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Breast Cancer FemaleNCT03000036

Doxorubicin-associated Cardiac Remodeling Followed by CMR in Breast Cancer Patients

A study testing Doxorubicin, Achieva, Philips Medical Systems (3T magnet) and Gadoterate Meglumine in people with Breast Cancer Female and Doxorubicin Induced Cardiomyopathy, run by University of Campinas, Brazil at 1 site in Brazil.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Twenty-seven breast cancer women without heart failure, underwent CMR imaging (3T-Achieva, Philips) before and 3 times serially after 4-cycles of adjuvant DOX (60mg/m2). CMR assessed left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF), T1 mapping pre and post gadolinium and late gadolinium enhancement imaging. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 years, women only
What is being tested?
Doxorubicin, Achieva, Philips Medical Systems (3T magnet) and Gadoterate Meglumine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
27 participants
Where
1 siteBrazil
Study dates
Jul 2012to Jul 2016
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 75 years
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Breast cancer and had prescribed an anthracycline agent as part of their chemotherapy regimen

Who cannot join

  • Strict contraindications to MRI
  • Acute or chronic kidney failure
  • Previously diagnosed myocardial infarction, heart failure, valvular disease or cardiomyopathy.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Brazil1 site
  • State University of Campinas

    Campinas, São Paulo, 13083-887

Other trials in Brazil

About this study

Official title: Doxorubicin-associated Cardiac Tissue Remodeling Followed by CMR of Myocardial Extracellular Volume and Myocyte Size in Breast Cancer Patients

Twenty-seven breast cancer women without heart failure, underwent CMR imaging (3T-Achieva, Philips) before and 3 times serially after 4-cycles of adjuvant DOX (60mg/m2). CMR assessed left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF), T1 mapping pre and post gadolinium and late gadolinium enhancement imaging. Biomarkers were obtained before and 72 hours after each DOX-cycle.

Read the detailed description

This prospective cohort study was performed at the State University of Campinas, Brazil. The Institutional Review Board of the State University of Campinas approved the study and all participants provided informed consent. Female patients with breast cancer who received anthracycline (doxorubicin or daunorubicin or epirubicin) as part of their chemotherapy protocol were enrolled in the study.

Detailed medical history, standard anthropometric data, and measurement hemogram, troponin, CKMB, cholesterol, serum glucose, CRP and biomarkers were obtained.

As in adults, chronic anthracycline-related cardiotoxicity typically presents early, within one year after termination of chemotherapy and the peak time for the appearance of symptoms of heart failure is about three months after the last anthracycline dose, patients underwent CMR before and three times serially after DOX (two, five and twelve months).

Patients were imaged in supine position in a 3T magnet (Achieva, Philips Medical Systems, Best, The Netherlands). The CMR protocol consisted of electrocardiographically gated cine imaging with steady state free-precession to assess left ventricular (LV) function and LV mass. For imaging of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) we used an inversion-recovery-prepared, gradient-echo sequence with segmented acquisition, which was triggered every other heartbeat. LGE images were acquired during end-expiratory breath-holding for slices matching the slice locations for cine imaging, starting within 10 min after bolus administration of a cumulative dose of 0.2 mmol/Kg of gadoterate meglumine (Dotarem, Guerbet, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France). T1 was performed with a Look-Locker sequence with a non-slice-selective adiabatic inversion pulse, followed by segmented gradient-echo acquisition for 17 times after inversion, covering approximately two cardiac cycles. The Look-Locker sequence was performed in a single short-axis slice at the level of the mid left ventricle. T1 imaging was repeated in the same LV short-axis slice, once before and five to seven times after the injection of gadolinium to cover an approximately 30-min period of slow contrast clearance.

All images were analyzed with MASS CMR software (Mass Research, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands). For LV mass and function quantification, the endocardial and epicardial borders of the LV myocardium were manually traced on short-axis cine images at end-diastole and systole. Papillary muscles were excluded from LV mass, and LV mass was indexed to body surface area.

For each Look-Locker image series, the endocardial and epicardial borders of the LV were traced and divided into six standard segments. Signal intensity versus time curves for each segment and the blood pool were used to determine segmental T1* by nonlinear, least-squares fitting to an analytic expression for the magnitude signal measured during the inversion recovery. T1 was calculated from the T1* and the amplitude parameters to correct for the effects of radiofrequency pulses applied during the inversion recovery.

Pairs of R1 values for myocardial tissue and blood data were fit with a two-space water-exchange model of equilibrium transcytolemmal water exchange. The myocardial extracellular volume fraction (ECV) and the intracellular lifetime of water (τic), a cell size-dependent parameter, were adjustable parameters of this model. The measured blood hematocrit was a fixed parameter of the model. All R1 measurements for each patient were used to fit the model to determine ECV and τic.

Being tested
Doxorubicin, Achieva, Philips Medical Systems (3T magnet), Gadoterate Meglumine
Keywords
Breast cancer, Doxorubicin, Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, T1 mapping
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • DoxorubicinDrug

    Also called Adriamycin

    Patients had prescribed endovenous doxorubicin as part of their chemotherapy regimen (mean cumulative dose 102,66 mg/m2, administered in 4 doses with 21 days interval).

  • Achieva, Philips Medical Systems (3T magnet)Device

    Also called Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR)

    Patients were imaged in supine position in a 3T magnet (Achieva, Philips Medical Systems, Best, The Netherlands). The protocol consisted of electrocardiographically gated cine imaging with steady state free-precession to assess left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction and LV mass. For imaging of late gadolinium-DTPA enhancement (LGE) we used an inversion-recovery-prepared, gradient-echo sequence with segmented acquisition, which was triggered every other heartbeat. LGE images were acquired during end-expiratory breath-holding, after administration of Dotarem. T1 was performed with a Look-Locker sequence with a non-slice-selective adiabatic inversion pulse, followed by segmented gradient-echo acquisition for 17 times after inversion, covering approximately two cardiac cycles. T1 imaging was repeated in the same LV short-axis slice, once before and five to seven times after the injection of gadolinium to cover an approximately 30-min period of slow contrast clearance.

  • Gadoterate MeglumineDrug

    Also called Dotarem

    LGE images were acquired starting within 10 min after bolus administration of a cumulative dose of 0.2 mmol/Kg of gadoterate meglumine (Dotarem, Guerbet, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France).

Study groups in NCT03000036
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Cardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceOtherTwenty-seven female patients were imaged in a 3T magnet after consecutively enrolled in the study if they had received a breast cancer diagnosis at the Center for Integral Attention to Women's Health (University of Campinas) and had prescribed endovenous doxorubicin as part of their chemotherapy regimen.
Receives: Drug: Doxorubicin; Device: Achieva, Philips Medical Systems (3T magnet); Drug: Gadoterate Meglumine

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Quantification of fibrosis index by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

    Estimate the extracellular volume fraction derived from gadolinium-DTPA partition Coefficient of the myocardium

    Measured: two years

  2. Intracellular lifetime of water (τic) by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

    This metric estimates the myocyte size using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance T1 mapping data

    Measured: two years

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Left ventricular mass by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

    Electrocardiographically gated cine imaging with steady state free-precession to assess left ventricular mass.

    Measured: two years

  2. Left ventricular volumes by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

    Electrocardiographically gated cine imaging with steady state free-precession to assess left ventricular volume.

    Measured: two years

  3. Left ventricular ejection fraction by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

    Electrocardiographically gated cine imaging with steady state free-precession to assess left ventricular ejection fraction.

    Measured: two years

  4. Left ventricular myocardial edema fraction by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

    Using T2-weighted sequences to visualize myocardial edema

    Measured: two years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted21 Dec 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startJul 2012
  3. Primary completionJan 2015
  4. Study completionJul 2016

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
27 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03000036
Sponsor's protocol ID
DOX-0675014600011
Status last verified
Dec 2016
First submitted
28 Nov 2016
Last updated
21 Dec 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Kim RJ, Wu E, Rafael A, Chen EL, Parker MA, Simonetti O, Klocke FJ, Bonow RO, Judd RM. The use of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to identify reversible myocardial dysfunction. N Engl J Med. 2000 Nov 16;343(20):1445-53. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200011163432003.

    PubMed 11078769
  • Kim RJ, Fieno DS, Parrish TB, Harris K, Chen EL, Simonetti O, Bundy J, Finn JP, Klocke FJ, Judd RM. Relationship of MRI delayed contrast enhancement to irreversible injury, infarct age, and contractile function. Circulation. 1999 Nov 9;100(19):1992-2002. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.100.19.1992.

    PubMed 10556226
  • Tandri H, Saranathan M, Rodriguez ER, Martinez C, Bomma C, Nasir K, Rosen B, Lima JA, Calkins H, Bluemke DA. Noninvasive detection of myocardial fibrosis in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy using delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 Jan 4;45(1):98-103. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.09.053.

    PubMed 15629382
  • Hunold P, Wieneke H, Bruder O, Krueger U, Schlosser T, Erbel R, Barkhausen J. Late enhancement: a new feature in MRI of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy? J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2005;7(4):649-55. doi: 10.1081/jcmr-65608.

    PubMed 16136854
  • Harris PA, Lorenz CH, Holburn GE, Overholser KA. Regional measurement of the Gd-DTPA tissue partition coefficient in canine myocardium. Magn Reson Med. 1997 Oct;38(4):541-5. doi: 10.1002/mrm.1910380406.

    PubMed 9324319
  • Flacke SJ, Fischer SE, Lorenz CH. Measurement of the gadopentetate dimeglumine partition coefficient in human myocardium in vivo: normal distribution and elevation in acute and chronic infarction. Radiology. 2001 Mar;218(3):703-10. doi: 10.1148/radiology.218.3.r01fe18703.

    PubMed 11230643
  • Elliott P. Pathogenesis of cardiotoxicity induced by anthracyclines. Semin Oncol. 2006 Jun;33(3 Suppl 8):S2-7. doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2006.04.020.

    PubMed 16781283
  • Iles L, Pfluger H, Phrommintikul A, Cherayath J, Aksit P, Gupta SN, Kaye DM, Taylor AJ. Evaluation of diffuse myocardial fibrosis in heart failure with cardiac magnetic resonance contrast-enhanced T1 mapping. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Nov 4;52(19):1574-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.06.049.

    PubMed 19007595
  • Ellinor PT, Sasse-Klaassen S, Probst S, Gerull B, Shin JT, Toeppel A, Heuser A, Michely B, Yoerger DM, Song BS, Pilz B, Krings G, Coplin B, Lange PE, Dec GW, Hennies HC, Thierfelder L, MacRae CA. A novel locus for dilated cardiomyopathy, diffuse myocardial fibrosis, and sudden death on chromosome 10q25-26. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Jul 4;48(1):106-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.01.079. Epub 2006 Jun 21.

    PubMed 16814656
  • Ong DS, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Coelho-Filho O, Francis SA, Neilan TG. Imaging methods for detection of chemotherapy-associated cardiotoxicity and dysfunction. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2014 Apr;12(4):487-97. doi: 10.1586/14779072.2014.893824.

    PubMed 24650314
  • Kehr E, Sono M, Chugh SS, Jerosch-Herold M. Gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for detection and quantification of fibrosis in human myocardium in vitro. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2008 Jan;24(1):61-8. doi: 10.1007/s10554-007-9223-y. Epub 2007 Apr 12.

    PubMed 17429755
  • Flett AS, Hayward MP, Ashworth MT, Hansen MS, Taylor AM, Elliott PM, McGregor C, Moon JC. Equilibrium contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance for the measurement of diffuse myocardial fibrosis: preliminary validation in humans. Circulation. 2010 Jul 13;122(2):138-44. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.930636. Epub 2010 Jun 28.

    PubMed 20585010
  • Swain SM. Doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med. 1999 Feb 25;340(8):654; author reply 655. No abstract available.

    PubMed 10049087
  • Aiken MJ, Suhag V, Garcia CA, Acio E, Moreau S, Priebat DA, Chennupati SP, Van Nostrand D. Doxorubicin-induced cardiac toxicity and cardiac rest gated blood pool imaging. Clin Nucl Med. 2009 Nov;34(11):762-7. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181b7d76f.

    PubMed 19851170
  • Ewer MS, O'Shaughnessy JA. Cardiac toxicity of trastuzumab-related regimens in HER2-overexpressing breast cancer. Clin Breast Cancer. 2007 Jun;7(8):600-7.

    PubMed 17592672

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Doxorubicin, Achieva, Philips Medical Systems (3T magnet) and Gadoterate Meglumine in people with Breast Cancer Female and Doxorubicin Induced Cardiomyopathy, run by University of Campinas, Brazil at 1 site in Brazil.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Dec 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Brazil. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Quantification of fibrosis index by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (time frame: two years). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03000036, which also lists 26 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 Dec 2016.

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