Prevention of emesis by ics 205-930 in children receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy
- 31 December 1993
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier BV in European Journal Of Cancer
- Vol. 29 (6), 854-856
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0959-8049(05)80423-x
Abstract
Nausea and vomiting are among the most frequent and severe acute side-effects of cytotoxic therapy and are not optimally controlled by conventional antiemetics. This situation warrants the evaluation of new classes of antiemetic agents such as the 5-HT3 receptor antagonists. 19 children with a median age of 9 years (range 2-16 years), treated with cytotoxic drug combinations that had previously caused nausea and vomiting refractory to conventional antiemetics, were given the selective 5-HT3 receptor antagonist ICS 205-930. The drug was given intravenously (i.v.) at 0.2 mg/kg (maximum 5 mg) during the chemotherapy infusion period and was continued orally for up to 5 days in chemotherapy courses containing cisplatin. The number of emetic episodes was recorded and the response was scored according to following scale: grade 1 = no nausea, no emetic episode; grade 2 = up to four episodes of vomiting and less than 5 h of nausea; grade 3 = five or more than five emetic episodes and/or nausea for at least 5 h. The 19 patients received a total of 169 various courses of chemotherapy combined with ICS 205-930. A score of 3 was observed during one course only, a score of 2 in 37 out of the 169 courses, including the four courses with cisplatin. The drug was very well tolerated. Side-effects possibly related to ICS 205-930 were mild to moderate headache in 4 patients during seven courses overall and obstipation in 3 patients during 11 courses. The results strongly suggest that ICS 205-930 is a highly effective and safe antiemetic agent in non-naive pediatric patients receiving non-cisplatin cytotoxic chemotherapy and who had failed conventional antiemetic treatment.Keywords
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