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SynthesisThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2025

Pharmacological antiemetic prophylaxis and treatment for opioid-induced nausea and vomiting (OINV) in patients treated for cancer pain and cancer-related breathlessness.

Jan Gaertner, Christian Appenzeller-Herzog, Vanessa Piechotta, Guido Schwarzer, Constanze Rémi, Katja Suter, Christopher Boehlke

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jan GaertnerDepartment of Clinical Research, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1176-3164
Christian Appenzeller-HerzogUniversity Medical Library, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7430-294X
Vanessa PiechottaImmunisation Unit, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1422-6898
Guido SchwarzerInstitute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6214-9087
Constanze RémiDepartment of Palliative Medicine, Munich University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7655-0306
Katja SuterDepartment of Clinical Research, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9439-9312
Christopher BoehlkeDepartment of Clinical Research, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-6985-0201

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To evaluate the benefits and harms of pharmacological treatments given prophylactically or on-demand after onset of opioid-induced nausea and vomiting (OINV) in people being treated for cancer pain or cancer dyspnoea, when compared to placebo or other pharmacological interventions.

Indexed as

Analgesics, OpioidAntiemeticsCancer PainDyspneaNauseaVomitingHumansNeoplasmsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAnalgesics, OpioidAntiemetics

Identifiers

PMID40878845
PMCPMC12395543

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