Cardioprotection Effect of Linagliptin

Summary

1\. Background and Rationale Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies affecting women worldwide and represents a major health burden in Egypt. Anthracyclines, particularly doxorubicin, remain an important component of several breast cancer chemotherapy regimens. However, their clinical utility is limited by the potential development of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity. Doxorubicin-induced cardiac injury is multifactorial and involves oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, disturbances in myocardial energy metabolism, apoptosis, inflammation, and progressive myocardial structural damage. Cardiac injury may initially occur without symptoms or an obvious reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Consequently, identification of early myocardial injury is important because intervention before clinically apparent heart failure may potentially reduce progression to overt cardiac dysfunction.

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Start

2026-10-01

Primary completion

2028-10-31

Completion

2028-12-31

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