Cardioprotection Using Strain-Guided Management of Potentially Cardiotoxic Cancer Therapy: 3-Year Results of the SUCCOUR Trial

Tomoko Negishi, Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, Martin Penicka, Julie Lemieux, Klaus Murbraech, Sakiko Miyazaki, Mitra Shirazi, Ciro Santoro, Goo Yeong Cho, Bogdan A. Popescu, Wojciech Kosmala, Ben Costello, Andre la Gerche, Phil Mottram, Liza Thomas, Stephanie Seldrum, Krassimira Hristova, Manish Bansal, Koji Kurosawa, Nobuaki FukudaHirotsugu Yamada, Masaki Izumo, Kazuko Tajiri, Maciej Sinski, Dragos Vinereanu, Evgeny Shkolnik, Jose Banchs, Shelby Kutty, Kazuaki Negishi, Thomas H. Marwick

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Abstract

Background: Global longitudinal strain (GLS) can predict cancer therapeutics–related cardiac dysfunction and guide initiation of cardioprotection (CPT). Objectives: In this study, the authors sought to determine whether echocardiography GLS-guided CPT provides less cardiac dysfunction in survivors of potentially cardiotoxic chemotherapy, compared with usual care at 3 years. Methods: In this international multicenter prospective randomized controlled trial, patients were enrolled from 28 international sites. All patients treated with anthracyclines with another risk factor for heart failure were randomly allocated to GLS-guided (>12% relative reduction in GLS) or ejection fraction (EF)–guided (>10% absolute reduction of EF to <55%) CPT. The primary end point was the change in 3-dimensional (3D) EF (ΔEF) from baseline to 3 years. Results: Among 331 patients enrolled, 255 (77%, age 54 ± 12 years, 95% women) completed 3-year follow-up (123 in the EF-guided group and 132 in the GLS-guided group). Most had breast cancer (n = 236; 93%), and anthracycline followed by trastuzumab was the most common chemotherapy regimen (84%). Although 67 (26%) had hypertension and 32 (13%) had diabetes mellitus, left ventricular function was normal at baseline (EF: 59% ± 6%, GLS: 20.7% ± 2.3%). CPT was administered in 18 patients (14.6%) in the EF-guided group and 41 (31%) in the GLS-guided group (P = 0.03). Most patients showed recovery in EF and GLS after chemotherapy; 3-year ΔEF was −0.03% ± 7.9% in the EF-guided group and −0.02% ± 6.5% in the GLS-guided (P = 0.99) group; respective 3-year EFs were 58% ± 6% and 59% ± 5% (P = 0.06). At 3 years, 17 patients (5%) had cancer therapeutics–related cardiac dysfunction (11 in the EF-guided group and 6 in the GLS guided group; P = 0.16); 1 patient in each group was admitted for heart failure. Conclusions: Among patients taking potentially cardiotoxic chemotherapy for cancer, the 3-year data showed improvement of LV dysfunction compared with 1 year, with no difference in ΔEF between GLS- and EF-guided CPT.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)269-278
Number of pages10
JournalJACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
Volume16
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • cancer therapy–related cardiac dysfunction
  • cardioprotective therapy
  • global longitudinal strain
  • heart failure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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