Palonosetron (INN, trade name Aloxi) is an antagonist of 5-HT3 receptors that is indicated for the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). It is the most effective of the 5-HT3 antagonists in controlling delayed CINV nausea and vomiting that appear more than 24 hours after the first dose of a course of chemotherapy and is the only drug of its class approved for this use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. As of 2008, it is the most recent 5-HT3 antagonist to enter clinical use.
For the prevention of acute and delayed nausea and vomiting associated with initial and repeat courses of moderately emetogenic cancer chemotherapy, as well as prevention of acute nausea and vomiting associated with highly emetogenic cancer chemotherapy. Also used for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting for up to 24 hours post operation.
The first affiliated hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ospedale Perrino, Brindisi, BR, Italy
A.O. Riuniti Papardo - Piemonte, Messina, ME, Italy
Università-Azienda Policlinico di Bari, Bari, BA, Italy
The First Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou, Liaoning, China
The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Tergooiziekenhuizen, Hilversum, Noord Holland, Netherlands
Rijnstate, Arnhem, Netherlands
Medisch Centrum Alkmaar, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Kyungpook National Hospital, Daegu, Korea, Republic of
Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
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