Cardiac Valve Complications in Prolactinomas Treated With Cabergoline

NCT00460616 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: NeuroendoUnit-2
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Dopamine agonists are first-line agents for the treatment of prolactinomas (1) and Parkinson's disease (2). There is evidence supporting a causal relationship between the occurrence of drug-induced "restrictive" valvular heart disease and treatment with pergolide (3): in several cases, the valvulopathy improved when pergolide was discontinued (4). Valvular heart damage has also been reported with the ergot-derived dopamine agonists bromocriptine and cabergoline (5,6). Two recent studies (7,8) have further demonstrated that both pergolide and cabergoline are associated with an increased risk of new cardiac valve regurgitation in patients treated for Parkinson's disease. The valvular abnormalities seen with ergot-derived dopamine agonists are similar to those observed in patients receiving ergot alkaloid agents (such as ergotamine and methysergide) in the treatment of migraine, or fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine in the treatment of obesity. These abnormalities also closely resemble carcinoid-related valvulopathies (9). Cardiac valve disease has never been reported in patients with prolactinomas who require treatment with dopamine-agonists even life-long (1). At variance with patients with Parkinson's disease, patients with prolactinomas are younger and are treated with an average dose of dopamine-agonists that is significantly lower (median bromocriptine dose 5 mg/day and median cabergoline dose 1 mg/week). Because of the young age of treatment beginning (most patients with microprolactinomas start dopamine-agonist treatment in early adulthood), treatment might be continued for over 3 decades: the cumulative risk of low doses of dopamine agonists for such a long period of treatment is currently unknown. To assess the prevalence of cardiac valve disease in patients treated with cabergoline, we wish to perform an echocardiography screening in a large representative sample of patients with prolactinoma who were treated with cabergoline for at least 12 months and in a group of control subjects recruited prospectively. We wish to evaluate the severity of regurgitation for the mitral, aortic, and tricuspid valves. Changes in cardiac valve apparatus was compared with treatment duration and cumulative cabergoline dose.

Conditions

Prolactinomas

Keywords

Prolactin; Prolactinomas; Dopamine-Agonists; Cabergoline; Cardiac valve disease

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Prevalence of regurgitation (graded as mild, moderate, severe) at any cardiac valve.

  9 months

Study Arms (2)

1

Patients already receiving treatment with cabergoline.

Drug: Cabergoline

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healthy controls sex and age-matched with the patients

Interventions

Cabergoline DRUG

According with our previous studies, in the patients with microprolactinoma and in those with non-tumoral hyperprolactinemia, cabergoline treatment was administered orally at a starting dose of 0.25 mg twice weekly for the first two weeks and then 0.5 mg twice weekly. After 2 months of treatment, dose adjustment was carried out every 2 months on the basis of serum PRL suppression.

Also known as: Dostinex

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Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Three different study populations will be studied. * Group 1) Patients already receiving treatment with cabergoline for at least 12 months * Group 2) Newly diagnosed patients with hyperprolactinemia who never received treatment with dopamine-agonists * Group 3) Non hyperprolactinemic subjects matched with the patients for sex and age to be used as controls.

You may qualify if:

• Patients with documented hyperprolactinemia receiving continuous treatment with cabergoline only for at least 12 months
• Newly diagnosed patients with prolactinoma never previously receiving dopamine agonists treatment

You may not qualify if:

• A history of cardiac valve abnormalities,
• Previous use of anorectic drugs or other ergot-derived drugs,
• Treatment with cabergoline for less than 12 months,
• Valve calcification, valve regurgitation associated with annular dilatation or excessive leaflet motion,
• Mitral regurgitation associated with left ventricular wall-motion abnormalities or left ventricular dilatation,
• Withdrawal from cabergoline treatment for longer than 1 month, according with our treatment protocol (11).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Federico II University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Department of Molecular and Clinical Endocrinology and Oncology, University Federico II of Naples

Via S. Pansini 5 Naples, 80131, Italy

Location

Related Publications (13)

• Chobanian AV, Bakris GL, Black HR, Cushman WC, Green LA, Izzo JL Jr, Jones DW, Materson BJ, Oparil S, Wright JT Jr, Roccella EJ; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure; National High Blood Pressure Education Program Coordinating Committee. The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: the JNC 7 report. JAMA. 2003 May 21;289(19):2560-72. doi: 10.1001/jama.289.19.2560. Epub 2003 May 14.

  PMID: 12748199 BACKGROUND

• Gillam MP, Molitch ME, Lombardi G, Colao A. Advances in the treatment of prolactinomas. Endocr Rev. 2006 Aug;27(5):485-534. doi: 10.1210/er.2005-9998. Epub 2006 May 26.

  PMID: 16705142 RESULT

• Nutt JG, Wooten GF. Clinical practice. Diagnosis and initial management of Parkinson's disease. N Engl J Med. 2005 Sep 8;353(10):1021-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp043908. No abstract available.

  PMID: 16148287 RESULT

• Flowers CM, Racoosin JA, Lu SL, Beitz JG. The US Food and Drug Administration's registry of patients with pergolide-associated valvular heart disease. Mayo Clin Proc. 2003 Jun;78(6):730-1. doi: 10.4065/78.6.730. No abstract available.

  PMID: 12934784 RESULT

• Van Camp G, Flamez A, Cosyns B, Weytjens C, Muyldermans L, Van Zandijcke M, De Sutter J, Santens P, Decoodt P, Moerman C, Schoors D. Treatment of Parkinson's disease with pergolide and relation to restrictive valvular heart disease. Lancet. 2004 Apr 10;363(9416):1179-83. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15945-X.

  PMID: 15081648 RESULT

• Pinero A, Marcos-Alberca P, Fortes J. Cabergoline-related severe restrictive mitral regurgitation. N Engl J Med. 2005 Nov 3;353(18):1976-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200511033531822. No abstract available.

  PMID: 16267335 RESULT

• Serratrice J, Disdier P, Habib G, Viallet F, Weiller PJ. Fibrotic valvular heart disease subsequent to bromocriptine treatment. Cardiol Rev. 2002 Nov-Dec;10(6):334-6. doi: 10.1097/00045415-200211000-00005.

  PMID: 12390688 RESULT

• Schade R, Andersohn F, Suissa S, Haverkamp W, Garbe E. Dopamine agonists and the risk of cardiac-valve regurgitation. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jan 4;356(1):29-38. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa062222.

  PMID: 17202453 RESULT

• Zanettini R, Antonini A, Gatto G, Gentile R, Tesei S, Pezzoli G. Valvular heart disease and the use of dopamine agonists for Parkinson's disease. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jan 4;356(1):39-46. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa054830.

  PMID: 17202454 RESULT

• Botero M, Fuchs R, Paulus DA, Lind DS. Carcinoid heart disease: a case report and literature review. J Clin Anesth. 2002 Feb;14(1):57-63. doi: 10.1016/s0952-8180(01)00353-1.

  PMID: 11880025 RESULT

• Colao A, Di Sarno A, Cappabianca P, Di Somma C, Pivonello R, Lombardi G. Withdrawal of long-term cabergoline therapy for tumoral and nontumoral hyperprolactinemia. N Engl J Med. 2003 Nov 20;349(21):2023-33. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa022657.

  PMID: 14627787 RESULT

• Auriemma RS, Pivonello R, Perone Y, Grasso LF, Ferreri L, Simeoli C, Iacuaniello D, Gasperi M, Colao A. Safety of long-term treatment with cabergoline on cardiac valve disease in patients with prolactinomas. Eur J Endocrinol. 2013 Aug 28;169(3):359-66. doi: 10.1530/EJE-13-0231. Print 2013 Sep.

  PMID: 23824978 DERIVED

• Colao A, Galderisi M, Di Sarno A, Pardo M, Gaccione M, D'Andrea M, Guerra E, Pivonello R, Lerro G, Lombardi G. Increased prevalence of tricuspid regurgitation in patients with prolactinomas chronically treated with cabergoline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Oct;93(10):3777-84. doi: 10.1210/jc.2007-1403. Epub 2008 Aug 5.

  PMID: 18682513 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Prolactinoma; Heart Valve Diseases

Interventions

Cabergoline

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Adenoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Pituitary Neoplasms; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Pituitary Diseases; Hypothalamic Diseases; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Endocrine System Diseases; Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Ergolines; Ergot Alkaloids; Alkaloids; Heterocyclic Compounds; Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings; Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring

Study Officials

• Annamaria AL Colao, Prof.

  Federico II University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 13, 2007
• First Posted: April 16, 2007
• Study Start: January 1, 2007
• Study Completion: September 1, 2007
• Last Updated: April 16, 2008

Record last verified: 2007-10

Locations

IT (1)