Cardiotoxicity in Locally Advanced Lung Cancer Patients Treated With Chemoradiation Therapy

NCT ID: NCT04305613

Last Updated: 2025-10-02

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

221 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-09-14

Study Completion Date

2030-12-31

Brief Summary

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This observational cohort will evaluate the cardiovascular effects of chemoradiation used to treat locally advanced, non-small cell lung cancer. Patients will be enrolled prior to the start of therapy and followed during and for at least 2 years after therapy with echocardiograms, nuclear stress tests, blood sampling, and quality of life surveys.

Detailed Description

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Lung cancer is both the most common malignancy worldwide and the leading cause of cancer death in the US. While radiation therapy is highly effective for many solid tumors, thoracic radiation therapy carries a risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality that limits critical gains in cancer control and survival. The investigators will perform detailed cardiovascular phenotyping using biologic and imaging markers to define functional and physiologic perturbations that occur with radiation therapy. The study will provide insights into how cardiovascular risk factors and disease impact these biologic and functional changes. The investigators will also determine which radiotherapy dose-volume metrics are indicative of subclinical cardiotoxicity.

Conditions

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Cardiotoxicity Lung Cancer Stage III Lung Cancer Stage II Radiation Toxicity

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Cohort

Patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Chemoradiation

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will be treated with definitive concurrent chemoradiation with curative intent as determined by their medical and radiation oncologists. We will consider timing of initiation and discontinuation, type, and cumulative dose of platinum based chemotherapy. We will also consider dose, duration, and type of immunotherapy. Radiation therapy will be delivered via proton or proton therapy. Our primary radiation therapy dose-volume exposures are whole heart volumetric dose. As secondary exposures, we will comprehensively define radiation therapy dose parameters to the right ventricle, entire left ventricle, left ventricle segments, coronary arteries, and mean heart dose.

Interventions

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Chemoradiation

Patients will be treated with definitive concurrent chemoradiation with curative intent as determined by their medical and radiation oncologists. We will consider timing of initiation and discontinuation, type, and cumulative dose of platinum based chemotherapy. We will also consider dose, duration, and type of immunotherapy. Radiation therapy will be delivered via proton or proton therapy. Our primary radiation therapy dose-volume exposures are whole heart volumetric dose. As secondary exposures, we will comprehensively define radiation therapy dose parameters to the right ventricle, entire left ventricle, left ventricle segments, coronary arteries, and mean heart dose.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* At least 18 years of age
* Histologically confirmed or clinically diagnosed non-small cell lung cancer where the plan is for definitive treatment that includes radiation
* Able to give written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant or breast-feeding
* Prior treatment with anthracyclines
* Radiation treatment not expected to involve any heart exposure as determined by treating provider
* ECOG performance status greater than 2
* Vulnerable patients, including pregnant women and prisoners
* Contraindication to rest/vasodilator stress PET/CT, including: asthma with ongoing wheezing at time of enrollment; known Mobitz Type II AV block, 3rd degree AV block, or sick sinus syndrom, without a pacemaker; systolic blood pressure less than 90mmHg; known hypersensitivity to Regadenoson and adenosine; profound sinus bradycardia (heart rate less than 40bpm).
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Bonnie Ky, MD, MSCE

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Pennsylvania

Locations

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University of Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status

The Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Rutger's University / Cancer Institute of New Jersey

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

Montefiore Medical Center

The Bronx, New York, United States

Site Status

Lancaster General Hospital

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Chester County Hospital

West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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UPCC 13519

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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