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N-Acetylcysteine Protection Against Radiation Induced Cellular Damage (CARAPACE)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04154982

Recruitment Status : Recruiting

First Posted : November 7, 2019

Last Update Posted : August 2, 2023

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Collaborator:

Ministry of Health, Italy

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Claudio Tondo, Centro Cardiologico Monzino

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Recruitment Status :	Recruiting
Estimated Primary Completion Date :	December 1, 2024
Estimated Study Completion Date :	December 1, 2024

Publications:

Turnu L, Porro B, Alfieri V, Di Minno A, Russo E, Barbieri S, Bonomi A, Dello Russo A, Tondo C, D'Alessandra Y, Cavalca V, Tremoli E, Colombo GI, Casella M. Does Fluoroscopy Induce DNA Oxidative Damage in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation? Antioxid Redox Signal. 2018 Apr 20;28(12):1137-1143. doi: 10.1089/ars.2017.7334. Epub 2017 Nov 27.

Heidbuchel H, Wittkampf FH, Vano E, Ernst S, Schilling R, Picano E, Mont L, Jais P, de Bono J, Piorkowski C, Saad E, Femenia F. Practical ways to reduce radiation dose for patients and staff during device implantations and electrophysiological procedures. Europace. 2014 Jul;16(7):946-64. doi: 10.1093/europace/eut409. Epub 2014 May 2.

Evans MD, Dizdaroglu M, Cooke MS. Oxidative DNA damage and disease: induction, repair and significance. Mutat Res. 2004 Sep;567(1):1-61. doi: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2003.11.001.

Andreassi MG, Foffa I, Manfredi S, Botto N, Cioppa A, Picano E. Genetic polymorphisms in XRCC1, OGG1, APE1 and XRCC3 DNA repair genes, ionizing radiation exposure and chromosomal DNA damage in interventional cardiologists. Mutat Res. 2009 Jun 18;666(1-2):57-63. doi: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2009.04.003. Epub 2009 Apr 22.

Huang A, Glick SA. Genetic susceptibility to cutaneous radiation injury. Arch Dermatol Res. 2017 Jan;309(1):1-10. doi: 10.1007/s00403-016-1702-3. Epub 2016 Nov 22.

Cervelli T, Panetta D, Navarra T, Gadhiri S, Salvadori P, Galli A, Caramella D, Basta G, Picano E, Del Turco S. A New Natural Antioxidant Mixture Protects against Oxidative and DNA Damage in Endothelial Cell Exposed to Low-Dose Irradiation. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2017;2017:9085947. doi: 10.1155/2017/9085947. Epub 2017 Aug 9.

Aldini G, Altomare A, Baron G, Vistoli G, Carini M, Borsani L, Sergio F. N-Acetylcysteine as an antioxidant and disulphide breaking agent: the reasons why. Free Radic Res. 2018 Jul;52(7):751-762. doi: 10.1080/10715762.2018.1468564. Epub 2018 May 9.

Mu H, Sun J, Li L, Yin J, Hu N, Zhao W, Ding D, Yi L. Ionizing radiation exposure: hazards, prevention, and biomarker screening. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2018 Jun;25(16):15294-15306. doi: 10.1007/s11356-018-2097-9. Epub 2018 Apr 29.

Squellerio I, Caruso D, Porro B, Veglia F, Tremoli E, Cavalca V. Direct glutathione quantification in human blood by LC-MS/MS: comparison with HPLC with electrochemical detection. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2012 Dec;71:111-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2012.08.013. Epub 2012 Aug 23.

Turnu L, Di Minno A, Porro B, Squellerio I, Bonomi A, Manega CM, Werba JP, Parolari A, Tremoli E, Cavalca V. Assessing Free-Radical-Mediated DNA Damage during Cardiac Surgery: 8-Oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine as a Putative Biomarker. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2017;2017:9715898. doi: 10.1155/2017/9715898. Epub 2017 Jun 4.

Cavalca V, Minardi F, Scurati S, Guidugli F, Squellerio I, Veglia F, Dainese L, Guarino A, Tremoli E, Caruso D. Simultaneous quantification of 8-iso-prostaglandin-F(2alpha) and 11-dehydro thromboxane B(2) in human urine by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem. 2010 Feb 15;397(2):168-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.10.014. Epub 2009 Oct 13.

Purcell S, Neale B, Todd-Brown K, Thomas L, Ferreira MA, Bender D, Maller J, Sklar P, de Bakker PI, Daly MJ, Sham PC. PLINK: a tool set for whole-genome association and population-based linkage analyses. Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Sep;81(3):559-75. doi: 10.1086/519795. Epub 2007 Jul 25.

Amadio P, Colombo GI, Tarantino E, Gianellini S, Ieraci A, Brioschi M, Banfi C, Werba JP, Parolari A, Lee FS, Tremoli E, Barbieri SS. BDNFVal66met polymorphism: a potential bridge between depression and thrombosis. Eur Heart J. 2017 May 7;38(18):1426-1435. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv655.

Casella M, Dello Russo A, Russo E, Catto V, Pizzamiglio F, Zucchetti M, Majocchi B, Riva S, Vettor G, Dessanai MA, Fassini G, Moltrasio M, Tundo F, Vignati C, Conti S, Bonomi A, Carbucicchio C, Di Biase L, Natale A, Tondo C. X-Ray Exposure in Cardiac Electrophysiology: A Retrospective Analysis in 8150 Patients Over 7 Years of Activity in a Modern, Large-Volume Laboratory. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 May 22;7(11):e008233. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.008233.

Catto V, Stronati G, Porro B, Fiorelli S, Ricci V, Vavassori C, Russo E, Guerra F, Gasperetti A, Ribatti V, Sicuso R, Dello Russo A, Veglia F, Tondo C, Cavalca V, Colombo GI, Tremoli E, Casella M. Cardiac arrhythmia catheter ablation procedures guided by x-ray imaging: N-acetylcysteine protection against radiation-induced cellular damage (CARAPACE study): study design. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2021 Sep;61(3):577-582. doi: 10.1007/s10840-020-00853-4. Epub 2020 Aug 24.