STOP Heart Disease in Breast Cancer Survivors Trial (STOP)

May 1, 2019 updated by: Marc Goodman, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Statin Therapy Operates to Prevent (STOP) Heart Disease in Breast Cancer Survivors Trial

The purpose of this study is to to examine the effects of atorvastatin, a type of statin, on changes to the heart among women undergoing breast cancer treatment. Atorvastatin may reduce or eliminate the harmful effects of chemotherapy treatment to the heart tissue of breast cancer patients.

Study Overview

Status

Status

Indicates the current recruitment status or the expanded access status.
Terminated

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

This is a placebo-controlled study. It will compare the effects of atorvastatin against the effects of a placebo (an inactive substance, such as, a sugar pill) on changes to the heart before and during breast cancer treatment. Participants will be in the study for approximately a year and a half, and the study will enroll up to 60 patients. During that time, there will be six visits that may coincide with standard of care visits. Participants will also receive telephone calls from study staff during the study intervention and a follow-up phase to check-in with them.

Study Type

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "anticipated" enrollment is the target number of participants that the researchers need for the study.
2

Phase

Phase

The stage of a clinical trial studying a drug or biological product, based on definitions developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The phase is based on the study's objective, the number of participants, and other characteristics. There are five phases: Early Phase 1 (formerly listed as Phase 0), Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, and Phase 4. Not Applicable is used to describe trials without FDA-defined phases, including trials of devices or behavioral interventions.
  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048
        • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Female patients with newly diagnosed stage 1-3 breast cancer
  • Histologically confirmed HER2, ER, and PR status
  • Recommended to undergo trastuzumab treatment, with or without anthracycline. Patients will be eligible for up to 3 weeks after starting treatment.
  • Age minimum 18 years
  • Able and willing to read, understand, and sign an informed consent form (ICF) and medical release form
  • Willing and able to comply with trial protocol and follow-up
  • ECOG performance status 0-1 (Karnofsky ≥ 70%)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior use of statin medication within the past year
  • Not using statin medication but is eligible for statin therapy based on the 2013 ACC/AHA guidelines (LDL cholesterol >190, or LDL <190 and ASCVD risk >7.5%; http://tools.acc.org/ASCVD-Risk-Estimator/) and is > 50 years old; or is eligible for statin therapy based on the 2013 ACC/AHA guidelines and is 40-50 years old and wishes to be placed on statin therapy
  • History of adverse effects, intolerance, or allergic reactions attributed to statin medication
  • Current use of gemfibrozil, cyclosporine, clarithromycin, itraconazole, erythromycin, the hepatitis C protease inhibitor telaprevir, HIV protease inhibitors, colchicine, or red yeast rice
  • Current use of any other investigational agent
  • Pregnant or intention to get pregnant during the next 18 months. Pregnant women are excluded from this study because atorvastatin is a lipid-lowering agent with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects, and MRI is contraindicated in pregnant women.
  • History of diabetes, severe lung disease, renal disease (creatinine > 1.8 mg/dL or CrCl ≤ 50 mL/min), or hepatic disease (AST and ALT > 3 times upper normal limits)
  • Abnormal baseline echocardiogram or cardiac MRI (detection of congenital heart disease; ischemic heart disease; moderate or severe valvular heart disease; cardiomyopathy; EF < 55%)
  • Previously known or diagnosed heart disease (e.g. congenital; valvular; coronary artery disease; history of myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome; cardiomyopathy, including infiltrative, hypertensive, hypertrophic, dilated, constrictive pericarditis, or other cardiomyopathy)
  • Left ventricular dysfunction (EF < 55%)
  • Prior non-cardiac illness with an estimated life expectancy < 4 years
  • Known active infection with HIV
  • Allergy or contraindication to MRI testing, including claustrophobia, metallic parts in body the prohibiting MRI, prior gadolinium contrast reaction, or uncontrolled moderate hypertension (sitting blood pressure >160/95 mm Hg with measurements recorded on at least 2 occasions).
  • Has metallic breast expanders in place at the time of screening
  • Concurrent illness which in the opinion of the investigators would compromise either the patient or the integrity of the data

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: Study Agent
One atorvastatin 20 mg oral capsule per day
Drug: Atorvastatin
Atorvastatin calcium, a synthetic lipid-lowering agent, is an inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase. This enzyme catalyzes the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate, an early and rate-limiting step in cholesterol biosynthesis.
Other Names:
  • Lipitor
  • Atorvastatin calcium
Placebo Comparator: Control
One matching placebo daily
Drug: Placebo
A substance that has no therapeutic effect, and will be used as a control in testing the study agent.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change in Global Circumferential Strain (GCS) Measured by Cardiac MRI (CMRI)
Time Frame: baseline to 12 months post initiation of statin intervention
baseline to 12 months post initiation of statin intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change in Global Longitudinal Strain as Measured by CMRI
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Change in Peak Left Ventricular Twist as Measured by CMRI
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Change in Peak Left Ventricular Torsion as Measured by CMRI
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Change in Left Ventricular Untwisting Rate as Measured by CMRI
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Change in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction as Measured by CMRI
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Change in Left Ventricular End Diastolic Volume as Measured by CMRI
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Change in Left Ventricular End Systolic Volume as Measured by CMRI
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Change in Cardiac Output as Measured by CMRI
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Change in Left Ventricular Mass as Measured by CMRI
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Change in Left Ventricular Concentricity as Measured by CMRI
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Change in Native T1 as Measured by CMRI
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Change in Post Contrast T1 as Measured by CMRI
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Change in Extracellular Volume as Measured by CMRI
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Change in Native T2 as Measured by CMRI
Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months of follow-up
Baseline to 12 months of follow-up

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Collaborators

Collaborators

An organization other than the sponsor that provides support for a clinical study. This support may include activities related to funding, design, implementation, data analysis, or reporting.
California Breast Cancer Research Program

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Principal Investigator: Marc Goodman, PhD, Cedars-Sinal Medical Center

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
May 5, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
May 25, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
May 25, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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January 21, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submits a study record that is consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. The sponsor or investigator may need to revise and submit a study record one or more times before NLM's QC review criteria are met. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
February 2, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

The date on which the study record was first available on ClinicalTrials.gov after National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review has concluded. There is typically a delay of a few days between the date the study sponsor or investigator submitted the study record and the first posted date.
February 4, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

The most recent date on which changes to a study record were made available on ClinicalTrials.gov. There may be a delay between when the changes were submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov by the study's sponsor or investigator (the last update submitted date) and the last update posted date.
May 15, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
May 1, 2019

Last Verified

Last Verified

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator confirmed the information about a clinical study on ClinicalTrials.gov as accurate and current. If a study with a recruitment status of recruiting; not yet recruiting; or active, not recruiting has not been confirmed within the past 2 years, the study's recruitment status is shown as unknown.
May 1, 2019

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • IIT2015-12-Goodman-STOP

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

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