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MRI in Detecting Heart Damage in Patients With Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy With Exercise Capacity Addendum

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Wake Forest University (WFU)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Cardiac Toxicity
Breast Cancer
Malignant Neoplasm

Treatments

Other: Questionnaire Administration
Procedure: Magnetic resonance imaging
Other: Physical Activity
Other: Healthy Living
Device: Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
NIH

Identifiers

NCT01719562
R21CA226960 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
P30CA012197 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
R01CA167821 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
CCCWFU 99112 (Other Identifier)
NCI-2012-01613 (Registry Identifier)
IRB00020968

Details and patient eligibility

About

This trial studies how well magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) works in detecting heart damage in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy. Diagnostic procedures, such as MRI, may help doctors predict whether patients will have heart damage caused by chemotherapy in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy.

Exercise Capacity Addendum Brief Summary: This study is designed to demonstrate feasibility of performing the physical activity intervention and the primary outcome measures before, during and six months after initiating Anth-bC for treatment of non- or Hodgkin lymphoma. This study will test the potential for a novel (lifestyle) intervention designed to improve exercise capacity, health-related quality of life and cardiac and cognitive dysfunction. This data will inform the development of the R33 phase of the clinical trial to determine if the physical activity intervention can reduce exercise intolerance in this high-risk population. In addition, cardiac MRI data from individuals within this pilot will be compared to cardiac MRI data from individuals in the parent study that did not undergo either of the two interventional arms of this study.

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To design an automated MRI hardware/software platform for measuring and reporting left ventricular (LV) function (volumes, strain, and ejection fraction [EF]), T1 myocardial signal, and aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV).

II. To determine if pre- to 3 month post-anthracycline-based chemotherapy (Anth-bC) changes in our MRI platform generated measures of LV volumes, EF, strain, myocardial T1, and aortic PWV predict pre- to 24 month post-Anth-bC differences in these same parameters.

OUTLINE:

Patients undergo MRI scans for LV function, T1 myocardial signal, and aortic PWV at baseline, 3 months, and 24 months.

Exercise Capacity Addendum Objectives:

Primary Objective:

  • To provide critical participant enrollment data necessary to accomplish the R01 submission, including:
  • Feasibility of screening, enrolling, and randomizing 21 Non or Hodgkin lymphoma and stage I-IV breast cancer patients including the reasons for failed randomization,
  • Identification of barriers for participating in, or adhering to the Patient ES-AI and the Healthy Living Control Group.

Secondary Objective:

• In these 21 patients, at study initiation then 3 and 6 months after initiating Anth-bC or other potentially cardiotoxic cancer therapies, to assess the ability to ascertain: peak exercise cardiac output, calculated arteriovenous oxygen difference (A-V O2) and VO2 (maximum rate of oxygen), and pre-exercise measures of left ventricular and cognitive function, health-related quality of life, six-minute walk distance (6min WD) and fatigue. Ascertainment of the left ventricular function and health-related rate quality of life will be attempted in a manner similar to ascertainment of these variables from 47 individuals with lymphoma in the parent study.

Enrollment

28 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 85 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

PARENT STUDY:

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Receiving >= 350 mg/m^2 of Anth-bC therapy, or a combination of Anth-bC (>= 250 mg/m^2) and subsequent paclitaxel or Herceptin
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Intracranial metal, pacemakers, defibrillators, functioning neurostimulator devices, or other implanted electronic devices
  • Ferromagnetic cerebral aneurysm clips, or other intraorbital/intracranial metal
  • Allergy to gadolinium or other severe drug allergies
  • Unstable angina
  • Significant ventricular arrhythmias (> 20 premature ventricular contractions [PVCs]/minute due to gating difficulty)
  • Acute myocardial infarction within 28 days
  • Atrial fibrillation with uncontrolled ventricular response
  • Moderate or severe aortic stenosis
  • Claustrophobia
  • Congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association [NYHA] class III or IV)
  • Significant valvular disease, or significant pulmonary disease requiring supplemental oxygen therapy
  • Participants unwilling to complete the protocol (24 month duration)
  • Women who are pregnant
  • Patients unable or unwilling to provide informed consent

EXERCISE CAPACITY ADDENDUM:

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Men and women aged 18-85 with non- or Hodgkin lymphoma or I-IV stage breast cancer patients that expect to receive an anthracycline based chemotherapeutic regimen or other potentially cardiotoxic cancer therapies (e.g. chemotherapy regimens [anthracyclines, trastuzumab]), immuno-therapies (immune checkpoint inhibitors [ICI's]) or radiation (within 8 weeks of completion).
  • Potential enrollees will need the capacity to walk at least two (2) city blocks on a flat surface.
  • English speaking participants only will be enrolled.
  • Stage IV breast cancer participants must have a 2 year survival prognosis and approval from their physician.

Exclusion Criteria: The following are relative contraindications and can be considered by the medical director of the study:

  • Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure >190 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure >100 mm Hg)
  • A recent history of alcohol or drug abuse.
  • Inflammatory conditions such as lupus or inflammatory bowel disease, or another medical condition that might compromise safety or successful completion.
  • Other exclusions include those with contraindications to MRI such as ferromagnetic cerebral aneurysm clips or other intracranial metal, pacemakers, defibrillators, functioning neurostimulator devices or other implanted electronic devices.
  • Unstable angina.
  • Inability to exercise on a treadmill or stationary cycle.
  • Significant ventricular arrhythmias (>20 PVCs/min due to gating difficulty).
  • Atrial fibrillation with uncontrolled ventricular response.
  • Acute myocardial infarction within 28 days.
  • Moving within 12 months of enrollment.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Diagnostic

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

28 participants in 3 patient groups

ADDENDUM: Physical Activity Intervention
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will be offered one to two training sessions per week at onsite rehab facilities and 1-2 sessions per week at home consisting of slow 15 minute aerobic warm-up followed by 20 minutes of strength training, 15 minutes of progressive intensity aerobic exercise and 10 minute cool down.
Treatment:
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Other: Physical Activity
Device: Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET)
Procedure: Magnetic resonance imaging
ADDENDUM: Healthy Living Instruction Group (Control Arm)
Experimental group
Description:
Organized various health workshops lasting for 60 minutes to match the number of visits to the rehab centers for participants in Arm 1 with 2 sessions offered per month onsite and remaining sessions offered over the phone for 6 months. .
Treatment:
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Device: Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET)
Other: Healthy Living
Procedure: Magnetic resonance imaging
MRI (Diagnostic)
Experimental group
Description:
Patients undergo MRI scans for LV function, T1 myocardial signal, and aortic PWV at baseline, 3 months, and 24 months.
Treatment:
Other: Physical Activity
Other: Healthy Living
Procedure: Magnetic resonance imaging

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