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Comparison of Antiemetic Drugs in Preventing Delayed Nausea After Chemotherapy in Patients With Cancer
This study has been completed.
First Received: July 11, 2001   Last Updated: February 6, 2009   History of Changes
Sponsor: James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00020657
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Antiemetic drugs may help to reduce or prevent nausea and vomiting in patients being treated with chemotherapy.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is comparing how well different antiemetic drugs work in preventing delayed nausea after chemotherapy in patients who have cancer.


Condition Intervention Phase
Nausea and Vomiting
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Drug: dolasetron mesylate
Drug: granisetron hydrochloride
Drug: ondansetron
Drug: prochlorperazine
Procedure: quality-of-life assessment
Phase III

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Supportive Care, Randomized, Active Control
Official Title: Treatment of Delayed Nausea: What Works Best?

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Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Study Start Date: July 2001
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the effectiveness of a 5 hydroxytryptamine 3 (5-HT3) receptor antagonist antiemetic vs prochlorperazine in controlling delayed nausea after chemotherapy in patients with chemotherapy-naive cancer.
  • Compare the effectiveness of prochlorperazine administered on a preventive vs as needed basis in controlling delayed nausea after chemotherapy in these patients.
  • Compare the quality of life of patients treated with a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist antiemetic vs prochlorperazine.
  • Compare the quality of life of patients treated with prochlorperazine administered on a preventive vs as needed basis.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to center.

Patients receive their scheduled chemotherapy regimen containing doxorubicin and their scheduled oral 5 hydroxytryptamine 3 receptor antagonist antiemetic (ondansetron, granisetron, tropisetron, or dolasetron mesylate) combined with dexamethasone on day 1.

Patients are then randomized to 1 of 3 antiemetic arms.

  • Arm I: Patients receive oral prochlorperazine every 8 hours on days 2 and 3.
  • Arm II: Patients receive oral ondansetron every 12 hours, oral granisetron every 12 hours, or oral dolasetron mesylate either once a day or every 12 hours on days 2 and 3.
  • Arm III: Patients receive oral prochlorperazine as needed, up to 4 times per day, on days 2 and 3.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline and on day 4.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 670 patients will be accrued for this study within 3 years.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Diagnosis of cancer for which a chemotherapy regimen containing doxorubicin (with adjuvant, neoadjuvant, curative, or palliative intent) is scheduled
  • Scheduled chemotherapy regimen must not include any of the following:

    • Multiple doses of doxorubicin, dacarbazine, hexamethylamine, nitrosoureas, or streptozocin
    • Doxorubicin HCl liposome or cisplatin
  • Scheduled chemotherapy regimen may contain agents, other than those listed above, administered orally, IV, or IV continuously on 1 or multiple days
  • Must be scheduled to receive a 5 hydroxytryptamine 3 (5-HT3) receptor antagonist antiemetic (ondansetron, granisetron, tropisetron, or dolasetron mesylate) with dexamethasone concurrently with doxorubicin
  • No clinical evidence of an impending bowel obstruction
  • No symptomatic brain metastasis

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • Not specified

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • No concurrent interferon

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Radiotherapy:

  • No concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • Concurrent rescue medications (as appropriate) for control of symptoms caused by cancer or its treatment allowed
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00020657

Locations
United States, Alabama
MBCCOP - Gulf Coast
Mobile, Alabama, United States, 36688
United States, Arizona
CCOP - Mayo Clinic Scottsdale Oncology Program
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259-5404
CCOP - Western Regional, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85006-2726
United States, Colorado
CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program, Incorporated
Denver, Colorado, United States, 80224
United States, Hawaii
MBCCOP - Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96813
United States, Illinois
CCOP - Central Illinois
Decatur, Illinois, United States, 62526
United States, Kansas
CCOP - Wichita
Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214-3882
United States, Michigan
CCOP - Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, 49007-3731
United States, New Jersey
CCOP - Northern New Jersey
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601
United States, New York
CCOP - North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York, United States, 11030
United States, North Carolina
CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27104-4241
United States, Ohio
CCOP - Columbus
Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43206
CCOP - Dayton
Dayton, Ohio, United States, 45429
United States, South Carolina
CCOP - Greenville
Greenville, South Carolina, United States, 29615
United States, Washington
CCOP - Northwest
Tacoma, Washington, United States, 98405-0986
Sponsors and Collaborators
James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
Investigators
Study Chair: Gary R. Morrow, PhD, MS James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
  More Information

Additional Information:
Publications:
Study ID Numbers: CDR0000068694, URCC-U3901, NCI-P01-0180
Study First Received: July 11, 2001
Last Updated: February 6, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00020657     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
nausea and vomiting
unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Prochlorperazine
Neurotransmitter Agents
Vomiting
Dolasetron mesylate
Signs and Symptoms, Digestive
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Psychotropic Drugs
Antiemetics
Signs and Symptoms
Serotonin Antagonists
Therapeutic Uses
Antipruritics
Nausea
Ondansetron
Dermatologic Agents
Tranquilizing Agents
Gastrointestinal Agents
Central Nervous System Depressants
Dopamine Antagonists
Antipsychotic Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Serotonin Agents
Autonomic Agents
Anti-Anxiety Agents
Dopamine Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Granisetron
Central Nervous System Agents

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