Prevention of Chest Pain in Chemo-treated Cancer Patients (CATCH)

September 1, 2023 updated by: Vejle Hospital

Prevention of CArdioToxic-related CHest Pain in Cancer Patients Treated With 5-fluorouracil

This is a prospective, exploratory, randomised clinical trial. Patients with diagnosed cancer that are to be treated with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) will be randomised into standard oncological treatment or a cardiological assessment prior to the 5-FU treatment. The investigators hypothesize that aggressive management of ischemic risk factors in asymptomatic patients will reduce the number of hospitalisations and investigations for acute coronary syndrome during and after 5-FU treatment and that patients with high coronary artery calcium scores are more likely to experience chest pain during the treatment with 5-FU.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

200

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

      • Vejle, Denmark
        • Recruiting
        • Departments of Oncology and Medicine, Vejle Hospital

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologically verified cancer
  • First-time treatment with 5-FU/Capecitabine
  • Expected remaining lifetime > 6 months
  • Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known ischemic heart disease
  • Ischemia-suspicious symptoms prior to 5-FU treatment
  • Ischemia-suspicious ECG-changes prior to 5-FU treatment

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: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Cardiological assessment
a sub-acute cardiologic assessment and aggressive management of risk factors before oncologic treatment
Aggressive ischemic risk factor management
No Intervention: Standard treatment
Standard chemotherapeutic treatment

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Acute coronary syndrome
Time Frame: 6 months
Composite endpoint of the incidence of overall mortality, chest pain requiring hospital admittance, the incidence of coronary angiography intervention and acute coronary syndrome
6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Chest pain
Time Frame: 6 months
Incidence of chest pain
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Vibeke B Hansen, MD, PhD, Vejle Hospital
  • Study Chair: Lars H Jensen, MD, PhD, Department of Oncology, Vejle Hospital, Denmark

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)

April 11, 2018

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 30, 2024

Study Completion (Estimated)

June 30, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 26, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 26, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

April 3, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 5, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 1, 2023

Last Verified

September 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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