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Guidelines for Complications of Cancer Treatment Vol VIII Part B

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serotonin antagonist and dexamethasone. In all patientsreceiving cisplatin and all other agents <strong>of</strong> high emetic risk, thetwo-drug combination <strong>of</strong> dexamethasone and aprepitant isrecommended <strong>for</strong> the prevention <strong>of</strong> delayed emesis. TheUpdate Committee no longer recommends the combination<strong>of</strong> a 5-HT 3serotonin receptor antagonist and dexamethasone<strong>for</strong> the prevention <strong>of</strong> delayed emesis after chemotherapeuticagents <strong>of</strong> high emetic risk. CONCLUSION: The UpdateCommittee recommends that clinicians administer antiemeticswhile considering patients’ emetic risk categories and othercharacteristics.3. The oral neurokinin-1 antagonist aprepitant <strong>for</strong>the prevention <strong>of</strong> chemotherapy-induced nauseaand vomiting: a multinational, randomized,double-blind, placebo-controlled trial inpatients receiving high-dose cisplatin—theAprepitant Protocol 052 Study GroupHesketh PJ, Grunberg SM, Gralla RJ, et al. J ClinOncol. 2003; 21:4112-9Purpose: In early clinical trials with patients receiving highlyemetogenic chemotherapy, the neurokinin antagonistaprepitant significantly enhanced the efficacy <strong>of</strong> a standardantiemetic regimen consisting <strong>of</strong> a type-three 5-hydroxytryptamine antagonist and a corticosteroid. Thismulticenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlledphase III study was per<strong>for</strong>med to establish definitively thesuperiority <strong>of</strong> the aprepitant regimen versus standard therapyin the prevention <strong>of</strong> chemotherapy-induced nausea andvomiting (CINV). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patientsreceiving cisplatin > or = 70 mg/m2 <strong>for</strong> the first time weregiven either standard therapy (ondansetron and dexamethasoneon day 1; dexamethasone on days 2 to 4) or an aprepitantregimen (aprepitant plus ondansetron and dexamethasone on402

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