Carvedilol in Preventing Heart Failure in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Males and females must weigh >= 40 Kg
- Patient must have had a cancer diagnosis < 22 years of age, irrespective of current age
Patient must have a lifetime cumulative anthracycline dose of >= 250 mg/m^2 DOXOrubicin equivalent without the protection of dexrazoxane (Zinecard) therapy; the anthracycline dose threshold must be met as part of the treatment of a cancer that was diagnosed at < 22 years of age
- Note: Institutional records (e.g., clinic note, treatment summary, chemotherapy roadmap) can be used to document lifetime receipt of anthracycline dose
- Patient must have completed cancer treatment >= 2 years prior to study enrollment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Receiving treatment for cardiomyopathy or heart failure
Ejection fraction of < 50% (by radionuclide angiogram or echocardiogram) or shortening fraction of < 25% (by echocardiogram)
- Note: for instances where both are reported, and one is below the threshold, the site will have the option to re-measure it centrally at the core lab
Uncorrected primary obstructive or severe regurgitative valvular disease:
- Nondilated (restrictive); or
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; or
- Significant systemic ventricular outflow obstruction
- Sustained or symptomatic ventricular dysrhythmias uncontrolled with drug therapy or implantable device
- Significant conduction defects (i.e. second or third degree atrio-ventricular block or sick sinus syndrome)
- Bradycardia: heart rate < 50 beats per minute (BPM)
- Use of an investigational drug or beta adrenergic blockers, including metoprolol, sotalol, within 30 days of enrollment
- History of drug sensitivity or allergic reaction to alpha or beta-blockers
- Low resting systolic blood pressure: < 90 mmHg
- Use of any other blood pressure lowering medication for treatment of hypertension within 30 days of enrollment except calcium channel blockers and diuretics
- History or current clinical evidence of moderate-to-severe obstructive pulmonary disease or reactive airway diseases (i.e. asthma) requiring therapy
- Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and/or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 3 times upper limit of institutional normal
- Gastrointestinal, or biliary disorders that could impair absorption, metabolism, or excretion of orally administered medications
- Endocrine disorders (such as primary aldosteronism, pheochromocytoma, hyper- or hypothyroidism) not controlled with medication
- Uncontrolled diabetes (controlled diabetes per the American Diabetes Association and International Diabetes Center's Glycemic Target Goals is hemoglobin A1C < 7%)
- Anemia (hematocrit < 28%)
- Currently using select CYP2D6 inhibitor or inducer medications
- Inability to swallow pills
- Female patients who are pregnant are not eligible; women of childbearing potential require a negative pregnancy test prior to starting study drug
- Lactating females are not eligible unless they have agreed to not breastfeed their infants
- Sexually active female patients of reproductive potential are not eligible unless they agree to use an effective contraceptive method during study and for 2 months after stopping the study drug; abstinence is an acceptable method of birth control
- All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
- All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met
Sites / Locations
- Children's Hospital of Alabama
- Phoenix Childrens Hospital
- Arkansas Children's Hospital
- Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- Kaiser Permanente-Oakland
- Children's Hospital of Orange County
- University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego
- Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
- Children's Hospital Colorado
- Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center
- Yale University
- Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children
- MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
- Children's National Medical Center
- Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida
- University of Florida Health Science Center - Gainesville
- Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville
- AdventHealth Orlando
- Nemours Children's Hospital
- Nemours Children's Clinic - Pensacola
- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
- Tampa General Hospital
- Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-Tampa
- Saint Mary's Hospital
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston
- Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
- Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago
- University of Illinois
- University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Advocate Children's Hospital-Oak Lawn
- Advocate Children's Hospital-Park Ridge
- Ascension Saint Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
- Blank Children's Hospital
- University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Norton Children's Hospital
- Children's Hospital New Orleans
- Ochsner Medical Center Jefferson
- Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
- C S Mott Children's Hospital
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis
- University of Minnesota/Masonic Cancer Center
- Mayo Clinic in Rochester
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
- Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center
- Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
- Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center
- Alliance for Childhood Diseases/Cure 4 the Kids Foundation
- Summerlin Hospital Medical Center
- Hackensack University Medical Center
- Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- NYU Winthrop Hospital
- The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- University of Rochester
- Stony Brook University Medical Center
- Mission Hospital
- Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
- Medical University of South Carolina
- BI-LO Charities Children's Cancer Center
- Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center
- Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
- UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas
- El Paso Children's Hospital
- Cook Children's Medical Center
- Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- University of Virginia Cancer Center
- Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center
- Seattle Children's Hospital
- Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital
- Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
- Perth Children's Hospital
- IWK Health Centre
- Starship Children's Hospital
- Christchurch Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Arm I (carvedilol)
Arm II (placebo)
Patients receive low-dose carvedilol PO QD or BID for 24 months.
Patients receive placebo PO QD or BID for 24 months.