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Trial reportBMC cancer2016

Randomized phase III trial of APF530 versus palonosetron in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in a subset of patients with breast cancer receiving moderately or highly emetogenic chemotherapy.

Ralph Boccia, Erin O'Boyle, William Cooper

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in BMC cancer, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00343460 (A Pivotal Phase 3 Observer-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial of the Efficacy and Safety of APF530 Compared to Aloxi For The Prevention of Acute-Onset and Delayed-Onset Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting Following The Administration of Either Moderately or Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy Regimens), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT00343460 phase3completednot on this map

A Pivotal Phase 3 Observer-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial of the Efficacy and Safety of APF530 Compared to Aloxi For The Prevention of Acute-Onset and Delayed-Onset Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting Following The Administration of Either Moderately or Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy Regimens

TypeinterventionalSponsorHeron TherapeuticsRan2006 to 2009Enrolled1,428ConditionsNausea and Vomiting, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol SpecificArmsAPF530, dexamethasone, Palonosetron Hydrochloride, placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ralph BocciaCenter for Cancer and Blood Disorders, 6410 Rockledge Drive #660, Bethesda, MD, 20819, USA. RBoccia@CCBDMD.com.
Erin O'BoyleFibroGen, Inc, 409 Illinois Street, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
William CooperTFS, Inc, 212 Carnegie Center, Suite 208, Princeton, NJ, 08540, USA.
Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders · USFibroGen (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAPF530 provides controlled, sustained-release granisetron for preventing acute (0-24 h) and delayed (24-120 h) chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). In a phase III trial, APF530 was noninferior to palonosetron in preventing acute CINV following single-dose moderately (MEC) or highly emetogenic chemotherapy (HEC) and delayed CINV in MEC (MEC and HEC defined by Hesketh criteria). This exploratory subanalysis was conducted in the breast cancer subpopulation.

methodsPatients were randomized to subcutaneous APF530 250 or 500 mg (granisetron 5 or 10 mg) or intravenous palonosetron 0.25 mg during cycle 1. Palonosetron patients were randomized to APF530 for cycles 2 to 4. The primary efficacy end point was complete response (CR, no emesis or rescue medication) in cycle 1.

resultsAmong breast cancer patients (n = 423 MEC, n = 185 HEC), > 70 % received anthracycline-containing regimens in each emetogenicity subgroup. There were no significant between-group differences in CRs in cycle 1 for acute (APF530 250 mg: MEC 71 %, HEC 77 %; 500 mg: MEC 73 %, HEC 73 %; palonosetron: MEC 68 %, HEC 66 %) and delayed (APF530 250 mg: MEC 46 %, HEC 58 %; 500 mg: MEC 48 %, HEC 63 %; palonosetron: MEC 52 %, HEC 52 %) CINV. There were no significant differences in within-cycle CRs between APF530 doses for acute and delayed CINV in MEC or HEC in cycles 2 to 4; CRs trended higher in later cycles, with no notable differences in adverse events between breast cancer and overall populations.

conclusionsAPF530 effectively prevented acute and delayed CINV over 4 chemotherapy cycles in breast cancer patients receiving MEC or HEC.

trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT00343460 (June 22, 2006).

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AdultAgedAntiemeticsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBreast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansIsoquinolinesMiddle AgedNauseaPalonosetronQuinuclidinesTreatment OutcomeVomitingAntiemeticsIsoquinolinesPalonosetronQuinuclidines

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