Clinical trial NCT01536392
Conditions: Cancer of the Cervix
Keywords: Cancer of the Cervix Anti-emetic therapy Granisetron Transdermal patch Ondansetron Zofran Questionnaires Surveys Study Drug Diary Nausea and Vomiting
Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Start date: 2012-03-01; Completion date: 2019-10-03
Enrollment: 76 participants; Allocation: RANDOMIZED; Intervention model: PARALLEL

Brief summary:
The goal of this clinical research study is to compare granisetron (when given through a patch) to ondansetron (when taken by mouth) for reducing nausea and vomiting in women with cervical, endometrial, or vaginal cancer having chemoradiation.

Granisetron and ondansetron are designed to help reduce nausea and vomiting.

Detailed description:
Study Groups:

If you agree to take part in this study, and you are among the first 40 participants, you will have an equal chance of being in either group. If you enroll after that, you will have a higher chance (51%-100%) of being assigned to the group that had better results.

* If you are in Group 1, you will receive granisetron by patch.
* If you are in Group 2, you will receive ondansetron by mouth.

Study Drug Administration:

If you are in Group 1, you will receive ondansetron by vein at your first visit only, which is standard of care. Then, you will receive cisplatin by vein over about 1 hour as part of the chemoradiation. A granisetron patch will then be placed on your skin before the chemotherapy . The patch will be replaced every 7 days before the chemotherapy.

If you are in Group 2, you will receive ondansetron by vein before cisplatin. Then, you will receive cisplatin by vein over about 1 hour. Then you will take ondansetron by mouth with a cup of water (8 ounces) 3 times a day for 3 days. Ondansetron is a tablet that you can take with or without food and is best taken at least 30 minutes before eating.

Both groups will be given a study drug diary to record the times that you take the study drugs. You will also record any nausea or vomiting that you may have. You should bring the diary to each study visit. You should also bring your study drug bottles/packages to each study visit.

Study Visits:

The visits for this study will be at the same time as your chemoradiation therapy visits over 5 weeks.

You will complete 3 questionnaires at your study visits and then again 1 week after the last chemotherapy. The last questionnaires will be completed by phone. The questionnaires ask about how easy or difficult it is to use your assigned study drug, your level of nausea and vomiting, and your quality of life. It should take about 5 minutes to complete these questionnaires each time.

Length of Treatment:

You may continue using the study drug up to 5 weeks during your chemoradiation treatment. You will no longer be able to take the study drug if the disease gets worse, if intolerable side effects occur, or if you are unable to follow study directions.

Your participation on the study will be over when you have completed 5 weeks of chemoradiation treatments.

This is an investigational study. Both granisetron and ondansetron are FDA approved and commercially available for the treatment of nausea and vomiting. It is investigational to compare these drugs administered in different ways.

Up to 150 patients will take part in this study. Up to 120 participants will take part at MD Anderson. Up to 30 will be enrolled at the Harris Health System.

Arms: arm 1: Group A: 34.3 mg of granisetron formulated in transdermal patch replaced every 7 days. Transdermal patch placed/replaced prior to the intravenous (IV) infusion of cisplatin. At cycle 1, participants receive IV granisetron prior to IV cisplatin and prior to administration of transdermal patch. arm 2: Group B: 8 mg of ondansetron orally thrice daily starting with cisplatin administration and continued for 72 hours after chemotherapy infusion.
Interventions: intervention 1: Granisetron intervention 2: Ondansetron intervention 3: Questionnaires intervention 4: Study Drug Diary
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 34.3 mg of granisetron formulated in a transdermal patch replaced every 7 days. At cycle 1, participants receive granisetron by vein prior to IV cisplatin and prior to administration of transdermal patch. intervention 2: 8 mg of ondansetron by mouth three times a day starting with cisplatin administration and continued for 72 hours after chemotherapy infusion. intervention 3: Completion of 3 questionnaires at study visits taking about 5 minutes each time. intervention 4: Study drug diary to record times that study drugs taken, and to record any nausea or vomiting experienced.

Protocol documents:
Prot_SAP_000.pdf: 
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Oral Ondansetron versus Transdermal Granisetron (Sancuso) for  
Women with Cervical, Endometrial or Vaginal Cancers Receiving Pelvic Chemoradiation 
 
 


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1.0  OBJECTIVES 
 
 
1.1 
Primary Objective 
1.1.1 
To measure response rates to anti-emetic therapy (no emetic or retching 
episodes and no rescue medication use) in the late onset phase (days 4-7) of 
Granisetron (Sancuso) administered via a transdermal patch compared to orally 
administered Ondansetron in women with cervical, endometrial or vaginal cancer 
undergoing chemoradiation therapy. 
 
1.2 
Secondary Objectives 
1.2.1 
To measure response rates to anti-emetic therapy (no emetic or retching 
episodes and no rescue medication use) in the acute (0-24 hours) phase of 
Granisetron administered via a transdermal patch compared to orally 
administered Ondansetron in women with cervical, endometrial or vaginal cancer 
undergoing chemoradiation therapy. 
1.2.2 
To measure response rates to anti-emetic therapy (no emetic or retching 
episodes and no rescue medication use) in the delayed (24-72 hours) phase of 
Granisetron administered via a transdermal patch compared to orally 
administered Ondansetron in women with cervical, endometrial or vaginal cancer 
undergoing chemoradiation therapy. 
1.2.3 
To measure compliance with Granisetron administered via a transdermal patch 
compared to orally administered Ondansetron in women with cervical 
endometrial or vaginal cancer undergoing chemoradiation therapy. 
1.2.4 
To measure amount and effect of nausea/vomiting on quality of life with 
Granisetron administered via a transdermal patch compared to orally 
administered Ondansetron in women with cervical endometrial or vaginalcancer 
undergoing chemoradiation therapy. 
1.2.5 
To determine if Granisetron administered via a transdermal patch compared to 
orally administered ondansetron results in less dose reductions of cisplatin in 
women with cervical, endometrial or vaginal  cancer undergoing chemoradiation 
therapy. 
1.2.6 
To measure amount of “rescue medication” for chemotherapy-induced nausea 
and vomiting (CINV) during chemoradiotherapy in women with cervical, 
endometrial or vaginal cancer undergoing chemoradiation therapy taking 
Granisetron administered via a transdermal patch compared to orally 
administered Ondansetron. 
 
 
1.3 
Exploratory Objective 
1.3.1 
Women undergoing definitive chemoradiation therapy for cervical, endometrial or 
vaginal cancer typically have significant diarrhea as a therapeutic complication.  
However, 5HT3 blockers tend to cause constipation as a medication side effect.  
Therefore, we hypothesize that women undergoing chemoradiation therapy and 
receiving the continuous administration of a 5HT3 blocker via the patch 
(Sancuso) will have less diarrhea than those receiving only 72 hours of 
scheduled oral 5HT3 blockers (ondansetron) 
 
2.0  BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE 
 
Worldwide, there will be over 500,000 new cases of cervical cancer diagnosed this year which makes 
cervical cancer the second most common cause of cancer death among women. Multiple phase III trials 
have shown that platinum-based chemotherapy given with radiation therapy in the treatment of cervical 
cancer improves disease-free and overall survival when compared with radiotherapy alone (1-3).  As a 
result of these studies, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 1999 issued a clinical alert changing the 
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in the treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer (4).  Based on these data showing improved survival 
for patients with cervical cancer receiving concurrent cisplatinum with pelvic radiation, most providers 
have begun adding cispltinum to pelvic radiation for patients with vaginal cancer. AT MD Anderson, we 
frequently prescribe concurrent cisplatinum with pelvic radiation for women with vaginal cancer as part of 
our standard of care. In these women with vaginal cancer receiving chemoradiation, the cisplatinum 
dosage and schedule as well as the radiation treatment plan are the same as in women with cervical 
cancer. In addition to chemoradiation therapy as primary or adjuvant therapy for patients with cervical and 
vaginal cancers, combination cisplatinum and pelvic radiotherapy are commonly used in the adjuvant 
setting for intermediate and high risk patients with endometrial cancer after hysterectomy and staging.  In 
these women with endometrial cancer receiving adjuvant chemoradiation, the cisplatinum dosage and 
schedule as well as the radiation treatment plan are also the same as in women with cervical and vaginal 
cancers. 
Unfortunately, cisplatin, the agent most commonly administered with radiation therapy, is a well-known 
emetogenic agent.  In a recent phase II study of cisplatin with radiotherapy in women with cervical or 
endometrial cancer, 100% reported symptoms of nausea with over two-thirds experiencing grade 2 or 3 
toxicity (5).  The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) lists cisplatin among the “highly 
emetogenic agents” causing chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) in over 90% of patients 
who do not receive antiemetic therapy after drug infusion.  The current recommendations from the NCCN 
for women receiving cisplatin is to start an anti-emetic therapy prior to starting chemotherapy and to 
continue for at least 72 hours after administration of infusion as the risk of emesis and nausea for persons 
receiving cisplatin lasts for at least 4 days. 
 
At MD Anderson Cancer Center and Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital (LBJ), we typically prescribe 
oral antiemetic therapy with a 5HT3 blocker to start with chemotherapy and continue the medication on a 
scheduled “around the clock” regimen for three days after chemotherapy administration (institutional 
standard of care). However, up to 27.5% of women receiving chemotherapy will report nausea or emesis 
on the fourth day after chemotherapy and another 16.5% will report these symptoms on the fifth day after 
administration (6) (late onset nausea/vomiting) when scheduled anti-emetic therapy has been 
discontinued.  In addition, women receiving cisplatin as part of their treatment for cervical, endometrial or 
vaginal cancer do so every 7 days which means they are scheduled to take antiemetic treatment for 3 
days out of every week.  This frequent self-administration of anti-emetic medications only adds to the 
treatment burden these women are undergoing. 
 
Recently, a new formulation of granisetron in extended release patch (Sancuso) has been shown to be 
equivalent to scheduled oral administration of ondansetron (Zofran).  Instead of thrice daily oral 
administration of this 5HT3 blocker, Sancuso provides nausea relief with a single patch that is changed 
every 7 days.  The week long duration of the patch is appealing in its potential to reduce late onset 
nausea and vomiting in women receiving cisplatin with concurrent radiation.  We hypothesize that women 
receiving weekly cisplatin with pelvic radiation therapy as definitive treatment for cervical, endometrial or 
vaginal cancer will have less late onset nausea and vomiting (days 4-7) when given Sancuso when 
compared to oral ondansetron (Zofran) administration.  In addition, we believe that patients will have 
much higher compliance and satisfaction with the once weekly patch formulation of ondansetron when 
compared with the thrice daily oral administration. 
 
Two studies have evaluated transdermal vs oral granisetron.  The first was a randomized phase II study 
of 210 patients with cancer undergoing moderately ematogenic chemotherapy.  There was no difference 
in total and complete control of nausea, severity of nausea and vomiting or number of emetic episodes in 
the acute setting (<72 hours after chemotherapy). The most common side effect was headache (3.4% in 
granisetron patch group, 4.7% in oral granisetron group) and only 1 patient in the granisetron patch group 
had the patch fall off. The second study was a phase III randomized control study of oral vs. transdermal 
granisetron in 641 patients undergoing moderately or highly ematogenic chemotherapy. There was no 
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hours after chemotherapy). Constipation was the more common side effect in the patch group (6.6% of 
patients compared to 3.1% in the oral group. 
 
Chemoradiotherapy with concurrent cisplatin as treatment for cervical or endometrial cancer is an ideal 
model for a phase III trial of an extended release delivery system of anti-emetic therapy (i.e. Sancuso 
patch) for the following reasons: 
 
1. CINV from cisplatin is severe and lasts up to 7 days after chemotherapy administration. 
2. Cisplatin is administered on a weekly basis making 72 hours of scheduled oral antiemetic 
therapy 3 days out of every week burdensome. 
3. Cisplatin with external beam radiation therapy is only given for 5 weeks establishing a 
definitive endpoint to rotate subjects off protocol. 
4. Cervical cancer is a disease that effects women, and female gender increases risk of 
CINV (7). In addition, the median age at diagnosis is younger than for most other 
cancers.  Young age is also a risk factor for increased CINV (7). 
5. Cervical cancer typically affects women of low socioeconomic status and poor education 
where understanding and compliance with scheduled anti-emetic drug regimens may be 
an issue, which could adversely impact delivery of curative therapy. 
 
3.0  PATIENT ELIGIBILITY 
 
 
3.1 
Inclusion Criteria 
3.1.1 
Women with cervical, endometrial or vaginal cancer dispositioned to receive 
primary or postoperative adjuvant pelvic radiation therapy with concurrent 
cisplatin administration. 
3.1.2 
Women must be at least 18 years of age. 
3.1.3 
Women must be able to read English or Spanish at a sixth grade level. 
3.1.4 
Women with childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 1 
week of starting chemoradiation therapy. 
 
 
3.2 
Exclusion Criteria 
3.2.1 
Women with cervical endometrial, vaginal cancer who are receiving 
chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy for recurrent disease. 
3.2.2 
Women with cervical, endometrial or vaginal cancer who are receiving extended 
field radiation therapy 
3.2.3 
Women with cervical, endometrial or vaginal cancer who are receiving 
chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy in a palliative setting. 
3.2.4 
Women with cervical, endometrial or vaginal cancer who have already received 
their first dose of chemotherapy or have received more than 7 days of radiation 
 
4.0 
THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM 
 
This phase III study will randomize eligible patients with cervical, endometrial or vaginal cancer 
undergoing chemoradiation therapy (see above for eligibility  criteria) to receive either 34.3 mg of 
granisetron formulated in a transdermal patch (Sancuso) replaced every 7 days (Group A) OR 8 
mg of ondansetron orally thrice daily starting with cisplatin administration and continued for 72 
hours after chemotherapy infusion (Group B).  Patients may not be enrolled on study if they have 
already started their chemotherapy treatment or have received more than 7 days of radiation prior 
to starting their chemotherapy.   
 
 
 
In addition, data on compliance/ease of administration, amount of nausea and vomiting, and 
effect of nausea and vomiting on quality of life will also be collected.  These data will be collected 
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Study Drug and Dosage Schedule 
 
Group A: 34.3 mg of granisetron formulated in a transdermal patch (Sancuso) replaced every 7 
days. Patients will have the transdermal patch placed/replaced prior to the IV infusion of cisplatin.  
At cycle 1, patients will receive IV ondansetron 8mg prior to IV cisplatin.  Administration of 
transdermal patch will be at the start of IV cisplatin.  For subsequent cycles, replacement of 
transdermal patch will start during the premedication period of IV cisplatin. 
Group B: 8 mg of ondansetron orally thrice daily starting within 8 hrs of cisplatin administration 
and continued for 72 hours after chemotherapy infusion.    
 
Cisplatin and premedications will be given per standard order sets and physician discretion. 
 
 
4.1 
Evaluation During Study  
 
All treatments will occur within one week time frame +/- 3 days to allow for scheduling.  
The patient will be given pill diaries for transdermal patch and/or Odansetron, rescue 
medications, and anti-diarrheal medications.  Adverse event monitoring and concomitant 
medications will be recorded prior to each cycle and one week after the last cycle. QOLs 
will be completed prior to each cycle and one week after the last cycle.  Lab work and 
chemoradiation will be ordered at the discretion of the treating physician. 
 
4.2 
Duration of treatment 
 
Treatment will last 5 cycles or until the patient withdraws (Section 8.0), whichever comes 
first.  The patient may continue to receive further chemoradiation after 5 cycles at the 
discretion of the treating physician; however, the patient will be taken off treatment after 5 
cycles. 
 
The transdermal patch and Ondansetron should be continued as scheduled even if the IV 
Cisplatin is held. 
 
4.3 
Study Endpoints 
Primary Endpoint: 
1. The proportion of patients with a complete response (CR; defined as no emetic or 
retching episodes and no rescue medication use) during the late onset phase (4-7 
days post-chemotherapy) measured during cycle 1 of chemoradiation therapy.  
 
Secondary Endpoints: 
1. The proportion of patients with a complete response (CR; defined as no emetic or 
retching episodes and no rescue medication use) during the acute phase (0–24 h 
post-chemotherapy) measured during each cycle of chemoradiation therapy. 
2. The proportion of patients with a complete response (CR; defined as no emetic or 
retching episodes and no rescue medication use) during the delayed phase (24–72 h 
post-chemotherapy) measured during each cycle of chemoradiation therapy. 
3. Ease of administration/compliance of two medications measured during each cycle of 
chemoradiation therapy. 
4. Effect of nausea/vomiting on quality of life (Osoba Module – Appendix D) measured 
prior to each cycle of chemoradiation therapy and one week after the last cycle. 
Amount of nausea/vomiting in the prior week (Morrow Assessment of Nausea and 
Emesis (MANE Scale) – Appendix C) measured prior each cycle of chemoradiation 
therapy and one week after the last cycle 
5. The number of dose reductions/patient during the 5 week treatment measured prior 
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6. The amount of “rescue medications” utilized during the 5 week treatment, including 1 
week after the last cycle of cisplatin, measured during each cycle of chemoradiation 
therapy. 
 
Exploratory Endpoint: 
1. The amount of diarrhea experienced weekly by the patient will be graded according 
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5.0  STATISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS 
 
This is a randomized trial to compare oral Ondansetron (OO) and Granisetron patch (GP) for 
control of delayed nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing chemoradiation for the treatment 
of locally advanced cervical, endometrial or vaginal cancer.  The primary outcome is response to 
anti-emetic therapy (no emetic or retching episodes and no rescue medication use) in days 4-7 of 
the first cycle of chemotherapy. 
 
Patients will be randomized between OO and GP using a Bayesian adaptive algorithm. (8)  
Technical details of this methodology are given in the “Technical Details” section below.  The first 
40 patients will be randomized fairly between the 2 treatment arms.  Beginning with the 41st 
patient and as the trial progresses and data accrue the randomization will become unbalanced in 
favor of the therapy that, on average, has better results in terms of treatment failure, so that each 
successive patient is more likely to receive the treatment showing better results.  
 
We will enroll at least 75 and at most 150 patients at an expected rate of 5 patients per month.  
We will enroll up to 30 patients in LBJ.  With treatment OO we expect a treatment failure rate of 
0.2750. (6) With treatment GP we hope to improve the treatment failure rate to 0.1375 (i.e., 
reduce the treatment failure rate by half).  
 
Beginning with the 76th patient the trial will be stopped early and a treatment selected as being 
“superior” if the probability is 0.925 or more than one treatment’s failure rate is lower than the 
other treatment’s failure rate.  If all 150 patients are enrolled, then a treatment will be selected as 
being “superior” if the probability is 0.915 or more than one treatment’s failure rate is lower than 
the other treatment’s failure rate. In addition, accrual to a treatment arm will be suspended if there 
is less than a 0.10 chance that the treatment failure rate is less than 0.225 for that treatment arm. 
 
The operating characteristics of this study design are summarized in Table 1 below, and are 
based on 10,000 simulations of the trial for each scenario.  From this table we can see that if the 
true treatment failure rates are 0.2750 and 0.1375 for OO and GP, respectively, then the 
probability that we will select GP as superior to OO is 0.799, and we expect to be able to reach 
this conclusion with an average of 35.4 + 61.9 = 97.3 patients.  Also, in this scenario there is only 
a 0.006 chance that we would select OO as superior to GP, but there is a 0.195 chance that we 
would conclude that neither treatment is superior to the other. 
 
If the true treatment failure rate is 0.275 for both treatment arms, then the probability that we will 
select GP as superior to OO is only 0.103, and we expect to be able to reach this conclusion with 
an average of 48.9 + 49.2 = 98.1 patients.  Also, in this scenario there is a 0.101 chance that we 
would select OO as superior to GP, but there is a 0.796 chance that we would conclude that 
neither treatment is superior to the other. 
 
Analysis 
Once the trial is completed we will report the probability that GP has a lower treatment failure rate 
than OO during the late onset phase. We will also estimate the treatment failure rate for each 
treatment arm during the late onset phase of the first cycle of therapy with a 95% credible 
interval. 
 
We will estimate with 95% confidence intervals the treatment failure rates for each treatment arm 
during the first 24 hours (acute phase) and during the 24-72 hour period (delayed phase) of each 
cycle of therapy.  We will similarly estimate the treatment failure rates during the late onset phase 
for each cycle following cycle 1 of therapy. A treatment success is defined as no emetic or 
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We will tabulate the responses to the 4 items of the Morisky Medication Adherence (Compliance) 
measure for each treatment group by cycle of therapy. We will compare the 2 treatment groups 
with respect to the responses to each item of this instrument with a chi-square test. We will use 
descriptive statistics to summarize the elements of the Morrow Assessment of Nausea and 
Emesis (MANE Scale) and for pill counts/compliance for each treatment group by cycle of 
therapy. We will also use repeated measures analysis of variance methods to model compliance 
over all cycles of therapy. 
 
We will use descriptive statistics to summarize the total scores for the Osoba Module, used to 
measure the effect of nausea and vomiting on quality of life, for each treatment group by cycle of 
therapy. We will compare the treatment groups with respect to the Osoba Module score with a 
Mann-Whitney test. We will also tabulate the responses to each of the 5 questions of the Osoba 
Module for each treatment group. We will also use repeated measures analysis of variance 
methods to model the effect of nausea and vomiting on quality of life over all cycles of therapy. 
 
We will use descriptive statistics to summarize the number and amount of dose reductions for 
each treatment group for each cycle of therapy. We will also use repeated measures analysis of 
variance methods to model the number and amount of dose reductions over all cycles of therapy. 
We will similarly analyze the number and doses of rescue medications and the amount of 
diarrhea experienced over the course of therapy. 
 
Technical Details 
We assume a beta (1.1, 2.9) prior distribution for the treatment failure rate for each treatment.  
This prior distribution has a mean of 0.275 and a standard deviation of 0.200.  As the trial 
progresses these prior distributions will be updated with the data that have accrued. 
 
Let FOO and FGP be the treatment failure rates for treatments “Oral Ondansetron” (OO) and 
“Granisetron Patch” (GP), respectively.  Prior to enrolling the 40th and subsequent patients we will 
calculate the randomization probability as follows. We will first calculate πGP (data) = Pr(FGP < FOO 
| data) and πOO (data) = 1 –  πGP(data). The randomization probability for GP will then be defined 
as 𝑟𝐺𝑃=
√𝜋𝐺𝑃
√𝜋𝐺𝑃+√𝜋𝑂𝑂  , and the randomization probability for OO will be 𝑟𝑂𝑂= 1 − 𝑟𝐺𝑃. 
 
Accrual to treatment arm OO will be suspended if Pr(FOO < 0.225 | data) < 0.10. Similarly, accrual 
to treatment arm GP will be suspended if Pr(FGP < 0.225 | data) < 0.10. If at any point during the 
trial πGP (data) > 0.925 (< 0.075) the trial will be terminated and treatment “Granisetron Patch” will 
be selected as superior (inferior).  If the maximum number of patients is enrolled in the trial and 
πGP (data) > 0.915 (< 0.085) treatment “Granisetron Patch” will be selected as superior (inferior). 
 
6.0 
REGISTRATION AND RANDOMIZATION 
All eligible patients will be required to provide informed signed consent before randomization and 
will be registered in CORe. Randomization will be performed using the Clinical Trial Conduct 
website (https://biostatistics.mdanderson.org/ClinicalTrialConduct), which is maintained by the 
Department of Biostatistics. Research personnel responsible for enrolling and randomizing 
patients on this trial will be trained by the study statistician in the use of the website, with 
particular attention to the importance of updating patient outcomes. Access to the website is 
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 Table 1. Operating Characteristics of Study Design 
Neither 
Oral Ondansetron 
Granisetron Patch 
True Probability of Failure 
--- 
0.2750 
0.1375 
# Patients Treated 
Avg (2.5%-tile, 97.5%-tile) 
--- 
35.4 (21, 67) 
61.9 (39, 102) 
Pr(Selected) 
0.1950 
0.0060 
0.7990 
Pr(Selected Early) 
--- 
0.0060 
0.7740 
Avg Trial Duration 
 
19.6 months 
True Probability of Failure 
--- 
0.2750 
0.1750 
# Patients Treated 
Avg (2.5%-tile, 97.5%-tile) 
--- 
42.4 (22, 75) 
64.0 (34, 101) 
Pr(Selected) 
0.4266 
0.0154 
0.5620 
Pr(Selected Early) 
--- 
0.0149 
0.5340 
Avg Trial Duration 
 
21.6 months 
True Probability of Failure 
--- 
0.2750 
0.2250 
# Patients Treated 
Avg (2.5%-tile, 97.5%-tile) 
--- 
48.1 (24, 83) 
59.0 (29, 97) 
Pr(Selected) 
0.6783 
0.0487 
0.2730 
Pr(Selected Early) 
--- 
0.0454 
0.2520 
Avg Trial Duration 
 
21.7 months 
True Probability of Failure 
--- 
0.2750 
0.2750 
# Patients Treated 
Avg (2.5%-tile, 97.5%-tile) 
--- 
48.9 (26, 88) 
49.2 (25, 88) 
Pr(Selected) 
0.7960 
0.1010 
0.1030 
Pr(Selected Early) 
--- 
0.0093 
0.0927 
Avg Trial Duration 
 
19.8 months 
True Probability of Failure 
--- 
0.2750 
0.3250 
# Patients Treated 
Avg (2.5%-tile, 97.5%-tile) 
--- 
47.9 (28, 88) 
40.1 (23, 76) 
Pr(Selected) 
0.7757 
0.1910 
0.0333 
Pr(Selected Early) 
--- 
0.1730 
0.0298 
Avg Trial Duration 
 
17.7 months 
 
 
 


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7.0 
ADVERSE EVENTS 
 
7.1 
DEFINITIONS 
The Investigator is responsible for reporting all AEs that are observed or reported during 
the study, regardless of their relationship to treatment or their clinical significance.  
 
An AE is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a patient enrolled into this study 
regardless of its causal relationship to study treatment.  
 
A treatment-emergent AE is defined as any event not present prior to treatment or any 
event already present that worsens in either intensity or frequency following treatment.  
 
All AEs that occur after treatment during the study must be reported in detail in the 
patient’s source/chart and followed to satisfactory resolution or until the local Principal 
Investigator or Co-Investigator deems the event to be chronic or the patient to be stable. 
The description of the AE will include the onset date, , date of resolution, severity, 
seriousness, , and the likelihood of relationship of the AE to study treatment. 
 
Severity of adverse events will be graded using the National Cancer Institute Common 
Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0(CTC AE v4.0),  
 
If an adverse event occurs which is not contained in the CTC AE v4.0, the five-point scale 
below will be used: 
 
1. Mild: discomfort noticed but no disruption of normal daily activity. 
2. Moderate: discomfort sufficient to reduce or affect daily activity. 
3. Severe: inability to work or perform normal daily activity 
4. Life Threatening: represents an immediate threat to life 
5. Death 
 
7.2 
COMMON ADVERSE EVENTS 
The most common adverse events from study treatment include: 
 
Constipation 
 
Diarrhea 
 
Nausea 
 
Headache 
 
Drowsiness/tiredness 
7.3 
LABORATORY TEST ABNORMALITIES 
Laboratory test value abnormalities will not be reported as AEs, unless there is an 
associated clinical condition for which the patient is given treatment, concomitant 
treatment is altered or the event is considered a serious adverse event. 
 
 
7.4 
 SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENTS 
An SAE is defined as any event that: 
 
Results in death 
 
Is immediately life threatening 
 
Requires inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization 
 
Results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity 
 
Is a congenital anomaly/birth defect.  
 
Important medical events that may not result in death, be life-threatening, or require 
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judgment, they may jeopardize the patient and may require medical or surgical 
intervention to prevent one of the outcomes listed in this definition.  
 
Reporting requirements:  
 
Any AE considered serious or which meets the previous criteria must be reported to the 
study chair within one business day from the time that study personnel first become 
aware of the serious adverse event. 
 
All reported SAEs (related or not to the treatment) will be followed until satisfactory 
resolution or until the attending physician deems the event to be chronic or the patient to 
be stable. SAEs will be reported till 30 days from completion of primary therapy. 
7.5 
ADVERSE EVENT REPORTING 
Information regarding AEs will be collected from the time the patient signs the informed 
consent form up to 1 week post treatment., unless the AE meets the criteria as described 
above. 
All AEs reported or observed during the study will be recorded as an AE in the patient’s 
source/chart. Information to be collected includes: 
 
Type of event 
 
Onset 
 
Investigator-specified assessment of severity and relationship to treatment 
 
Resolution of the event 
 
Grade 
 
Any required treatment or evaluations 
 
Adverse events resulting from concurrent illnesses, reactions to concurrent illnesses, 
reactions to concurrent medications, or progression of disease states must also be 
recorded. All AEs will be followed to adequate resolution. Any medical condition that is 
present at the time that the patient is screened but does not deteriorate should not be 
reported as an AE. However, if it deteriorates at any time during the study it should be 
recorded as an AE. 
7.6 
OBTAINING ADVERSE EVENT INFORMATION 
At every study visit, patients will be asked a standard non-leading question to obtain any 
medically related changes in their well-being. In addition to patient or Investigator 
observations, AEs will be documented from any data collected (e.g., laboratory values, 
physical examination findings), or other documents that are relevant to patient safety. 
7.7 
ASSESSMENT OF CAUSALITY 
The Investigator’s assessment of an AE's relationship to treatment is part of the 
documentation process, but it is not a factor in determining what is or is not reported in 
the study. If there is any doubt as to whether a clinical observation is an AE, the event 
should be reported.  
 
The relationship or association to the AE will be characterized using the following 
classification and criteria: 
 
Unrelated: This relationship suggests that there is no association between the 
treatment and the reported event. 
 
Possible: This relationship suggests that treatment caused or contributed to the AE, 
i.e. the event follows a reasonable temporal sequence from the time of treatment 
and/or follows a known response pattern to the treatment, but could also have been 
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 
Probable: This relationship suggests that a reasonable temporal sequence of the 
event with drug administration exists and the likely association of the event with the 
treatment. This will be based upon the known or previously reported complications to 
the treatment, or judgment based on the Investigator’s clinical experience. 
 
Definite: This relationship suggests that a definite causal relationship exists between 
the treatment and the AE, and other conditions (concurrent illness, 
progression/expression of disease state, or concurrent medication reaction) do not 
appear to explain the event. 
 
7.8 
ASSESSMENT OF SEVERITY 
 
Adverse Event severity will be rated by the Investigator as mild, moderate, or severe 
using the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events 
version 4.0. 
 
Changes in the severity of an AE should be documented to allow an assessment of the 
duration of the event at each level of intensity to be performed. Adverse events 
characterized as intermittent require documentation of onset and duration of each 
episode. 
 
8.0 
PATIENT WITHDRAWAL 
Patients will be advised that they may voluntarily withdraw from the study at any time, for any 
reason and it will not affect their medical care.  However, in such cases, appropriate effort will be 
made by the Investigator to determine the reason for voluntary withdrawal from the study and to 
document reason for withdrawal in the medical record, if known. 
 
The last known status of these patients will be reported with the study results and all attempts to 
locate patients lost to follow up will also be documented. 
 
Patients will be informed that, should they withdraw from the study, they should remain under the 
care of an appropriately experienced physician until the physician deems further follow-up 
unnecessary. 
 
The following are circumstances for which a patient would be identified as not continuing her 
participation in the study: 
 
Study Completed / Terminated 
 
Death 
 
Voluntary Withdrawal 
 
Unable to Return 
 
 physician discretion 
 
Intolerable toxicity 
 
Other 
 
If a patient relocates to another geographic area, which requires a change of physician, 
reasonable attempts will be made to locate and request cooperation from that physician in order 
to complete follow-up.  
 
In many instances patient withdrawal from the study constitutes a cessation of treatment. In these 
cases, permission should be obtained from patients by study staff to continue monitoring their 
disease state (relapse, survival, toxicity etc.) via patient records as this is a crucial component of 
the study for which consent was originally obtained. 
 
 


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9.0  ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATIONS 
The following administrative items are intended to guide the conduct of the trial. 
9.1 
CONFIDENTIALITY 
All records will be kept in a secure storage area with limited access. Clinical information 
will not be released without the written permission of the patient or the patient’s guardian, 
except as necessary for monitoring by regulatory authorities, or the IRB.  
 
The Investigator and all employees and co-workers involved with this study shall not 
disclose or use for any purpose, other than performance of the study, any data, records 
or other unpublished, confidential information disclosed to those individuals for the 
purpose of the study.  
9.2 
MODIFICATION OF THE PROTOCOL 
The TMC must review and approve any changes in this research activity.  Amendments 
to the protocol must be submitted in writing to the Investigator’s IRB for approval prior to 
patients being enrolled into an amended protocol. 
 
9.3 
INFORMED CONSENT 
A written informed consent shall be obtained from each patient prior to the patient’s 
entrance into the study. Before recruitment and enrolment, each prospective patient will 
be given a full explanation of the study and be allowed to read the approved informed 
consent form. The Investigator will inform the patient of the purpose of the study, 
randomization of study groups and the follow-up schedule.  The Investigator will discuss 
foreseeable risks involved, as well as potential benefits that result from the treatment. 
The Investigator will inform the patient that her medical records will be subject to review 
by government authorities, and by the IRB. 
 
The patients will be informed by the Investigator that they are free to refuse participation 
in this study and, if they choose to participate, that they may withdraw from the study at 
any time without compromising further medical care. 
 
Once the Investigator is assured that the individual understands the implications of 
participating in the study, the patient will be asked to give consent to participate in the 
study by signing the informed consent form. The Investigator shall provide a copy of the 
signed informed consent to the patient.  
9.4 
PROTOCOL VIOLATIONS AND DEVIATIONS 
The Investigator or designee should document and explain any deviation from the 
approved protocol. The Investigator may deviate from the protocol to eliminate an 
immediate hazard to trial patients without prior IRB approval. As soon as possible after 
such an occurrence, the Investigator should submit the implemented deviation or change, 
the reasons for it to the IRB if required. 
 
A deviation from the protocol is an unintended and/or unanticipated departure from the 
procedures and/or processes approved by the IRB and agreed to by the Investigator. 
Deviations usually impact individual patients or a small group of patients and do not 
involve inclusion/exclusion or primary endpoint criteria.  
 
A protocol violation occurs when there is non-adherence to the protocol that results in a 
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to major protocol requirements, or when there is non-adherence to regulatory authorities’ 
regulations and/or ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines The Investigator should 
notify the IRB of protocol violations and deviations in accordance with the IRB 
requirements. 
10.0 STUDY CONDUCT 
The study will be conducted according to the principles of the ICH E6 Guideline on GCP and the 
principles of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. The Investigator will conduct 
all aspects of this study in accordance with all national, state, and local laws of the pertinent 
regulatory authorities.  
 
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