Effects of Heart Imaging Radiation on DNA Double-Stranded Breaks in Blood Lymphocytes and Hair Follicle Cells

June 12, 2017 updated by: Todd C. Villines, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

The HEART BREAK Study: Effects of Heart Imaging Radiation on DNA Double-Stranded Breaks in Blood Lymphocytes and Hair Follicle Cells

Purpose

  1. To investigate the effects of cardiac imaging radiation on the induction of DNA double-strand breaks by enumerating gamma-H2AX foci in blood lymphocytes and plucked hair follicle cells.
  2. To estimate whether the use of breast shields in cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) limits the effective radiation exposure of breast tissue.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The primary objective of the study is to analyze blood and hair samples from patients undergoing cardiac imaging to estimate radiation exposure levels as well as their biological effects (i.e. to determine the degree of genotoxicity by measuring the amounts of DNA double-strand breaks).

The secondary objective is to investigate whether the use of in-plane breast shielding in female patients undergoing CT angiography (CCTA) limits the radiation exposure of breast tissue and subsequent DNA damage in blood lymphocytes and hair follicle cells.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

228

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adult male and female adult subjects (age greater than 18 years)
  • Referred for cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA), myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS), or diagnostic invasive coronary angiography (ICA).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Female patients that identify themselves as pregnant or have a positive pregnancy test prior to cardiac imaging.
  • History (present or past) of leukemia or lymphoma.
  • History of radiation therapy
  • X-ray examination or scintigraphy within the last 72 hours.
  • History of coronary revascularization (coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous coronary intervention)
  • Patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention at completion of diagnostic left heart catheterization

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: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: CCTA Breast Shields
Within female subset, randomization to wearing bismuth breast shield.
Radiation: CCTA ~ BREAST SHIELDS
Breast shield placement (randomized) among women.
Other Names:
  • BISMUTH BREAST SHIELDS
No Intervention: CCTA No Breast Shields
Within female subset, randomization to wearing no bismuth breast shield (standard of care).
No Intervention: Observational Arm
Non-females undergoing CTA and subjects undergoing cardiac catheterization and nuclear medicine testing.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Excess Double-strand DNA Break Foci Per Cell in Peripheral Blood Samples Post-imaging
Time Frame: Change from baseline double strand DNA breaks at 30 minutes post-imaging
The amount of excess DNA double-strand break foci per cell after cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) in female patients with and without breast shields, minus the amount of foci prior to CCTA. In addition, changes in DNA double-strand breaks from baseline following cardiac testing in the observational arm is being assessed in an observational manner.
Change from baseline double strand DNA breaks at 30 minutes post-imaging

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Walter Reed National Military 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

March 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 19, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 30, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

December 1, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 11, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 12, 2017

Last Verified

June 1, 2017

More Information

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 362425

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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