Status:

UNKNOWN

Olanzapine Against Delayed Nausea and Vomiting in Women Receiving Carboplatin Plus Paclitaxel

Lead Sponsor:

Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano

Conditions:

Nausea

Vomiting

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This randomized, pilot study explores the activity of olanzapine with or without delayed dexamethasone for the prevention of delayed nausea and vomiting in women with gynecologic cancer receiving the ...

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to assess if the use of olanzapine can improve control of delayed nausea and vomiting in women receiving the combination of carboplatin and paclitaxel for a gynaecologic c...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Histologically or cytologically documented gynaecologic cancer
  • Patients who are chemotherapy naive and scheduled to receive 1-day moderately emetogenic chemotherapy (carboplatin Area under Curve (AUC) 5 plus paclitaxel).
  • Women, 18 years and older
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0-2
  • Adequate organ system function, defined as follows:
  • bone marrow: absolute neutrophil count \>=1,500/L, platelets \>=100,000/L liver: bilirubin 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN); transaminases \<=2.5 x ULN kidney: creatinine \<=1.5 x ULN
  • • Able to take oral medications

Exclusion

  • psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance
  • history of central nervous system (e.g., brain metastases, seizure disorder)
  • Positive pregnancy test just before registration.
  • treatment with any anti-emetic medication from 24 hours to 5 days after treatment.
  • treatment with another antipsychotic agent such as risperidone, quetiapine, clozapine, phenothiazine, or butyrophenone for 30 days before or during protocol therapy.
  • concurrent abdominal radiation therapy.
  • concurrent quinolone antibiotic therapy.
  • known hypersensitivity to olanzapine.
  • vomiting and/or significant nausea (\>= Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) grade 2) within the 24 hours before beginning chemotherapy.
  • another organic cause for nausea or vomiting unrelated to chemotherapy administration.
  • chronic alcoholism (as determined by the investigator).
  • known cardiac arrhythmia, uncontrolled congestive heart failure or acute myocardial infarction within the previous 6 months.
  • history of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

81 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02290470

Start Date

April 1 2014

End Date

November 1 2015

Last Update

November 14 2014

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Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

Milan, Milan, Italy, 20133