Background: Troponin changes over time have been suggested to allow for an early diagnosis of cardiac injury ensuing cancer chemotherapy; cancer patients with troponin elevation may benefit of therapy with enalapril. It is unknown whether a preventive treatment with enalapril may further increase the benefit.Methods: The International CardioOncology Society-one trial (ICOS-ONE) was a controlled, open-label trial conducted in 21 Italian hospitals. Patients were randomly assigned to two strategies: enalapril in all patients started before chemotherapy (CT; 'prevention' arm), and enalapril started only in patients with an increase in troponin during or after CT ('troponintriggered' arm). Troponin was assayed locally in 2596 blood samples, before and after each anthracycline-containing CT cycle and at each study visit; electrocardiogram and echocardiogram were done at baseline, and at 1, 3, 6 and 12-month follow-up. Primary outcome was the incidence of troponin elevation above the threshold.Findings: Of the 273 patients, 88% were women, mean age 51 +/- 12 years. The majority (76%) had breast cancer, 3% had a history of hypertension and 4% were diabetic. Epirubicin and doxorubicin were most commonly prescribed, with median cumulative doses of 360 [270 -360] and 240 [240-240] mg/m(2), respectively. The incidence of troponin elevation was 23% in the prevention and 26% in the troponin-triggered group (p = 0.50). Three patients (1.1%) -two in the prevention, one in the troponin-triggered group-developed cardiotoxicity, defined as 10% point reduction of LV ejection fraction, with values lower than 50%.Interpretation: Low cumulative doses of anthracyclines in adult patients with low cardiovascular risk can raise troponins, without differences between the two strategies of giving enalapril. Considering a benefit of enalapril in the prevention of LV dysfunction, a troponintriggered strategy may be more convenient. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity: A multicenter randomised trial comparing two strategies for guiding prevention with enalapril: The International CardioOncology Society-one trial / Cardinale, Daniela; Ciceri, Fabio; Latini, Roberto; Franzosi, Maria Grazia; Sandri, Maria Teresa; Civelli, Maurizio; Cucchi, Gianfranco; Menatti, Elisabetta; Mangiavacchi, Maurizio; Cavina, Raffaele; Barbieri, Enrico; Gori, Stefania; Colombo, Alessandro; Curigliano, Giuseppe; Salvatici, Michela; Rizzo, Antonio; Ghisoni, Francesco; Bianchi, Alessandra; Falci, Cristina; Aquilina, Michele; Rocca, Andrea; Monopoli, Anna; Milandri, Carlo; Rossetti, Giuseppe; Bregni, Marco; Sicuro, Marco; Malossi, Alessandra; Nassiacos, Daniele; Verusio, Claudio; Giordano, Monica; Staszewsky, Lidia; Barlera, Simona; Nicolis, Enrico B; Magnoli, Michela; Masson, Serge; Cipolla, Carlo M. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. - ISSN 0959-8049. - 94:(2018), pp. 126-137. [10.1016/j.ejca.2018.02.005]

Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity: A multicenter randomised trial comparing two strategies for guiding prevention with enalapril: The International CardioOncology Society-one trial

Rocca, Andrea;
2018-01-01

Abstract

Background: Troponin changes over time have been suggested to allow for an early diagnosis of cardiac injury ensuing cancer chemotherapy; cancer patients with troponin elevation may benefit of therapy with enalapril. It is unknown whether a preventive treatment with enalapril may further increase the benefit.Methods: The International CardioOncology Society-one trial (ICOS-ONE) was a controlled, open-label trial conducted in 21 Italian hospitals. Patients were randomly assigned to two strategies: enalapril in all patients started before chemotherapy (CT; 'prevention' arm), and enalapril started only in patients with an increase in troponin during or after CT ('troponintriggered' arm). Troponin was assayed locally in 2596 blood samples, before and after each anthracycline-containing CT cycle and at each study visit; electrocardiogram and echocardiogram were done at baseline, and at 1, 3, 6 and 12-month follow-up. Primary outcome was the incidence of troponin elevation above the threshold.Findings: Of the 273 patients, 88% were women, mean age 51 +/- 12 years. The majority (76%) had breast cancer, 3% had a history of hypertension and 4% were diabetic. Epirubicin and doxorubicin were most commonly prescribed, with median cumulative doses of 360 [270 -360] and 240 [240-240] mg/m(2), respectively. The incidence of troponin elevation was 23% in the prevention and 26% in the troponin-triggered group (p = 0.50). Three patients (1.1%) -two in the prevention, one in the troponin-triggered group-developed cardiotoxicity, defined as 10% point reduction of LV ejection fraction, with values lower than 50%.Interpretation: Low cumulative doses of anthracyclines in adult patients with low cardiovascular risk can raise troponins, without differences between the two strategies of giving enalapril. Considering a benefit of enalapril in the prevention of LV dysfunction, a troponintriggered strategy may be more convenient. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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