Subclinical Left Ventricular Dysfunction Detected by Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography in Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Radiation Therapy : A Six-Month Follow-Up Analysis (MEDIRAD EARLY-HEART study)

Copyright © 2022 Locquet, Spoor, Crijns, van der Harst, Eraso, Guedea, Fiuza, Santos, Combs, Borm, Mousseaux, Gencer, Frija, Cardis, Langendijk and Jacob..

Background: In the case of breast cancer (BC), radiotherapy (RT) helps reduce locoregional recurrence and BC-related deaths but can lead to cardiotoxicity, resulting in an increased risk of long-term major cardiovascular events. It is therefore of primary importance to early detect subclinical left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in BC patients after RT and to determine the dose-response relationships between cardiac doses and these events.

Methods: Within the frame of the MEDIRAD European project (2017-2022), the prospective multicenter EARLY-HEART study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03297346) included chemotherapy naïve BC women aged 40-75 years and treated with lumpectomy and adjuvant RT. Myocardial strain analysis was provided using speckle-tracking echocardiography performed at baseline and 6 months following RT. A global longitudinal strain (GLS) reduction >15% between baseline and follow-up was defined as a GLS-based subclinical LV dysfunction. Individual patient dose distributions were obtained using multi-atlas-based auto-segmentation of the heart. Dose-volume parameters were studied for the whole heart (WH) and left ventricle (LV).

Results: The sample included 186 BC women (57.5 ± 7.9 years, 64% left-sided BC). GLS-based subclinical LV dysfunction was observed in 22 patients (14.4%). These patients had significantly higher cardiac exposure regarding WH and LV doses compared to patients without LV dysfunction (for mean WH dose: 2.66 ± 1.75 Gy versus 1.64 ± 0.96 Gy, p = 0.01). A significantly increased risk of subclinical LV dysfunction was observed with the increase in the dose received to the WH [ORs from 1.13 (V5) to 1.74 (Dmean); p <0.01] and to the LV [ORs from 1.10 (V5) to 1.46 (Dmean); p <0.01]. Based on ROC analysis, the LV-V5 parameter may be the best predictor of the short-term onset of subclinical LV dysfunction.

Conclusion: These results highlighted that all cardiac doses were strongly associated with the occurrence of subclinical LV dysfunction arising 6 months after BC RT. Whether measurements of GLS at baseline and 6 months after RT combined with cardiac doses can early predict efficiently subclinical events occurring 24 months after RT remains to be investigated.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in oncology - 12(2022) vom: 15., Seite 883679

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Locquet, Médéa [VerfasserIn]
Spoor, Daan [VerfasserIn]
Crijns, Anne [VerfasserIn]
van der Harst, Pim [VerfasserIn]
Eraso, Arantxa [VerfasserIn]
Guedea, Ferran [VerfasserIn]
Fiuza, Manuela [VerfasserIn]
Santos, Susana Constantino Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Combs, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Borm, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Mousseaux, Elie [VerfasserIn]
Gencer, Umit [VerfasserIn]
Frija, Guy [VerfasserIn]
Cardis, Elisabeth [VerfasserIn]
Langendijk, Hans [VerfasserIn]
Jacob, Sophie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Breast cancer
Cardiac dysfunction
Dosimetry
EARLY-HEART cohort
Journal Article
MEDIRAD
Radiotherapy
Strain imaging

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03297346

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fonc.2022.883679

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343573997