PMID- 38395955 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240227 IS - 2057-3804 (Electronic) IS - 2057-3804 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 1 DP - 2024 Feb 23 TI - The efficacy and safety of exercise regimens to mitigate chemotherapy cardiotoxicity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. PG - 10 LID - 10.1186/s40959-024-00208-2 [doi] LID - 10 AB - BACKGROUND: Cardiotoxicity is one of the most common adverse events of the chemotherapy. Physical exercise was shown to be cardioprotective. We aim to estimate the efficacy and safety of exercise in cancer patients receiving cardiotoxic chemotherapy. METHODS: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), which were retrieved by systematically searching PubMed, Web of Science, SCOPUS, Cochrane, Clinical Trials.gov, and MedRxiv through July 17th, 2023. We used RevMan V. 5.4 to pool dichotomous data using risk ratio (RR) and continuous data using mean difference (MD), with a 95% confidence interval (CI). PROSPERO ID: CRD42023460902. RESULTS: We included thirteen RCTs with a total of 952 patients. Exercise significantly increased VO(2) peak (MD: 1.95 with 95% CI [0.59, 3.32], P = 0.005). However, there was no significant effect regarding left ventricular ejection fraction, global longitudinal strain, cardiac output, stroke volume, left ventricular end-diastolic volume, left ventricular end-systolic volume, E/A ratio, resting heart rate, peak heart rate, resting systolic blood pressure, and resting diastolic blood pressure. Also, there was no significant difference regarding any adverse events (AEs) (RR: 4.44 with 95% CI [0.47, 41.56], P = 0.19), AEs leading to withdrawal (RR: 2.87 with 95% CI [0.79, 10.43], P = 0.11), serious AEs (RR: 3.00 with 95% CI [0.14, 65.90], P = 0.49), or all-cause mortality (RR: 0.25 with 95% CI [0.03, 2.22], P = 0.21). CONCLUSION: Exercise is associated with increased VO(2) peak in cancer patients receiving cardiotoxic chemotherapy. However, there was no significant difference between exercise and usual care regarding the echocardiographic and safety outcomes. CI - (c) 2024. The Author(s). FAU - Amin, Ahmed Mazen AU - Amin AM AD - Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. ahmedmazenaliamin@gmail.com. FAU - Khlidj, Yehya AU - Khlidj Y AD - Faculty of Medicine, Algiers University, Algiers, Algeria. FAU - Abuelazm, Mohamed AU - Abuelazm M AD - Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. FAU - Ibrahim, Ahmed A AU - Ibrahim AA AD - Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt. FAU - Tanashat, Mohammad AU - Tanashat M AD - Faculty of Medicine, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan. FAU - Imran, Muhammad AU - Imran M AD - University College of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan. FAU - Nazir, Abubakar AU - Nazir A AD - Faculty of Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan. FAU - Shaikhkhalil, Hosam AU - Shaikhkhalil H AD - Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine. FAU - Abdelazeem, Basel AU - Abdelazeem B AD - Department of Cardiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20240223 PL - England TA - Cardiooncology JT - Cardio-oncology (London, England) JID - 101689938 PMC - PMC10885653 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cancer OT - Cardiotoxic OT - Chemotherapy OT - Exercise OT - Meta-analysis OT - Review COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2024/02/24 11:42 MHDA- 2024/02/24 11:43 PMCR- 2024/02/23 CRDT- 2024/02/23 23:44 PHST- 2023/10/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/02/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/02/24 11:43 [medline] PHST- 2024/02/24 11:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/02/23 23:44 [entrez] PHST- 2024/02/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s40959-024-00208-2 [pii] AID - 208 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s40959-024-00208-2 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cardiooncology. 2024 Feb 23;10(1):10. doi: 10.1186/s40959-024-00208-2.