What this means
This study plans to look closely at muscle health in adult childhood cancer survivors using scans and tests. It is a registration, so no results are available yet.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 18 and over
- Where
- 1 site, including Tennessee
The science
- Registered title
- Muscle Aging Phenotypes in Childhood Cancer Survivors
- Trial ID
- NCT07531498 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- observational
- Conditions
- Muscle Weakness, Low Muscle Mass, Sarcopenia
- What is tested
- Multimodal Muscle Imaging and Functional Assessment, Multimodal Muscle Imaging and Neuromuscular Assessment, Comprehensive Muscle Phenotyping, Integrated Neuromuscular and Imaging Evaluation
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Ages
- 18 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Apr 15, 2026 · updated Sep 16, 2026
Registry summary
Childhood cancer survivors experience premature declines in muscle mass, strength, and physical function that contribute to morbidity and early mortality. The biological mechanisms driving these impairments are heterogeneous and poorly understood. This observational study aims to characterize distinct muscle health endotypes in adult survivors of childhood cancer using advanced imaging, neuromuscular testing, and functional assessment. Survivors with reduced muscle health and community controls will undergo multimodal magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, nerve conduction studies, surface electromyography, body composition assessment, and physical performance testing during a single study visit integrated into an ongoing cohort evaluation. Identifying mechanistic endotypes of impaired muscle health will support development of targeted interventions to preserve function and improve long-term outcomes in childhood cancer survivors.
Primary Objective:
- Characterize reduced muscle health endotypes in childhood cancer survivors.
Secondary Objective:
- Identify specific treatment and lifestyle related risk factors for each reduced muscle health endotype.
Exploratory Objective:
- Host germline genetics will be associated with specific muscle endotypes.
Sites (1)
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States