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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Results of a 7-day aprepitant schedule for the prevention of nausea and vomiting in 5-day cisplatin-based germ cell tumor chemotherapy |
Author: | Olver, I. Grimison, P. Chatfield, M. Stockler, M. Toner, G. Gebski, V. Harrup, R. Underhill, C. Kichenadasse, G. Singhal, N. Davis, I. Boland, A. McDonald, A. Thomson, D. |
Citation: | Supportive Care in Cancer, 2013; 21(6):1561-1568 |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 0941-4355 1433-7339 |
Statement of Responsibility: | I. N. Olver, P. Grimison, M. Chatfield, M. R. Stockler, G. C. Toner, V. Gebski, R. Harrup, C. Underhill, G. Kichenadasse, N. Singhal, I. D. Davis, A. Boland, A. McDonald, D. Thomson, for the Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group |
Abstract: | PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of adding a 7-day aprepitant schedule to a 5HT3 receptor antagonist and dexamethasone for patients with germ cell tumors receiving first-line 5-day cisplatin-based chemotherapy. METHODS: In a single-arm, open-label, multi-center, phase 2 trial, chemo-naive patients received aprepitant 125 mg PO (per oral) on day 1 and 80 mg PO on days 2 to 7, a 5HT3 receptor antagonist on days 1 to 5, and dexamethasone 8 mg on days 1 to 8. The primary endpoint was no emesis (vomiting or dry retching) during days 1 to 7 of cycle 1. RESULTS: Fifty patients were recruited. For cycle 1, proportions reporting no emesis on day 1, no emesis on days 1 to 7, no nausea on day 1, and no nausea on days 1 to 7 were 96, 82, 71, and 27%, respectively. The efficacy was maintained in all cycles with over 80% of patients reporting no emesis on any given day of any given cycle. Emesis was more common on days 4 to 7 (68% episodes) than on days 1 to 3 (32% episodes). Over any 24-h period, 49% of patients with emesis reported no more than two episodes, and 62% of patients with nausea reported intensity as 3 or less on a scale from 0 to 10. There were no unexpected or serious adverse events reported. CONCLUSION: Adding 7 days of aprepitant to a 5HT3 receptor antagonist and dexamethasone effectively controlled acute and delayed emesis with 5-day cisplatin regimens. Days of nausea were more common than days of vomiting. |
Keywords: | Aprepitant Dexamethasone 5Hydroxytryptamine3 receptor antagonist 5-day cisplatin Antiemetic Germ cell tumors |
Rights: | © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00520-012-1696-0 |
Grant ID: | NHMRC |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-012-1696-0 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Medicine publications |
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