Global Cardio Oncology Registry (G-COR): Registry Design, Primary Objectives, and Future Perspectives of a Multicenter Global Initiative

Arco J Teske, Rohit Moudgil, Teresa López-Fernández, Ana Barac, Sherry Ann Brown, Anita Deswal, Tomas G Neilan, Sarju Ganatra, Husam Abdel Qadir, Venu Menon, Aaron L Sverdlov, Richard K Cheng, Silvia Makhoul, Arjun K Ghosh, Sebastian Szmit, Vlad Zaha, Daniel Addison, Lili Zhang, Joerg Herrmann, Jun H ChongVivek Agarwala, Zaza Iakobishvili, Patricia Guerrero, Eric H Yang, Monika Leja, Nausheen Akhter, Avirup Guha, Tochukwu M Okwuosa, Carolina Carvalho Silva, Patrick Collier, Jeanne DeCara, Brenton Bauer, Carrie E Lenneman, Diego Sadler*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Global collaboration in cardio-oncology is needed to understand the prevalence of cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity in different risk groups, practice settings, and geographic locations. There are limited data on the socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities that may impact access to care and outcomes. To address these gaps, we established the Global Cardio-Oncology Registry, a multinational, multicenter prospective registry.

METHODS: We assembled cardiologists and oncologists from academic and community settings to collaborate in the first Global Cardio-Oncology Registry. Subsequently, a survey for site resources, demographics, and intention to participate was conducted. We designed an online data platform to facilitate this global initiative.

RESULTS: A total of 119 sites responded to an online questionnaire on their practices and main goals of the registry: 49 US sites from 23 states and 70 international sites from 5 continents indicated a willingness to participate in the Global Cardio-Oncology Registry. Sites were more commonly led by cardiologists (85/119; 72%) and were more often university/teaching (81/119; 68%) than community based (38/119; 32%). The average number of cardio-oncology patients treated per month was 80 per site. The top 3 Global Cardio-Oncology Registry priorities in cardio-oncology care were breast cancer, hematologic malignancies, and patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Executive and scientific committees and specific committees were established. A pilot phase for breast cancer using Research Electronic Data Capture Cloud platform recently started patient enrollment.

CONCLUSIONS: We present the structure for a global collaboration. Information derived from the Global Cardio-Oncology Registry will help understand the risk factors impacting cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity in different geographic locations and therefore contribute to reduce access gaps in cardio-oncology care. Risk calculators will be prospectively derived and validated.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere009905
Pages (from-to)718-728
Number of pages11
JournalCirculation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
Volume16
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2023

Keywords

  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Cardiologists
  • Cardiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Medical Oncology
  • Multicenter Studies as Topic
  • Neoplasms/diagnosis
  • Registries

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