Clinical trial · Observational
The EMBRACE Study The EMBRACE Study
Randomised Controlled Study of Physical Exercise Intervention in Breast Cancer Patients at Risk of Anthracycline-induced Cardiomyopathy:The EMBRACE Study
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Cardiomyopathy is a condition that affects the heart muscle, whereby it becomes enlarged, thick or rigid. When the heart muscle becomes involved, it affects the pumping action of the heart. This condition can affect as many as 10% of all patients after undergoing anthracycline cancer drug therapy and unfortunately carries the worst prognosis of all cardiomyopathies. To date, there is no effective intervention that will prevent a patient from developing this condition. The research conducted will look to see if an energy imbalance in the heart predates the onset of detrimental changes to the pumping function of the heart, if this is detected then we can act earlier to prevent the pumping function deteriorating.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
Data not yet available
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- Breast Cancer Group
- description
- Breast Cancer Group
- label
- Healthy Volunteer
- description
- Healthy Volunteer Group
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Cardiac Energetics
- timeFrame
- At baseline
- description
- Cardiac MRI and MRS
- measure
- Cardiac Energetics
- timeFrame
- Through study completion, up to sixteen weeks
- description
- Cardiac MRI and MRS
Secondary outcomes (6)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * A patient who has been diagnosed with breast cancer and has been scheduled for a first cycle of anthracycline therapy. * Participant who is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study. * Healthy (gender and age matched) volunteers willing to give informed consent for participation in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindication to magnetic resonance scanning such as an implantable cardiac device.
References
Publications (26)
- BACKGROUNDZamorano JL, Lancellotti P, Rodriguez Munoz D, Aboyans V, Asteggiano R, Galderisi M, Habib G, Lenihan DJ, Lip GYH, Lyon AR, Lopez Fernandez T, Mohty D, Piepoli MF, Tamargo J, Torbicki A, Suter TM; ESC Scientific Document Group. 2016 ESC Position Paper on cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines: The Task Force for cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J. 2016 Sep 21;37(36):2768-2801. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw211. Epub 2016 Aug 26. No abstract available. PMID 27567406
- BACKGROUNDFelker GM, Thompson RE, Hare JM, Hruban RH, Clemetson DE, Howard DL, Baughman KL, Kasper EK. Underlying causes and long-term survival in patients with initially unexplained cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med. 2000 Apr 13;342(15):1077-84. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200004133421502. PMID 10760308
- BACKGROUNDMaslov MY, Chacko VP, Hirsch GA, Akki A, Leppo MK, Steenbergen C, Weiss RG. Reduced in vivo high-energy phosphates precede adriamycin-induced cardiac dysfunction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2010 Aug;299(2):H332-7. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00727.2009. Epub 2010 May 21. PMID 20495142
- BACKGROUNDMenna P, Salvatorelli E, Minotti G. Anthracycline degradation in cardiomyocytes: a journey to oxidative survival. Chem Res Toxicol. 2010 Jan;23(1):6-10. doi: 10.1021/tx9003424. PMID 19954191
- BACKGROUNDHiggins AY, O'Halloran TD, Chang JD. Chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy. Heart Fail Rev. 2015 Nov;20(6):721-30. doi: 10.1007/s10741-015-9502-y. PMID 26338137
- BACKGROUNDJones LW, Haykowsky MJ, Swartz JJ, Douglas PS, Mackey JR. Early breast cancer therapy and cardiovascular injury. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Oct 9;50(15):1435-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.06.037. Epub 2007 Sep 24. PMID 17919562
- Truong J, Yan AT, Cramarossa G, Chan KK. Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity: detection, prevention, and management. Can J Cardiol. 2014 Aug;30(8):869-78. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2014.04.029. Epub 2014 May 4.