Understanding and predicting fatigue, cardiovascular (CV) decline & events after breast cancer treatment (UPBEAT): A prospective multi-center wake forest NCORP research-base study.

Abstract

TPS602 Background: Modern treatment for breast cancer (BC) has led to improved survival; however, this improvement can be offset by an increase in cancer therapy-related morbidity and mortality. Over one-third of early stage BC patients treated with cancer therapy experience CV injury, left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, exercise intolerance, or fatigue. CV disease is a leading cause of mortality in BC survivors. There is limited information on the time course and long-term CV health of BC survivors. UPBEAT, a multicenter study, will prospectively evaluate CV risk factors and outcomes in early stage BC patients, treated with modern anticancer therapies. This will facilitate evaluation of primary CV prevention strategies in this patient population. Methods: This is a prospective cohort study of 840 patients with early stage (I-III) BC treated with chemotherapy +/- radiation and 160 controls. Baseline and serial longitudinal measures will examine the influence of cancer treatment on CV function, exercise capacity and fatigue, and the future development of CV events. The comprehensive assessment includes: ascertainment of cardiac biomarkers, CV risk factors, comorbidities, functional status (e.g., disability measures, expanded short physical performance battery), neurocognitive tests, behavioral risk factors, socio-demographics, and quality of life at baseline, 3-, 12-, and 24-mos. Outcomes measured at the same time points include a deep phenotyping of CV dysfunction (via cardiac MRI assessing LV end diastolic volume, LV end systolic volume, LV ejection fraction, myocardial strain, strain rate, left atrial volumes and mass, and aortic stiffness), exercise intolerance (submaximal as 6-minute walk test and maximal as VO2 peak via cardiopulmonary exercise test), and fatigue (via FACT-F). Eligibility criteria: age > 18 years; ECOG 0-2, able to walk without symptoms; receiving chemotherapy +/- HER2 targeted agent(s). To date, 244 participants are enrolled through 12 NCORP or ECOG-ACRIN sites. An additional 7 sites are onboarding and will be enrolling later in the year. Participants will be followed for 9 years with active surveillance of CV events (i.e., heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, all-cause and CV death). EA NCORP Grant: 2 UG1 CA189828 06; Research Base Grant: 2UG1 CA189824; R01: 1R01CA199167. Clinical trial information: NCT02791581 .