ArticleYonago acta medica2023
Olanzapine for The Prevention of Nausea and Vomiting Caused by Chemoradiotherapy with High-Dose Cisplatin for Head and Neck Cancer.
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- Olanzapine Plus Triple Antiemetic Therapy for the Prevention of Platinum-Based Delayed-Phase Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting: A Meta-Analysis.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Pooled it
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Abstract
Background: Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) are the most common and distressing adverse events in patients receiving anticancer therapy. Radiotherapy also induces nausea and vomiting, so concurrent chemoradiotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CRINV) are significant problems for patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy. Conventionally, three-drug combination therapy with dexamethasone, 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 (5-HT3) receptor antagonist, and neurokinin-1 (NK1) receptor antagonist has been used to prevent CRINV induced by concurrent chemoradiotherapy with cisplatin for patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). Nonetheless, CRINV still remains a problem. The effectiveness of adding olanzapine to prevent CINV has been reported, suggesting the efficacy of four-drug combination therapy for CRINV. However, its effectiveness has hardly been reported in patient receiving chemoradiotherapy for HNC. Methods: A total of 109 patients with HNC who received concurrent chemoradiotherapy with cisplatin from April 2014 to March 2021 were included and divided into the following two groups according to antiemetic treatment regimen: the conventional group (Con group; Results: No significant difference in acute CRINV were observed between both groups ( Conclusion: Four-drug combination therapy with olanzapine was effective in suppressing delayed CRINV due to chemoradiotherapy with cisplatin for HNC.
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