Can an MRI scan show early signs of medication-related changes to the heart in patients with breast cancer treated with trastuzumab?
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Trastuzumab-associated cardiomyopathyInjury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN83167415
- Lead Sponsor
- Working Group Cardiac MRI @ Charité University Medicine Berlin & HELIOS Hospital Berlin-Buch
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
1. Mammary carcinoma
2. Planned trastuzumab therapy
Exclusion Criteria
1. Any absolute contraindication for MRI
2. Chronic renal failure with GFR <30 ml/min/m2 at time of inclusion
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mean native myocardial T1 time measured using MRI (MOLLI sequences) at all time points (before start of chemotherapy, before the first dose of trastuzumab, before the second dose of trastuzumab and after 5 cycles of trastuzumab)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Left ventricular ejection fraction<br> 2. Myocardial T2 time<br> 3. Late gadolinium enhancement<br> 4. Longitudinal strain<br> 5. Circumferential strain<br> All secondary outcome measures are assessed using MRI at all time points (before start of chemotherapy, before the first dose of trastuzumab, before the second dose of trastuzumab and after 5 cycles of trastuzumab).<br>