Longitudinal assessment of cardiac parameters through MRI in breast cancer patients treated with anti-HER2 therapy

European Radiology Experimental

Original Article

Jiaqi Chen¹  Fenglan Li¹  Jianwei Wang¹  Jianing Liu¹  Sainan Cheng¹  Yawen Wang¹  Linlin Qi¹  Yang Fan²  Lizhi Xie² 

[1] Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center / Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, #17 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, 100021, Beijing, China;MR Research China, GE Healthcare, Beijing, China;

关键词: Breast neoplasms;    Cardiotoxicity;    Magnetic resonance imaging;    Trastuzumab;    Pertuzumab;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s41747-023-00338-9

 received in 2022-12-18, accepted in 2023-03-10,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWe evaluated the early changes in left ventricular (LV) volumetric, functional, and tissue characteristics in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer patients treated with trastuzumab and/or pertuzumab at cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).MethodsHER2-positive breast cancer patients undergoing planned anti-HER2 therapy and nonanthracycline-based chemotherapy were enrolled and subdivided into dual anti-HER2 (trastuzumab plus pertuzumab) group and trastuzumab group. Cardiac MRI was performed before treatment and three months after starting, covering ventricular volumes, cardiac function, systolic myocardial strain, myocardial oedema, and T1 and T2 relaxation times. Cardiac dysfunction was primarily defined as a > 10% reduction in LV ejection fraction (LVEF) to < 55% and/or a > 15% global longitudinal strain (GLS) change at the follow-up MRI examination.ResultsTwenty-four HER2-positive patients were evaluated (16 in the dual anti-HER2 group, 8 in the trastuzumab group). Six patients developed cardiac dysfunction at follow-up, five of them in the dual anti-HER2 group. One patient developed symptomatic heart failure, and five patients developed asymptomatic cardiac dysfunction. Patients displayed significantly decreased systolic function and increased T1 and T2 relaxation time at follow-up (p ≤ 0.031). Systolic dysfunction remained significant in the dual anti-HER2 group. The decrease in GLS in the trastuzumab group was not significant (p = 0.169). T1 and T2 relaxation times tended to increase, but this was not significant at subgroup analysis.ConclusionsCardiac MRI scans showed frequent signs of subclinical cardiotoxicity after short-term anti-HER2 therapy and nonanthracycline-based chemotherapy; the effect was slightly stronger in patients treated with dual therapy.Key points• A frequent subclinical cardiotoxicity was detected by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging after short-term anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) therapy.• The change in myocardial strain was more marked in patients treated with dual (trastuzumab plus pertuzumab) than with trastuzumab only anti-HER2 therapy.• Cardiotoxicity surveillance through MRI is an interesting option particularly in patients treated with dual anti-HER2 therapy.

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