Effect of Granisetron and Ondansetron in Prevention of nausea and vomiting in Cancer patients
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting due to Moderate Emetogenic and Mild Emetogenic Chemotherapeutic Agents
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/10/010163
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Nenavath Vinay
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 94
Inclusion Criteria:
1.Patients aged between 20 yrs and 65 yrs of both sexes at the time when they are giving consent
2.Diagnosed as cancer patients by the Medical Oncologist are only taken for the study
3.Be naïve to chemotherapy or been treated with single cycle of Chemotherapy with Moderate Emetogenicity and Low emetogenicity Chemotherapeutic agents
4.Patient who were scheduled to receive chemotherapy with any dose of Moderate or Low emetogenic potential chemotherapeutic agents except Carboplatin
Exclusion Criteria:
1.Known Allergic to Ondansetron or Granisetron or Dexamethasone
2.Patients who are too sick to give informed consent
3.Patients having baseline prolong QTc interval with arrythmias and conduction defects
4.Patients with Severe and uncontrollable complications
5.Patients with abnormal Serum levels of Potassium, Calcium and Magnesium will be excluded
6.Patients with Metastasis to brain which are symptomatic
7.Patients with Seizure disorder requiring anticonvulsant medication unless clinically stable and free of seizure activity
8.Symptomatic or invasive procedure indicated ascites or pleural effusion
9.Patients having either gastric outlet stenosis or intestinal obstruction
10.Patients having Ongoing emesis or greater nausea
11.Liver failure and Kidney failure patients
12.Pregnant women and Lactating mothers
13.Any male or female who is not willing to practice adequate contraceptive measures during the study period
14.Subject who is currently enrolled in another investigational drug study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Complete Prevention of Emesis <br/ ><br>2.Complete Prevention of Nausea <br/ ><br>3.Adverse events during study <br/ ><br>4.Electrocardiographic changes before and after treatmentTimepoint: ECG Changes at time points of 5 mins, 15 mins, 1 hour and 2 hours after treatment in 1 day <br/ ><br>Complete prevention of nausea and vomiting at the end of 5 days <br/ ><br>Adverse events in 5 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method o. of Emetic Episodes <br/ ><br>No. of patients with treatment failure (Taken rescue medication) <br/ ><br>Total Cost of Treatment per patient in each group <br/ ><br>Functional Living index of every patient <br/ ><br>Body Weight changes at the end of day 5Timepoint: At the end of Day 5