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Breast CancerNCT05584163

Pilot Study to Evaluate the Prevention and Safety of Doxorubicin-induced Cardiomyopathy Using Extracorporeal Shock Waves

A study testing Extracorporeal shock waves in people with Breast Cancer, run by Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital at 1 site in South Korea.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

Official record
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Trial summary

Until now, patients receiving doxorubicin chemotherapy should use only the cumulative dose related to known cardiotoxicity, or if cardiotoxicity occurs below the known cumulative dose, use of doxorubicin as chemotherapy should be stopped. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 19 years and older, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Breast Cancer
What is being tested?
Extracorporeal shock waves
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
72 participants
Where
1 siteSouth Korea
Study dates
1 Oct 2020to Jun 2023
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 19 years and older
  • Women only
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Breast cancer patients receiving doxorubicin chemotherapy (for patients with operable breast cancer who receive doxorubicin with neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy)
  • Patients who are expected to receive at least 3 cycles of doxorubicin chemotherapy after registration and who can receive at least 2 extracorporeal shock wave therapy
  • Those with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 50% or more at screening

Who cannot join

  • Subjects under the age of 19
  • Those who have implanted an intracardiac device (implantable defibrillator, pacemaker)
  • Hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia confirmed
  • If you have QT prolongation syndrome or are receiving medication that increases QT interval
  • Antiarrhythmics class IA; quinidine, procainamide
  • Antiarrhythmics class III; amiodarone, sotalol
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  • Patients with atrial fibrillation or those who have undergone defibrillation for atrial fibrillation within the last 3 months
  • In case of structural heart disease (congenital heart disease, valvular disease, etc.) and related surgery
  • Persons who have had coronary artery disease or a subsequent PCI or coronary artery bypass surgery
  • Those with symptoms of unstable angina requiring hospitalization
  • Persons suspected or diagnosed with cardiomyopathy due to causes other than chemotherapy
  • When life expectancy is less than 6 months
  • Pregnant women or those planning to become pregnant
  • Moderate or severe hepatic impairment (ex. Child-Pugh class B,C)
  • Creatinine clearance < 30mL/min
  • Patients judged to be inappropriate by other researchers

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Kiwhan Kim, PhD contact

+82226505307

kankadin@ewha.ac.kr

South Korea1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Kiwhan Kim

    Seoul, Yangcheon Gu, 03168

    Shinjeong Song, MD, 01087889871, allaboutsj@naver.com

    Recruiting

Other trials in South Korea

About this study

Official title: Single-center, Randomized, Prospective Controlled Pilot Study to Evaluate the Prevention and Safety of Doxorubicin-induced Cardiomyopathy Using Extracorporeal Shock Waves in Breast Cancer Patients Using Doxorubicin Anticancer Drugs

Until now, patients receiving doxorubicin chemotherapy should use only the cumulative dose related to known cardiotoxicity, or if cardiotoxicity occurs below the known cumulative dose, use of doxorubicin as chemotherapy should be stopped. In this study, in patients with normal heart function receiving doxorubicin chemotherapy, extracorporeal shock wave therapy was performed 3 times a week during chemotherapy, and 1 cycle of extracorporeal shock wave therapy was performed (every 6 weeks) every 2 cycles of chemotherapy. Echocardiography should be performed at baseline and every 4 cycles of chemotherapy, and follow-up 3 months after chemotherapy is completed to compare the incidence of cardiomyopathy caused by chemotherapy between the two groups.

Read the detailed description
  1. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy cycle
  • For breast cancer patients using doxorubicin as the main anticancer agent, 1 cycle of extracorporeal shock wave therapy was performed every 2 cycles of chemotherapy.
  • The extracorporeal shock wave therapy is targeted to the existing refractory angina pectoris patients and is based on the energy used in patients with ischemic heart disease without serious side effects. The treatment is performed 3 times a week in 1 cycle, 200 shots per spot. , a shock wave of 0.09mJ/mm2 energy was applied to 40-60 spots (8,19,20)
  • Conventional chemotherapy is performed every 3 weeks, and the dose of doxorubicin used per session is 40-60 mg/m2, and considering the cumulative dose, chemotherapy is performed on average 6-8 times. Therefore, extracorporeal shock wave therapy is performed every 6 weeks, and a total of 3 to 4 times.
  • It is expected that factors affecting efficacy will be controlled by targeting patients with the same carcinoma, the same chemotherapy, and no underlying heart disease. Since the cumulative doxorubicin dose can be received from a minimum of 60mg/m2 to a maximum of 400mg/m2, the cumulative dose of doxorubicin in the control and experimental groups should be divided into sections to further analyze the cardiomyopathy incidence rate and echocardiographic indicators.
  • Extracorporeal shock wave therapy position and posture The extracorporeal shock wave probe is placed at the position where the apical view of the echocardiogram is taken, and the patient's posture is supine or lateral position. When extracorporeal shock wave therapy is performed in the following locations, the entire cardiac muscle can be included.
  1. It was assumed that the incidence of cardiomyopathy in patients receiving extracorporeal shock wave therapy was low. Cardiomyopathy is defined as ① a decrease in the absolute value of left ventricular ejection fraction by 10% or more or ② a decrease in the absolute value of LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) by 8% or more. In this study, cardiomyopathy caused by the definition of LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) was set as the primary efficacy evaluation. Therefore, when the target number of subjects is set according to the definition that the LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) set as the primary efficacy evaluation variable is reduced to less than 17.5%, the absolute LVGLS value is the dependent variable, the significance level is 0.05, and the power is based on 85%. Therefore, when the ratio between groups is 1:1, the mean of the treated group is expected to be 19.6%, the mean of the untreated group is expected to be 18.0%, and when the standard deviations are applied as 2.4% and 2.4%, respectively, when using the G*Power 3.1 program, 33 people are required for each calculated group. Considering the dropout rate of 10%, 36 people each, a total of 72 subjects, is calculated as the required number of subjects.
  2. Observational items/clinical examination items and observational examination method Basic information: Acquired at the time of clinical research registration
  • Age, gender, height, weight, BMI, systolic diastolic blood pressure, pulse clinical information
  • Clinical information 1: Acquired at the time of clinical research registration Accompanying diseases (hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, chronic kidney disease, etc.), past acute reaction
  • Clinical information 2: Acquired at the time of clinical study registration and every echocardiogram follow-up Breast cancer stage, doxorubicin dose used for chemotherapy, chemotherapy cycle medications taken within the past 4 weeks (including current medications);
  • Diagnostic test results (Creatinie Kinase (CK), Creatine Kinase-MB (CK-MB), Troponin T (TnT), N-terminal pro-Brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), compete blood count (CBC), Chemistry) ,
  • New York Heart Association (NYHA) classiciation - Class 1,2,3,4; It is obtained by dividing into Class 1, 2, 3, and 4 through a questionnaire about the patient's subjective symptoms, and is obtained through a questionnaire at the time of clinical study registration and every echocardiogram follow-up.
  • Electrocardiogram (EKG). Chest X-ray (CXR) Echocardiographic parameters: Acquired at the time of clinical study registration and at each echocardiographic follow-up.

Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), Left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (LVEDD), Left ventricular end-systolic dimension (LVESD), Inter-ventricular septal diastolic phase (IVSd), Posterior wall thickness (PWd), Mitral inflow pattern, Mitral valve tissue doppler, Rightly ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP), Left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal strain

Conditions
Breast Cancer
Being tested
Extracorporeal shock waves
Keywords
Chemotherapy induced cardiomyopathy
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • Extracorporeal shock wavesDevice

    3 times of extracorporeal shock wave therapy is performed, and 1 cycle of extracorporeal shock wave therapy is performed (every 6 weeks) every 2 cycles of chemotherapy. Echocardiography is performed at baseline and every 4 cycles of chemotherapy.

Study groups in NCT05584163
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Control groupNo interventionGroup not using drugs used for the prevention of cardiomyopathy caused by doxorubicin, including extracorporeal shock wave
ESWT treatment groupExperimentalGroup receiving extracorporeal shock wave therapy
Receives: Device: Extracorporeal shock waves

What is being measured

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

  1. Chemotherapy induced cardiomyopathy

    Primary efficacy endpoint: Cardiomyopathy is defined as the LV longitudinal strain value, an echocardiographic index, and the incidence rate of cardiomyopathy between the experimental group and the control group is compared. The definition of cardiomyopathy in LV longitudinal strain is as follows

    • When the strain value of the longitudinal axis of the left ventricle (LV global longitudinal strain) decreases to less than -17.5% or reduction of >15% compared to the baseline value.

    Measured: 3months, 6months

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Chemotherapy induced cardiomyopathy 2

    Secondary efficacy endpoint: To compare the rate of cardiomyopathy between the experimental group and the control group in breast cancer patients receiving doxorubicin-containing chemotherapy with baseline normal heart function. The definition of cardiomyopathy is as follows.

    • A decrease of more than 10% in absolute left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) or
    • A decrease of less than 50% from the normal range of left ventricular ejection fraction (>55%)

    Measured: 3months, 6months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted18 Oct 2022
  2. Study start1 Oct 2020
  3. Primary completionJun 2023 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJun 2023 (estimated)

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
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
72 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05584163
Sponsor's protocol ID
2020-12-044-012
Status last verified
May 2023
First submitted
12 Oct 2022
Last updated
2 Jun 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: IPD are not to be shared with other researchers.

Publications

  • Song S, Woo J, Kim H, Lee JW, Lim W, Moon BI, Kwon K. A prospective randomized controlled trial to determine the safety and efficacy of extracorporeal shock waves therapy for primary prevention of subclinical cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients without a cardiovascular risk treated with doxorubicin. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2024 Feb 7;11:1324203. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1324203. eCollection 2024.

    PubMed 38385137

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Extracorporeal shock waves in people with Breast Cancer, run by Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital at 1 site in South Korea.

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 3 inclusion and 16 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Jun 2023. 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 South Korea. 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?

Results are not available in the source record.

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

Contact Kiwhan Kim, PhD (+82226505307, kankadin@ewha.ac.kr), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Chemotherapy induced cardiomyopathy (time frame: 3months, 6months). 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 NCT05584163, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 2 Jun 2023.

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