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Guidelines for Complications of Cancer Treatment Vol VIII Part B

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day 1; aprepitant and dexamethasone on days 2 to 3;dexamethasone on day 4). Patients recorded nausea andvomiting episodes in a diary. The primary end point wascomplete response (no emesis and no rescue therapy) on days1 to 5 post cisplatin, analyzed by a modified intent-to-treatapproach. <strong>Treatment</strong> comparisons were made using logisticregression models. Tolerability was assessed by reportedadverse events and physical and laboratory assessments.RESULTS: The percentage <strong>of</strong> patients with complete responseon days 1 to 5 was significantly higher in the aprepitant group(72.7% [n = 260] v 52.3% in the standard therapy group [n =260]), as were the percentages on day 1, and especially ondays 2 to 5 (P

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