Clinical trial NCT00337727: Aprepitant for the Prevention of Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV)(0869-130)(COMPLETED)
Official title: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group Study Conducted Under In-House Blinding Conditions to Determine the Efficacy and Tolerability of Aprepitant for the Prevention of Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV) Associated With Moderately Emetogenic Chemotherapy (MEC)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
Lead sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2006-06-16
Enrollment: 848
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The study will test aprepitant for the prevention of CINV in patients receiving their initial cycle of Moderately Emetogenic Chemotherapy (MEC). Patients receiving more then one cycle of chemotherapy may opt to participate in an optional second cycle during which the patient will receive the same antiemetic regimen as cycle 1, except that an IV formulation of aprepitant will be given in place of the oral formulation on study day one. Study drug administration on subsequent days will be given orally as in cycle 1.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients will be naive to emetogenic chemotherapy with histologically or cytologically confirmed malignant disease scheduled to receive a single dose of moderately emetogenic chemotherapy on study day 1
* Karnofsky score of 60 or greater

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patient is scheduled to receive any dose of cisplatin
* Patient will receive abdominal or pelvic radiation a week prior and up to 6 days after initiation of chemotherapy
* Any allergies to study drug or antiemetics
* Taking CYP3A4 substrates/prohibited medication
* Significant medical or mental conditions
* Abnormal laboratory values (platelets, absolute neutrophils, AST, ALT, bilirubin or creatinine).

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of Patients Who Reported No Vomiting
timeFrame: Overall phase (0-120 hours post initiation of MEC) in Cycle 1.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Number of Patients Who Reported Complete Response
timeFrame: Overall phase (0-120 hours post initiation of MEC) in Cycle 1
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
name: Medical Monitor
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Rapoport BL, Jordan K, Boice JA, Taylor A, Brown C, Hardwick JS, Carides A, Webb T, Schmoll HJ. Aprepitant for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting associated with a broad range of moderately emetogenic chemotherapies and tumor types: a randomized, double-blind study. Support Care Cancer. 2010 Apr;18(4):423-31. doi: 10.1007/s00520-009-0680-9. Epub 2009 Jul 1.
citation: Rapoport BL. Efficacy of a triple antiemetic regimen with aprepitant for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: effects of gender, age, and region. Curr Med Res Opin. 2014 Sep;30(9):1875-81. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2014.925866. Epub 2014 Jun 12.
citation: Aapro MS, Schmoll HJ, Jahn F, Carides AD, Webb RT. Review of the efficacy of aprepitant for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in a range of tumor types. Cancer Treat Rev. 2013 Feb;39(1):113-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2012.09.002. Epub 2012 Oct 11.