Sodium-glucose Transporter Type 2 Inhibition in Anthracycline-related Cardiotoxicity

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Breast Cancer
• Interventions: Drug: Sodium-glucose transport-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors; Other: Standard medical treatment

• Registration Number: NCT07070765
• Lead Sponsor: University of Aberdeen

Brief Summary

Cardiotoxicity is heart damage that arises from certain drugs, such as those used for cancer treatment and develops in approximately 10% of patients with breast cancer who are treated with anthracyclines. It has been suggested that sodium-glucose transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors may reduce the damage to the heart caused by anthracycline chemotherapy. The investigators wish to determine whether dapagliflozin (SGLT2 inhibitor) taken daily during chemotherapy will reduce the rate of cardiotoxicity.

Detailed Description

Cardiac dysfunction is a major complication of cancer drug therapies, affecting approximately 10% of patients treated with anthracyclines. It has the worst prognosis of all cardiomyopathies and is currently thought to be a consequence of an energetic based mitochondrial dysfunction. This energy deficit could potentially be ameliorated by the putative cardiometabolic benefits of sodium-glucose transporter type 2 inhibition. In pilot data from patients with breast cancer, the investigators have demonstrated that cardiac magnetic resonance spectroscopy can identify and quantify the myocardial energetic deficit associated with anthracycline therapy. The purpose of this study is to determine whether sodium-glucose transporter type 2 inhibition has the potential to reverse the myocardial energetic deficit associated with anthracycline toxicity.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2025-06-26
• Status Verified: 2025-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-07-07
• Study First Posted: 2025-07-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-07-17
• Last Update Posted: 2025-07-23
• Study Start: 2025-11-01
• Primary Completion: 2028-10-31
• Study Completion: 2028-10-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with breast cancer between 18-70 years of age.
• Patients with low to medium cardiovascular risk.
• Patients scheduled for adjuvant or neo-adjuvant anthracycline therapy.
• Patients who are able to give written informed consent to take part in the study.
• Patients who can read and understand English.

The current thresholds for defining cardiovascular risk for patients undergoing anthracycline chemotherapy are as follows: normal resting 12-lead electrocardiogram, plasma cardiac troponin I concentration < 99th centile, serum brain natriuretic peptide concentration <35 pg/mL or serum N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide concentration <125 pg/mL, left ventricular ejection fraction >55%, global longitudinal strain >-18% and healthy life-style (normal body-mass index, non-smoker). Low cardiovascular risk will allow for the presence of one abnormal life-style factor (body-mass index indicating obesity (>30 kg/m2), current smoker or significant smoking history), or presence of only one of the following in the clinical history: hypertension, stage 1-2 chronic kidney disease, age 65-79 years, borderline left ventricular ejection fraction (50-54%) or elevated cardiac biomarkers. Medium cardiovascular risk will permit the combination of any 2-4 of the lifestyle or clinical history variables indicated above.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with a known intolerance of dapagliflozin
• Patients with high cardiovascular risk as specified by the most recent cardio-oncology guidelines.
• Patients with significant renal impairment (estimated glomerular filtration rate <45 mL/min/1.73 m2).
• Patients with a previous cancer diagnosis.
• Patients with known type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus. We will not actively screen for diabetes. This is not done in clinical practice and there have been no issues.
• Patients with a contraindication to magnetic resonance imaging.
• Patients with prior exposure to anthracyclines.
• Patients who cannot read and understand English.
• Patients who are pregnant

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Sodium-glucose transporter type 2 inhibition treatment arm	Sodium-glucose transport-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors	Sodium-glucose transporter type 2 inhibition plus standard clinical care for the duration of chemotherapy treatment
Standard clinical care placebo treatment arm	Standard medical treatment	Standard clinical care for the duration of chemotherapy treatment

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cardiac energetics	From enrolment to the end of treatment at the end of approximately 22 weeks	In vivo myocardial phosphocreatine/gamma-adenosine triphosphate (PCr/yATP) ratio by cardiac 31P cardiac magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Myocardial Ca2+ influx	From enrolment to the end of treatment at the end of approximately 22 weeks	Myocardial Ca2+ influx assessed with manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MEMRI)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Aberdeen; 🇬🇧 Aberdeen, United Kingdom