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BreAst Cancer and Cardiotoxicity Induced by RAdioTherapy: the BACCARAT Study

Early Detection and Prediction of Cardiotoxicity in Radiotherapy-treated Breast Cancer Patients

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02605512
Acronym
BACCARAT
Enrollment
118
Registered
2015-11-16
Start date
2015-10-31
Completion date
2020-02-29
Last updated
2023-11-08

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

Conditions

Breast Cancer, Cardiac Toxicity

Keywords

Radiotherapy, Echocardiography, Strain strain rate, Coronary computed tomography angiography, Segments of coronary arteries, Subclinical functional and anatomical cardiac lesions, Biomarkers, Heart dosimetry

Brief summary

Breast radiotherapy RT used until the 1990s was clearly responsible for increased mortality due to long term cardiac complications. Since the 2000s, improvements have appeared in dose distributions to organ at risks such as heart, but now, little is known on the risk of potential cardiac impairment in this population, in particular for chemotherapy naive patients. Based on the state that clinically detectable cardiotoxicity is generally preceded by subclinical cardiac dysfunctions, the aim of the BACCARAT study (BreAst Cancer and Cardiotoxicity induced by RAdioTherapy) is to evaluate whether adjuvant 3DCRT induces cardiac toxicity that could be detected in the first two years after treatment based on a global approach with repeated analysis of subclinical functional and anatomical cardiac lesions in myocardial and coronary levels and circulating biomarkers.

Detailed description

BACCARAT study consists in a monocentric prospective cohort study that will finally include 120 women treated with adjuvant RT for breast cancer in the Clinique Pasteur in Toulouse, and followed for 2 years after RT. Women aged 50 to 70 years, treated for breast cancer and for whom adjuvant 3DCRT is indicated, without chemotherapy are eligible for the study. Baseline and follow-up include measures of functional myocardial dysfunction based on 2D-speckle tracking echocardiography, anatomical coronary lesions based on Coronary computed tomography angiography, and a wide panel of circulating biomarkers. Absorbed doses is evaluated for whole heart and for each different parts of heart, in particular coronary arteries. Analysis on occurrence and evolutions of subclinical cardiac lesions and biomarkers will be performed and completed with dose-response relations with absorbed doses of different heart segments.

Interventions

OTHERSubclinical cardiac lesions and biomarkers

Functional myocardial dysfunction based on 2D-speckle tracking echocardiography, Anatomical coronary lesions based on Coronary computed tomography angiography, a panel of circulating biomarkers based on blood samples and plasma

Sponsors

Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire
CollaboratorOTHER_GOV
Clinique Pasteur
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
SCREENING
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Age between 50 and 70 years * Women surgically treated for left or right breast cancer and for whom adjuvant treatment is radiotherapy with irradiation of the breast or chest wall irradiation and possibly ganglion chains, * Adjuvant radiotherapy with 3DCRT performed in Clinique Pasteur Toulouse * WHO performance status ECOG - Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (index normally used to describe the patient's condition) = 0 or 1 * Being volunteer to participate in the study and have signed the consent form

Exclusion criteria

* Indication of adjuvant chemotherapy * Clinically or radiologically detectable metastasis * Personal history of coronary artery disease or myocardial disease * Personal history of breast cancer or other cancer requiring radiotherapy to the thorax * Patient with controlled infection or severe disease and / or non-hazardous to their participation in the study * Contraindications to injection of iodinated contrast (for CCTA): pregnancy, renal failure, allergy. * Pregnancy, lactation * Abnormal echocardiography before radiotherapy: * LVEF \<50% * Longitudinal strain\> - 16% * Longitudinal strain rate \<1% / s * Abnormal wall motion * CCTA before radiotherapy showing that therapeutic management is required (coronary-artery calcium (CAC) score\>600)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of patients with decreased myocardial function assessed by echocardiography2 years after 3DCRT (baseline measures performed before radiotherapy)Number of patients with a decrease in the mean strain or strain rate measured from the echocardiography of the order of 5% between the measurement before RT and 24 months after RT
Number of patients with increased coronary plaques assessed by CT coronary angiography2 years after 3DCRT (baseline measures performed before radiotherapy)Number of patients with an increase of the average index of coronary plaques measured from the CT coronary angiography in the order of 15% between the measurements before RT and 24 months after RT

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Decrease in the strain or strain rate6 months after 3DCRTand 2 years after 3DCRT (baseline measures performed before radiotherapy)
Modification in series of circulating biomarkers of cardiac lesions5 weeks after initiation of 3DCRT (corresponding to the end of 3DCRT sessions), 6 months after 3DCRTand 2 years after 3DCRT (baseline measures performed before radiotherapy)Classical biomarkers of cardiac injury: C-reactive protein, Troponin I, B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-Pro BNP), beta2-Microglobulin, Galectin 3 / Inflammatory cytokines: Interleukin 6, Interleukin 8, Interleukin 18, TNF-α / Endothelial activation and dysfunction: sVCAM,-1 , s-ICAM-1, E-selectin, P-selectin , vWF, PAI-1, Fibrinogen , Thrombomodulin, TGF-β1 / Microparticles: CD14, CD31, CD41, CD3, CD235a / microRNAs : miR-1, miR-133, miR-208, miR-499, miR-126, miR-130, miR-145, miR-181, miR-150, miR-155, miR-223, miR-17, miR-18, miR-22, miR-34, miR-92, miR-140, miR-182, miR-199, miR-423, miR-590
Correlation between the absorbed radiation dose by the whole heart and different structures of the heart and measurements of strain and strain rate and indices of coronary plaques2 years

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 13, 2026