Esophageal Cancer Clinical Trial
Characterizing Chemo-Radiotherapy Treatment-Related Cardiac Changes
Summary
This trial studies cardiac changes after radiation or chemo-radiation for the treatment of lung or esophageal cancer that has not spread to other places in the body (non-metastatic) or has not come back (non-recurrent). Continuous cardiac monitoring with an implanted device may help to identify cardiac changes that would remain unnoticed, and facilitate the treatment of these early cardiac changes as part of standard care.
Full Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To determine the 12-month cardiac event rate after radiation or chemo-radiation for the treatment of lung or esophageal cancer.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. Define the spectrum of cardiac toxicity among chemoradiotherapy (CRT) patients at highest risk of cardiac toxicity.
II. Establish the timeline of cardiac toxicity development and identify early predictive findings of permanent damage.
III. Characterize the areas of the heart at highest risk for persistent cardiac damage.
IV. Identify a dose response threshold for radiotherapy (RT) damage in different areas of the heart.
V. Improve survival by alerting the cardiology team of the need for life-saving standard of care interventions.
VI. Describe medical interventions employed for the cardiac events identified in the study.
OUTLINE:
Patients receive cardiac monitor implants then undergo standard of care RT or CRT at the discretion of the treating physician. Patients also undergo blood sample collection at baseline, 4 weeks, 3, 9, and 12 months.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 4 weeks, 3, 9 and 12 months post RT.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Age >= 18 years
Planned standard of care curative thoracic RT or CRT with anticipated heart V40 > 20 cc (At least 20 cc of the heart should receive a dose of 40 gray [Gy] or higher)
Able to follow-up at all specified standard of care time-points
Patients can receive treatment as part of the standard of care or in a different study
Receiving radiation treatment to an area close to the heart, for example gastroesophageal junction cancer, hilar lung cancer, or mainstem bronchus lung cancer
Any type of systemic therapy or surgery before during or after radiation is acceptable
Prior radiation to other areas is acceptable
Planned radiation doses equal or higher than 40 Gy
Exclusion Criteria:
Metastatic disease
Recurrent disease
Patient receiving radiation prescription doses lower than 40 Gy
No prior radiation that included any part of the heart is acceptable
No thoracic re-irradiation
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There is 1 Location for this study
Scottsdale Arizona, 85259, United States
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