (about 65%: 0.22 (SEM 0.05) mm v 0.62 (0.05) mm, p < 0.01; and about 26%: 0.40 (0.04) mm v 0.54 (0.04) mm, p < 0.01, respectively). PDT increased luminal area by CONCLUSION Intracoronary PhotoPoint PDT with MV0611 reduces intimal proliferation without suppressing re-endothelialisation in a porcine model of restenosis.
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- R Waksman
- Division of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA.
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Heimpel H, Schwarz K, Ebnöther M, Goede JS, Heydrich D, Kamp T, Plaumann L, Rath B, Roessler J, Schildknecht O, Schmid M, Wuillemin W, Einsiedler B, Leichtle R, Tamary H, Kohne E. Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type I (CDA I): molecular genetics, clinical appearance, and prognosis based on long-term observation. Blood 2005; 107:334-40. [PMID: 16141353 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-01-0421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type I (CDA I) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder with ineffective erythropoiesis and iron overloading. More than 100 cases have been described, but with the exception of a report on a large Bedouin tribe, these reports include only small numbers of cases, and no data on the lifetime evolution of the disease are available. Since 1967, we have been able to follow 21 cases from 19 families for up to 37 years. Twenty-one patients with a confirmed diagnosis of CDA I exhibited chronic macrocytic anemia of variable severity, requiring regular red cell transfusions only in 2 individuals. Four developed gallstones before the age of 30 years. Fifteen of 16 cases alive at the time of analysis showed mutations of at least one allele from exons 6 to 28 within CDAN1. Iron overloading is to be expected in all patients. In 9 patients, iron depletion was started between the ages of 7 and 36 years. Splenectomy, which was performed in 7 patients, did not result in improvement of hemoglobin values. Five patients were treated with interferon alpha-2a, and all responded with a rise in hemoglobin concentration of between 25 and 35 g/L (2.5 and 3.5 g/dL) starting within 4 weeks.
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- Hermann Heimpel
- Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Ulm, Germany, Robert Koch Strasse 8, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
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Roessler J, Hüssner H. Numerical solution of the 1 + 2 dimensional Fisher's equation by finite elements and the Galerkin method. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7177(97)00015-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Roessler J, Jones T, Bérubé KA. The Determination of Axis Lengths ofDunaliella from the Image Analysis of TEM Sections through Randomly Orientated Cells. Biom J 1996. [DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710380803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Apt W, Arribada A, Cerpa M, Corradi L, Lobos P, Roessler J. [Specificity and sensitivity of the toxoplasmin intradermoreaction]. Bol Chil Parasitol 1970; 25:37-41. [PMID: 5480199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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