Risk-guided Disease Management Plan to Prevent Heart Failure in Patients Treated With Previous Chemotherapy (REDEEM)
Heart Failure
About this trial
This is an interventional screening trial for Heart Failure
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- History of cancer > 10 years ago
- Have received potentially toxic chemotherapy Anthracycline (any dose) Trastuzumab (Herceptin) in breast-cancer with the HER2 mutation OR Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (e.g. sunitinib) OR Left chest radiotherapy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Ejection fraction at baseline echo <50%
- Valvular stenosis or regurgitation of >moderate severity
- History of previous heart failure (baseline New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification >2)
- Systolic BP <110 mmHg
- Pulse <60/minute if not on beta blocker
- Inability to acquire interpretable images (identified from baseline echo)
- Contraindications to beta blockers or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
- Oncologic (or other) life expectancy <12 months or any other medical condition (including pregnancy) that results in the belief (deemed by the Chief Investigators) that it is not appropriate for the patient to participate in this trial
- Already taking both angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers and beta blockers, or intolerance (or allergy) to both.
- Unable to provide written informed consent to participate in this study
Sites / Locations
- Baker Heart and Diabetes InstituteRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Heart failure intervention ( Cardio-Oncology Disease Management Plan (CO-DMP)
Usual care
Optimization of pharmacotherapy: Cardioprotection with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi, Ramipril) and beta blocker (Metoprolol).Participants will be initially treated with ramipril at a dose of 1.25 or 2.5mg (according to baseline systemic arterial pressure), once or twice a day, and gradually up-titrated to 10mg/day, or to the maximal-tolerated dose. In patients receiving at least 2.5mg/day of ramipril, metoprolol will be started at an initial dose of 50 (25mg twice a day) and progressively up-titrated to the maximal dose of 100mg/day. Patients will be reviewed every 2 weeks during the up titration phase. Exercise intervention: Individualized training program provided by an exercise physiologist.
Provided by participants' usual healthcare professional(s), guided by a brochure regarding optimal risk factor management addressing hypertension, lipids, alcohol intake and tobacco use.