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Long-term Cardiopulmonary Consequences of Treatment-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Survivors of ERBB2-Positive Breast Cancer.


ABSTRACT:

Importance

Trastuzumab improves outcomes in patients with ERBB2-positive (formerly HER2) breast cancer but is associated with treatment-induced cardiotoxicity, most commonly manifest by an asymptomatic decline in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Little is known to date regarding the long-term effects of treatment-induced cardiotoxicity on cardiopulmonary function in patients who survive trastuzumab-treated breast cancer.

Objective

To determine whether treatment-induced cardiotoxicity recovers or is associated with long-term cardiopulmonary dysfunction in survivors of ERBB2-positive breast cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional case-control study enrolled patients with nonmetastatic ERBB2-positive breast cancer after completion of trastuzumab-based therapy (median, 7.0 [interquartile range (IQR), 6.2-8.7] years after therapy) who met 1 of 2 criteria: (1) cardiotoxicity (TOX group) developed during trastuzumab treatment (ie, asymptomatic decrease of LVEF?10% from baseline to <55% [n?=?22]) or (2) no evidence of cardiotoxicity during trastuzumab treatment (NOTOX group [n?=?20]). Patients were treated at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Fifteen healthy control participants (HC group) were also enrolled for comparison purposes. All groups were frequency matched by age strata (<55, 55-64, and ?65 years). Data were collected from September 9, 2016, to August 10, 2018, and analyzed from November 20, 2018, to August 12, 2019.

Main outcomes and measures

Speckle-tracking echocardiography and maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing were performed to measure indices of left ventricular function (including LVEF and global longitudinal strain [GLS]) and peak oxygen consumption (peak VO2).

Results

A total of 57 participants (median age, 60.8 [IQR, 52.7-65.7] years) were included in the analysis. Overall, 38 of 42 patients with breast cancer (90%) were treated with anthracyclines before trastuzumab. Resting mean (SD) LVEF was significantly lower in the TOX group (56.9%?[5.2%]) compared with the NOTOX (62.4%?[4.0%]) and HC (65.3%?[2.9%]) groups; similar results were found for GLS (TOX group, -17.8%?[2.2%]; NOTOX group, -19.8%?[2.2%]; HC group, -21.3%?[1.8%]) (P?Conclusions and relevanceTreatment-induced cardiotoxicity appears to be associated with long-term marked impairment of cardiopulmonary function and may contribute to increased risk of late-occurring cardiovascular disease in survivors of ERBB2-positive breast cancer.

SUBMITTER: Yu AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6990842 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Long-term Cardiopulmonary Consequences of Treatment-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Survivors of ERBB2-Positive Breast Cancer.

Yu Anthony F AF   Flynn Jessica R JR   Moskowitz Chaya S CS   Scott Jessica M JM   Oeffinger Kevin C KC   Dang Chau T CT   Liu Jennifer E JE   Jones Lee W LW   Steingart Richard M RM  

JAMA cardiology 20200301 3


<h4>Importance</h4>Trastuzumab improves outcomes in patients with ERBB2-positive (formerly HER2) breast cancer but is associated with treatment-induced cardiotoxicity, most commonly manifest by an asymptomatic decline in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Little is known to date regarding the long-term effects of treatment-induced cardiotoxicity on cardiopulmonary function in patients who survive trastuzumab-treated breast cancer.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine whether treatment-induced c  ...[more]

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