Journal of Jilin University Medicine Edition ›› 2016, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (02): 331-335.doi: 10.13481/j.1671-587x.20160227

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Efficacy and safety evaluation on aprepitant in prevention of nausea and vomiting induced by highly emetogenic chemotherapy

MENG Wenjing, WANG Xu, JIA Yongsheng, TONG Zhongsheng   

  1. Department of Breast Oncology, Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapyof Tianjin City, Tianjin 300060, China
  • Received:2015-11-22 Published:2016-03-31

Abstract:

Objective: To explore the efficacy and safety of aprepitant combined with tropisetron and dexamethasone in the prevention of emetogenic chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting and clarify its influence in the life guality of patients, and to evaluate its safety in treatment.Methods: One hundred and fifty six patients with malignant tumor were randomly assigned to observation group (n=75)(day 1, aprepitant 125 mg, tropisetron 4 mg and dexamethasone 6 mg 1 h before chemotherapy, day 2-4, aprepitant 80 mg and dexamethasone 3.75 mg, qd) and control group (n=81) (day 1, tropisetron 4 mg and dexamethasone 6 mg before chemotherapy, day 2-4, dexamethasone 3.75 mg, qd). The primary study endpoints were the comparisons of acute and delayed complete response rates of nausea and vomiting, and the second study endpoints were the evaluations on the improvement of the life quality of patients.Results: General evaluation on the primary study endpoints was performed, The complete remission rate in observation group was 69.3%(52/75), and the complete remission rate in control group was 53.1%(43/81), there was signficant difference between two groups(P=0.049). For the acute nausea and vomiting(0-24 h), the complete remission rate in observation group was 78.7%(59/75), and the complete remission rate in control group was 75.3%(61/81), and there was no significant difference between two groups(P=0.705). The complete remission rate of delayed nausea and vomiting(25-120 h) in observation group was significantly higher than that in control group (76.0% vs 54.3%)(P=0.007). For the second study endpoints, the average scores of FLIE in observation and control group were 120.8±12.4 and 84.0±8.7, and there was significant difference between two groups(P<0.05).Conclusion: Aprepitant can significantly prevent the emetogenic chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomitting and improve the life quality of patients.

Key words: aprepitan, highly emetogenic chemotherapy, nausea and vomiting, neurokinin-1

CLC Number: 

  • R730.53