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.
Federal State Institution St. Petersburg Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose and Speech under the Federal Agency for High-Tech Medical Care, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
State Healthcare Institution 'Regional Pediatric Clinical Hospital', Yaroslavl, Russian Federation
Cherkassy Regional Hospital, Pediatric Surgery Department, Cherkassy, Ukraine
Xijng Hospital, Xi,an, Shaanxi, China
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States
University of Texas M.D. Anderson, Houston, Texas, United States
CCOP - Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Cancer Research for the Ozarks, Springfield, Missouri, United States
Fujian Provincial Tumor Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Jiangsu Provincial Tumor Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
MBCCOP - Gulf Coast, Mobile, Alabama, United States
CCOP - Central Illinois, Decatur, Illinois, United States
CCOP - Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
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