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CardiotoxicityPhase 2PROACTNCT03862131

PROactive Evaluation of Function to Avoid CardioToxicity

A Phase 2 study testing MyoStrain® in people with Cardiotoxicity and Breast Cancer, run by Washington University School of Medicine at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

This study is intended to evaluate the ability of an intramyocardial strain analysis package with cardiac MRI to assist in the early detection and management of cardiotoxicity from therapeutics used to treat cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Cardiotoxicity, Breast Cancer, Lymphoma
What is being tested?
MyoStrain®
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
49 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
13 Mar 2019to 14 Jun 2024
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Participant in the SURVIVE registry
  • Signed informed consent form for PROACT
  • Histological diagnosis of any cancer type (patients with treated and clinically stable brain metastasis are acceptable)
  • Scheduled to receive anti-cancer therapy (radiation therapy is permitted)

Who cannot join

  • Contraindication to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Unable to comply with study investigations (in the judgment of the investigator)
  • Life expectancy less than 1 year
  • Note: If a patient develops a temporary contraindication (e.g. temporary tissue expanders in breast cancer patients) after the baseline MRI, follow up MRIs will be discontinued for safety for the duration in which the patient has the contraindication. However, once the patient is no longer contraindicated to receiving MRIs, the study schedule may resume with their next scheduled MRI time point from the date of enrollment. Therefore, some time points may be skipped during the patient's enrollment in the study.
  • Also, if a patient needs a repeat MRI at any time point for any reason (i.e. panic attack during the MRI causing them to not be able to continue, unreadable images, etc.), we may repeat the MRI as long as the patient is willing.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110

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About this study

This study is intended to evaluate the ability of an intramyocardial strain analysis package with cardiac MRI to assist in the early detection and management of cardiotoxicity from therapeutics used to treat cancer.

Read the detailed description

The primary purpose of the PROACT study is to test the accuracy of MyoStrain® to detect cardiotoxicity in patients on high risk cancer therapy. After undergoing baseline MRI and meeting eligibility criteria, patients will be further randomized to an unblinded arm (MyoStrain® measured and available to the treatment team) and a blinded arm (MyoStrain® measured but not available to the treatment team). This randomization will aid in an exploratory aim of testing the feasibility of MyoStrain® to guide cardioprotective therapy in the unblinded vs blinded arms. However, as all patients will have MyoStrain® measured, all patients (both treatment arms) will be combined for testing the primary outcome measure.

Being tested
MyoStrain®
Medical subject headings
Cardiotoxicity, Breast Neoplasms, Lymphoma, Sarcoma, Leukemia, Neoplasms, Plasma Cell, Lung Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • MyoStrain®Device

    Also called Cardiac MRI Imaging Software, Intramyocardial Strain

    MyoStrain® SENC software receives image data from MRI storage archives and performs viewing, image manipulation, communication, printing, and quantification of images.

Study groups in NCT03862131
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
MyoStrain® unblinded treatment armExperimental* After consenting to the PROACT study, patients will undergo a baseline MRI to determine their risk stratification for the study. This baseline MyoStrain® MRI must demonstrate 2 or more segments measuring >-10% or 9 or more segments >-17% for entrance into the study as the Higher Risk Group * The unblinded treatment arm will enhance patient management by augmenting standard of care with serial MyoStrain® monitoring of the impact of cancer therapy on myocardial function. * Higher Risk unblinded patients will continue to undergo MyoStrain® MRI testing, regardless of study arm, at 1 month (+1 week), 3 months (+ 1 week), 6 months (+1 week), 12 months (+ 30 days), 24 months (+30 days), and 36 months (+30 days) after the baseline visit. * In addition to the MyoStrain® testing, patients will also be asked to complete a brief patient satisfaction questionnaire at each PROACT time point.
Receives: Device: MyoStrain®
MyoStrain® blinded control armActive comparator* After consenting to the PROACT study, patients will undergo a baseline MRI to determine their risk stratification for the study. This baseline MyoStrain® MRI must demonstrate 2 or more segments measuring >-10% or 9 or more segments >-17% for entrance into the study as the Higher Risk group * The blinded control arm will provide investigators with LVEF and LVEDV/LVESV measurements, which are clinical, in conjunction with standard of care * Higher Risk blinded patients will continue to undergo MyoStrain® MRI testing, regardless of study arm, at 1 month (+1 week), 3 months (+ 1 week), 6 months (+1 week), 12 months (+ 30 days), 24 months (+30 days), and 36 months (+30 days) after the baseline visit. * In addition to the MyoStrain® testing, patients will also be asked to complete a brief patient satisfaction questionnaire at each PROACT time point.
Receives: Device: MyoStrain®

What is being measured

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

  1. ROC AUC of MyoStrain® Compared to Standard CMR Measurements (LV End Diastolic Volume Index, LV End Systolic Volume Index, LV Stroke Volume Index and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction) to Detect Myocardial Dysfunction During Cancer Treatment

    The area under the curve refers to the area under the curve of Receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC AUC) to evaluate the accuracy of MyoStrain® to detect cardiotoxicity compared to Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Imaging standard measurements.

    • Myocardial dysfunction was defined as the occurrence of either clinical or subclinical cardiotoxicity.
    • Clinical cardiotoxicity was defined as an absolute change in LVEF > 10% from baseline to below 53% combined with heart failure symptoms or elevation in NT pro BNP to above 199 pg/mL.
    • In patients with LVEF < 53% at baseline, clinical cardiotoxicity was defined by a symptomatic drop in LVEF > 10% or a HF hospitalization.
    • Subclinical CTX was defined as an asymptomatic patient with a greater than 10% decrease in LVEF, worsening GLS more than 15% from baseline, or new elevation in NT pro BNP >199 pg/mL.

    Measured: Through 36 months

  2. Sensitivity of MyoStrain® Compared to CMR Standard Measurements (LV End Diastolic Volume Index, LV End Systolic Volume Index, LV Stroke Volume Index and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction) to Detect Myocardial Dysfunction During Cancer Treatment

    Sensitivity is defined as the number of true positives divided by the number of true positives + number of false negatives.

    • Myocardial dysfunction was defined as the occurrence of either clinical or subclinical cardiotoxicity.
    • Clinical cardiotoxicity was defined as an absolute change in LVEF > 10% from baseline to below 53% combined with heart failure symptoms or elevation in NT pro BNP to above 199 pg/mL.
    • In patients with LVEF < 53% at baseline, clinical cardiotoxicity was defined by a symptomatic drop in LVEF > 10% or a HF hospitalization.
    • Subclinical CTX was defined as an asymptomatic patient with a greater than 10% decrease in LVEF, worsening GLS more than 15% from baseline, or new elevation in NT pro BNP >199 pg/mL

    Measured: Through 36 months

  3. Specificity of MyoStrain® and CMR Standard Measurements (LV End Diastolic Volume Index, LV End Systolic Volume Index, LV Stroke Volume Index and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction) to Detect Myocardial Dysfunction During Cancer Treatment

    Specificity is defined as the number of true negatives divided by the number of true negatives + number of false positives.

    • Myocardial dysfunction was defined as the occurrence of either clinical or subclinical cardiotoxicity.
    • Clinical cardiotoxicity was defined as an absolute change in LVEF > 10% from baseline to below 53% combined with heart failure symptoms or elevation in NT pro BNP to above 199 pg/mL.
    • In patients with LVEF < 53% at baseline, clinical cardiotoxicity was defined by a symptomatic drop in LVEF > 10% or a HF hospitalization.
    • Subclinical CTX was defined as an asymptomatic patient with a greater than 10% decrease in LVEF, worsening GLS more than 15% from baseline, or new elevation in NT pro BNP > 199 pg/mL

    Measured: Through 36 months

  4. Accuracy of MyoStrain® and CMR Standard Measurements (LV End Diastolic Volume Index, LV End Systolic Volume Index, LV Stroke Volume Index and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction) to Detect Myocardial Dysfunction During Cancer Treatment

    Accuracy is defined as (true positives + true negatives) divided by the total number of cases

    • Myocardial dysfunction was defined as the occurrence of either clinical or subclinical cardiotoxicity.
    • Clinical cardiotoxicity was defined as an absolute change in LVEF > 10% from baseline to below 53% combined with heart failure symptoms or elevation in NT pro BNP to above 199 pg/mL.
    • In patients with LVEF < 53% at baseline, clinical cardiotoxicity was defined by a symptomatic drop in LVEF > 10% or a HF hospitalization.
    • Subclinical CTX was defined as an asymptomatic patient with a greater than 10% decrease in LVEF, worsening GLS more than 15% from baseline, or new elevation in NT pro BNP >199 pg/mL.

    Measured: Through 36 months

  5. Independent Effectiveness of MyoStrain® to Detect Cardiac Dysfunction Compared to Standard Cardiac Imaging Measures

    Myocardial dysfunction is the occurrence of either clinical or subclinical cardiotoxicity.

    • Clinical cardiotoxicity was defined as an absolute change in LVEF >10% from baseline to below 53% combined with heart failure symptoms or elevation in NT pro BNP to above 199 pg/mL
    • In patients with LVEF <53% at baseline, clinical cardiotoxicity was defined by a symptomatic drop in LVEF >10% or a HF hospitalization
    • Subclinical CTX was defined as an asymptomatic patient with a greater than 10% decrease in LVEF, worsening GLS more than 15% from baseline, or new elevation in NT pro BNP >199 pg/mL

    Measured: Through 36 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted5 Mar 2019
  2. Study start13 Mar 2019
  3. Primary completion14 Jun 2024
  4. Study completion14 Jun 2024

Why it stopped: Insufficient funding/staff

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 2
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider
Enrolment
49 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03862131
Sponsor's protocol ID
201809177
Acronym
PROACT
Status last verified
Jul 2025
First submitted
1 Mar 2019
Last updated
29 Jul 2025
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Daniel J. Lenihan, Gregory M. Lanza, Pamela K. Woodard, Joshua Mitchell, SUPERIOR DETECTION OF CARDIOTOXICITY USING CARDIAC MRI MYOSTRAIN DURING CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 83, Issue 13, Supplement, 2024, Page 2350, ISSN 0735-1097, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(24)04340-7. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109724043407)

  • Joshua Mitchell, Syed Z. Qamer, Gregory M. Lanza, Pamela K. Woodard, JAMES WHAYNE, Daniel J. Lenihan, MYOCARDIAL STRAIN GUIDED CARDIOPROTECTION DURING CHEMOTHERAPY WITH CARDIAC MRI IMPROVES CARDIAC HEALTH, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 83, Issue 13, Supplement, 2024, Page 2673, ISSN 0735-1097, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(24)04663-1. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109724046631)

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing MyoStrain® in people with Cardiotoxicity and Breast Cancer, run by Washington University School of Medicine at 1 site in United States.

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 4 inclusion and 5 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Jul 2025. 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 United States. 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.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 29 Jul 2025). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

ROC AUC of MyoStrain® Compared to Standard CMR Measurements (LV End Diastolic Volume Index, LV End Systolic Volume Index, LV Stroke Volume Index and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction) to Detect Myocardial Dysfunction During Cancer Treatment (time frame: Through 36 months). The study lists 5 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 NCT03862131, which also lists 2 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 29 Jul 2025.

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