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A double-blind randomized phase II study of olanzapine 10mg versus 5mg for highly emetogenic chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.

Phase 2
Conditions
Malignant solid tumor
Registration Number
JPRN-UMIN000014214
Lead Sponsor
ational Cancer Center Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete: follow-up complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
150
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

1. history of hypersensitivity or allergy for study drugs or similar compounds. 2. patients who do not have enough general condition to the antineoplastic agents treatment. 3. symptomatic brain metastasis. 4. patients who has a convulsive disorders that need anticonvulsants therapy. 5. patients with a symptom who has ascites or pleural effusion that need puncture. 6. patients with obstruction of gastrointestinal tract, for example gastric outlet or ileus etc. 7. pregnant, breastfeeding or expecting woman. 8. patients enforced radiotherapy in the abdominal or pelvic field between 6 days before and 6 days after chemotherapy. 9. patients who take a medicine, for example, 5HT3 receptor antagonists, corticosteroids, antidopamine agonists, phenothiazine tranquilizers, antihistamine drugs, benzodiazepine agents, etc within 48 hours prior to beginning chemotherapy. 10. patients who take opioids within 48 hours prior to beginning chemotherapy. 11. patient who is taking pimozide, clarithromycin, ketoconazole, itraconazole, barbiturate (primidone, phenobarbital), rifampicin, phenytoin, carbamazepine, fluvoxamine maleate, ciprofloxacin. 12. patients who take a medicine regularly, for example, 5HT3 receptor antagonists, corticosteroids, antidopamine agonists, phenothiazine tranquilizers, antihistamine drugs, benzodiazepine, agents, etc. 13. patients who take adrenaline within 48 hours prior to beginning chemotherapy. 14. patients who had diabetes mellitus or past history of diabetes mellitus or HbA1c (NGSP) >= 6.5 or HbA1c (JDS) >= 6.1. 15. patients who cannot be hospitalized during 6 days (0-120 h). 16. judged by the investigator to be inappropriate for this study.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Complete response (CR: no emesis, no rescue medication) rate during the delayed (24-120h) phase.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Complete response rate during the acute (0-24h) phase and for the overall (0-120h) phases. 2. Complete control (defined as no emetic episodes, no rescue medication use, and no more than mild nausea) rate for the overall (0-120h) phases and in daily periods. 3. Total control rate (defined as no emetic episodes, no rescue medication use, and no nausea) rate for the overall (0-120h) phases and in daily periods. 4. Time to treatment failure (i.e., time to first emetic episode or time to administration of rescue therapy, whichever occurred first). 5. Severity of nausea. 6. Severity of anorexia. 7. Severity of sleepiness. 8. Adverse event.
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