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Trial reportMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2001

Prevention of delayed emesis induced by moderately emetogenic chemotherapy in patients with acute emesis: a pilot study with ACTH-Depot plus tropisetron.

D Santini, B Vincenzi, C Fossati, R M D'Angelillo, G Patti, V Bianco, G Avvisati, G Tonini

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Trial report in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

D SantiniCampus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.
B Vincenzi
C Fossati
R M D'Angelillo
G Patti
V Bianco
G Avvisati
G Tonini
Università Campus Bio-Medico · ITSapienza University of Rome · IT

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Abstract

The rates of delayed nausea and vomiting by moderately emetogenic chemotherapy in patients with previous experience of acute emesis are usually quite high. This is a pilot study aiming to evaluate the safety of a new antiemetic schedule to prevent delayed emesis in this subset of patients. During 5 consecutive cycles of moderately emetogenic chemotherapy, we evaluated 50 patients (15 males) who experienced acute emesis in the first cycle of treatment. The regimen for prevention of delayed emesis consisted of daily tropisetron (5 mg orally from d 2 to d 6 of each chemotherapeutic cycle) associated to ACTH-Depot (1 mg intramuscularly 24 and 68 h after the initiation of chemotherapy). In 77% of chemotherapy cycles, there was a total elimination of nausea and vomiting, whereas in the remaining 23% of cycles, there was a major response defined as < or = 2 vomiting episodes per cycle or nausea grade 1 according to the WHO. The efficacy of the antiemetic regimen persisted during the entire treatment program without the appearance of toxic effects. The proposed antiemetic regimen is highly active in preventing delayed nausea and vomiting episodes in patients receiving moderately emetogenic chemotherapy. Moreover, no toxic effects were observed. These promising results require confirmation by a randomized trial.

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Administration, OralAdrenocorticotropic HormoneAdultAgedAntiemeticsAntineoplastic AgentsDelayed-Action PreparationsDrug Administration ScheduleDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHumansIndolesInjections, IntramuscularMaleMiddle AgedRecurrenceAdrenocorticotropic HormoneAntiemeticsAntineoplastic AgentsDelayed-Action PreparationsIndolesTropisetron

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PMID11778758
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