Status:

COMPLETED

Feasibility of Olanzapine at REduced doSe in hIGHly Emetogenic chemoTherapy

Lead Sponsor:

CR-CSSS Champlain-Charles-Le Moyne

Conditions:

Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Olanzapine is frequently used off-label as an adjunct antiemetic in clinical oncology settings. North American oncology guidelines recommend it as salvage therapy and as add-on to the standard triple ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients receiving a first cycle of highly emetogenic chemotherapy (or having received one more than 2 years prior to randomisation) at the oncology outpatient clinic at Charles LeMoyne or Haut-Richelieu hospital between April 29th and September 20th 2019.
  • 18 years old and over
  • Patient receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy
  • ECOG from 0 to 2 inclusively
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 30ml/min; total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN, AST/ALT ≤ 3.0 x ULN
  • Patient without electrolytic imbalance or corrected imbalance
  • Signed written and informed consent

Exclusion

  • Patient doesn't speak french or english
  • Patient to receive treatment whose protocol includes a second dose of highly emetogenic chemotherapy before day 6 of the cycle
  • Patient to receive chemotherapy treatment that already contains corticosteroids (dexamethasone or prednisone) given as antineoplastic
  • Nausea or vomiting present ≤ 24h before randomisation
  • Untreated brain metastases
  • Severe cognitive disorder or dementia or inability to properly understand or document the presence of nausea or vomiting or the use of salvage therapy
  • History of uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, unstable angina or known QT prolongation (\> 500ms)
  • Uncontrolled diabetes
  • Patient to receive abdominal radiotherapy during the first cycle of chemotherapy
  • Bowel obstruction, intestinal ileus or ascites present at cycle 1
  • Chronic alcoholism
  • Severe uncontrolled psychologic disorder
  • Patient taking antipsychotic treatment on a regular basis
  • Patient taking drugs with a contraindication when administered concurrently with one of the protocol drugs
  • Dysphagia (incapacity to swallow the pills included in the study)
  • Hypersensitivity, severe reaction or allergy to one of the study treatments
  • Participation in another research protocol
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • Subject that does not have a valid phone ou email address

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 29 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04075955

Start Date

April 29 2019

End Date

December 31 2019

Last Update

August 19 2020

Active Locations (1)

Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.

Page 1 of 1 (1 locations)

1

Hôpital Charles-LeMoyne

Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada, J4V2H1