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REBECCA Study (RadiothErapy for BrEast Cancer and CArdiotoxicity)

REBECCA Study (RadiothErapy for BrEast Cancer and CArdiotoxicity): Evaluation of Radiation-induced Cardiotoxicity of Adjuvant Radiotherapy With Tomotherapy for Breast Cancer

Status
Withdrawn
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02079272
Acronym
REBECCA
Enrollment
0
Registered
2014-03-05
Start date
2014-11-30
Completion date
2019-11-30
Last updated
2015-04-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Breast Cancer, Lesion; Cardiac, Toxicity Due to Radiotherapy

Keywords

Tomotherapy, Breast Cancer, Heart, Subclinical cardiac lesions, Myocardial lesions, Coronary lesions, Circulating biomarkers, Ionizing radiation, Heart absorbed doses

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a new technique of radiotherapy for breast cancer (helical tomotherapy) can induce cardiac toxicity that would be detected in the first two years after treatment. Screening of subclinical cardiac lesions with non-invasive cardiac imaging techniques combined with measures of circulating biomarkers of cardiac tissue lesions and coronary lesions would allow assessing radiation-induced cardiac toxicity at an early stage.

Detailed description

REBECCA study will consist in a monocentric prospective cohort that will include 120 women volunteers treated with adjuvant tomotherapy for breast cancer in the Institut Regaud Claudius-Toulouse (ICR) and followed for 2 years after radiotherapy. In summary, women aged between 40 and 70 years, surgically treated at ICR for breast cancer and for whom adjuvant radiotherapy with tomotherapy is indicated, with no indication of chemotherapy will be eligible for the study.

Interventions

OTHERHelical tomotherapy for breast cancer

1. At baseline, before helical tomotherapy is performed, for each included woman will have: * measures of biomarkers of cardiac injury based on blood samples (including CRP, NT-Pro BNP, …, microparticles and miRNA) * cardiologic examination including echocardiography for measurement of strain and strain rate * a CT coronary angiogram for measurement of coronary plaque indexes 2. Helical tomotherapy will be performed for all women included in the cohort. 3. At the end of tomotherapy, follow-up will include: * measures of biomarkers: at the end of radiotherapy, 6 months and 24 months after radiotherapy * cardiologic examinations including a echocardiography 6 and 24 months after radiotherapy * A CT coronary angiogram 24 months after radiotherapy

Sponsors

Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire
CollaboratorOTHER_GOV
Institut Claudius Regaud
CollaboratorOTHER
University Hospital, Toulouse
CollaboratorOTHER
Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
CollaboratorOTHER_GOV
Sophie JACOB
Lead SponsorOTHER_GOV

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
40 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Women treated surgically for left or right breast cancer and for who adjuvant treatment is radiotherapy with irradiation of the breast or chest wall irradiation and possibly lymph node chains, * Age between 40 and 70 years * Adjuvant Radiotherapy is helical tomotherapy performed at Institut Claudius Regaud(Toulouse, France)

Exclusion criteria

* Indication of adjuvant chemotherapy * Clinically or radiologically detectable metastasis * Personal history of coronary artery or myocardial disease * Personal history of breast cancer or other cancer requiring radiotherapy to the chest * Contraindications to injection of iodinated contrast ( for CT ) : pregnancy , renal failure, allergy. * Pregnancy, lactation * Before radiotherapy, LVEF \<50% * Before radiotherapy, longitudinal strain \> - 16 % * Before radiotherapy,longitudinal strain rate \<1% / s * Before radiotherapy, segmental wall motion abnormality * Coronary CT before radiotherapy showing that a therapeutic treatment is required

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of participants with subclinical cardiac lesions in myocardial levels and/or coronary levelswithin the first 2 years after tomotherapyThe primary outcome is defined as a decrease of at least 5% in strain or strain rate measures based on cardiac ultrasound exam2D strain between the measurement before radiotherapy and measures 24 months after radiotherapy and / or an increase of at least 15% in the average index of coronary plaques measured with CT coronary angiogram between the measurement before radiotherapy and measures 24 months after radiotherapy .

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Number of participants with decrease in myocardial contractility (strain or strain rate measured with cardiac ultrasound exam2D strain)within the first 6 months after tomotherapy
Number of participants with modified measures of circulating biomarkerswithin the first 2 years after tomotherapy (at the end of radiotherapy, 6 months after radiotherapy and 24 months maximum after radiotherapy)

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026