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NCT04036032Completed

Role of Aerobic Exercise to Modulate Cardiotoxicity in Long Term Cancer Survivors Exposed to Anthracycline Therapy

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Oct 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Over 50% of the more than 270,000 childhood cancer survivors in the U.S. have been treated with anthracyclines and thus are at risk of developing cardiotoxicity. The impact of exercise training on LV structure has been extensively studied. Left ventricular hypertrophy and cardiac chamber enlargement with the accompanying ability to generate a large stroke volume are direct results of exercise training. Aerobic exercise therapy offers a non-pharmacological mechanism to modulate multiple gene expression pathways that may promote cardiac remodeling. No prior studies have investigated the efficacy of aerobic exercise in the prevention or treatment of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity. We hypothesize that exercise intervention leads to a reverse in adverse cardiac remodeling with improvement of global and regional myocardial function in patients exposed to anthracycline.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
47 (actual)
First submitted
25 Jul 2019
Start date
19 Jun 2015
Primary completion date
27 Aug 2025
Lead sponsor
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
NCT number
NCT04036032

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Participants enrolled: 47
  • From 19 Jun 2015 to the primary completion date, 27 Aug 2025
  • 2 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other

  • Contraindications to CMRI\*
  • Individuals needing sedation to complete the cMRI
  • Subject not able to perform stress test.
  • Pregnancy\*\*
  • Non-English speaking individuals
  • Orbital X-Ray confirmed to have metal in the eye or patient confirmed to have metal in the eye

Who the study is looking for

  • Long-term childhood cancer survivors greater than 9 years of age\*
  • Exposed to anthracycline chemotherapy \* Age \> 9 years of age was chosen to avoid the need for general anesthesia or sedation

Age in the registry: 9 years to 99 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Nationwide Children's Hospital
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ColumbusUnited StatesUnknown status
CT Children's Medical Center
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HartfordUnited StatesUnknown status

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