Risk-Guided Disease Management To Prevent Heart Failure In Adult Cancer Survivors of Previous Cardiotoxic Cancer Treatments: Baseline Results of the REDEEM Trial.

Joshua Wong; Joel Smith; Cheng Hwee Soh; Erin Howden; Jack S Talbot; Mark Nolan; Kristyn Whitmore; Leah Wright; Ashleigh-Georgia Sherriff; Eswar Sivaraj; Greg Wheeler; Kirsty Wiltshire; Phillip Campbell; Satish Ramkumar; Constantine Tam; Thomas H Marwick
Abstract
Adult cancer survivors are at increased risk of heart failure (HF) due to standard risk factors and cancer treatment-related cardiac dysfunction. However, the prevalence and treatment of subclinical/stage B heart failure (SBHF) in this population are not well defined. The REDEEM (Risk-guided Disease managEment plan to prevEnt heart failure in patients treated with previous cardiotoxic cancer treatMents) trial will evaluate HF screening and targeted intervention in long-term cancer survivors. Survivors ≥40 years old, ≥5 years post potentially-cardiotoxic therapy, and with ≥1 HF risk factor were screened by echocardiography for SBHF (abnormal global longitudinal shortening [GLS], left ventricular hypertrophy [LVH], diastolic dysfunction or abnormal 3-dimensional left ventricular ejection fraction [3D-LVEF]). Those with SBHF were randomized to multi-disciplinary cardio-oncology disease management plan (CO-DMP), including neurohormonal blockade, exercise training and risk factor optimization, or usual care. The primary endpoint is change in cardiorespiratory fitness (VO<sub>2</sub>peak) over 6 months. Of 1,124 survivors screened, 604 underwent echocardiography, and 145 (24%) had SBHF (age 68±18 years; 81% women). Of those eligible for randomization, 64% had breast cancer and 35% had hematological malignancy. Although baseline 3D-LVEF was preserved (52.8±6.8%), subclinical LV dysfunction was common (GLS 15.6±2.1%) and 39% had evidence of functional impairment (VO<sub>2</sub>peak≤18ml/kg/min<sup>-1</sup>). Abnormal GLS was associated with age, BMI, diabetes and anthracycline exposure, whereas functional impairment was only associated with age. Abnormal GLS and functional impairment were not significantly associated (OR 0.90 [95% CI 0.72-1.11], p=0.360). Risk-based screening can identify a high-risk subpopulation of cancer survivors with SBHF. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04962711, https://www. gov/study/NCT04962711.
Journal AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL
ISSN 1097-6744
Published 16 Sep 2025
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DOI 10.1016/j.ahj.2025.09.009
Type Journal Article
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