Fosaprepitant Dimeglumine in Treating Patients With Nausea and Vomiting Caused By Chemotherapy

Pilot Study of Fosaprepitant (MK-0517) for Breakthrough Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting

RATIONALE: Antiemetic drugs, such as fosaprepitant dimeglumine, may help lessen or prevent nausea and vomiting in patients treated with chemotherapy.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the side effects of fosaprepitant dimeglumine and to see how well it works in treating patients with nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific; Breakthrough Nausea and Vomiting
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: fosaprepitant dimeglumine; Drug: systemic chemotherapy; Other: survey administration; Procedure: quality-of-life assessment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

• To evaluate the efficacy and safety of fosaprepitant dimeglumine in patients with breakthrough chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) after failing prophylactic antiemetic therapy.

Secondary

• To evaluate toxicity and serious adverse events associated with this regimen in these patients.
• To evaluate the ability of patients to tolerate oral intake.
• To evaluate the health-related quality of life of patients treated with this regimen.
• To evaluate specific side effects associated with this regimen, including pain sensation and/or soreness at the infusion site, headache, dizziness, and somnolence, in these patients .
• To refine the study design for future phase II and III studies of rescue therapy for breakthrough CINV using various secondary endpoints.

OUTLINE: Patients receive chemotherapy in combination with a pre-defined standard 5-Hydroxytryptamine-3 (5-HT3) antagonist or corticosteroid regimen with or without a benzodiazepine on day 1. If breakthrough nausea or vomiting occurs, patients then receive fosaprepitant dimeglumine IV once per standard administration guidelines. Patients with treatment response may receive additional doses of oral aprepitant once on days 2 and 3. Patients with persistent nausea/vomiting after 2 hours and who desire further treatment may receive standard rescue therapy with prochlorperazine, metoclopramide, or haloperidol with or without additional lorazepam until relief, at the discretion of the provider.

Patients complete a diary at baseline, and then at 2, 12, and 24 hours that includes a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for nausea; VAS for sedation; and questions about emesis and retching frequency, headache, dizziness, somnolence, and ability to take food and liquids orally. Patients also complete the Functional Living Index-Emesis Quality of Life survey at baseline and at 24 hours.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 34
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Oregon
    • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239-3098
      • Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health and Science University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 120 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Diagnosis of cancer

• Scheduled to receive inpatient chemotherapy containing at least moderately emetogenic agents

  • May be given for adjuvant, neoadjuvant, curative, or palliative intent
  • May be given orally, IV, or by continuous infusion on ≥ 1 day
• Scheduled to receive 5-HT3 receptor antagonist antiemetic (e.g., ondansetron, granisetron, palonosetron, dolasetron mesylate, or dexamethasone with or without a benzodiazepine) on the day of chemotherapy
• Self-report of at least mild nausea (for which the patient feels needs rescuing) or moderate nausea (a score of ≥ 2 on a 4-point Likert scale) OR has had ≥ 1 episode of emesis since receiving chemotherapy
• No history of chronic nausea and/or vomiting (without chemotherapy), anticipatory nausea and/or vomiting, or emesis within 24 hours before chemotherapy
• No symptomatic brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

• Able to understand English
• Not pregnant or nursing
• Negative pregnancy test
• No clinical evidence of current or impending bowel obstruction (i.e., tumor pressing on the bowel)
• No allergy or intolerance to study drugs

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

• See Disease Characteristics
• Prior chemotherapy allowed
• No aprepitant as prophylaxis or rescue treatment during the current course of chemotherapy (other than as a part of study therapy)
• Not scheduled to receive a dopamine antagonist after chemotherapy

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Fosaprepitant

Drug: fosaprepitant dimeglumine; A 150 mg dose will be given to study patients as rescue therapy after chemotherapy only in the event of breakthrough nausea or vomiting.; Drug: systemic chemotherapy; Patients will receive chemotherapy on Day 1 of their scheduled therapeutic regimen in combination with the pre-defined standard 5-Hydroxytryptamine-3 (5HT3) antagonist, corticosteroid regimen, with or without benzodiazepine based on published guidelines3 or as clinically indicated; Other: survey administration; Prior to the first dose of chemotherapy patients will be instructed on how to complete their patient diary; Procedure: quality-of-life assessment; Patients will also be provided the Functional Living Index - Emesis (FLIE) quality of life survey to be completed at time zero and then after 24 hours

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Improvement in Nausea Score From Baseline to 2 Hours as Assessed by the Numerical Visual Analogue Scale	The outcome measure is the number of participants that self report improvement in a nausea score from baseline, prior to fosaprepitant, to 2 hours post dose. This includes only participants who report breakthrough nausea or vomiting after chemotherapy and after receiving prophylactic anti-emetics. The primary outcome is measured using the visual analogue scale, a self report scale from "No Nausea" to "Nausea as bad as it can be"; a value can be indicated anywhere on this scale using a free hand mark by the participant and gauged with ruler by study staff. Any participant that reported a lower value on the scale 2 hours from baseline would be considered in this outcome measure.	Baseline to 2 hours after study drug administered.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Improvement in Nausea Score From Baseline to 12 Hours	The outcome measure is the number of participants that self report improvement in a nausea score from baseline, prior to fosaprepitant, to 12 hours post dose. This includes only participants who report breakthrough nausea or vomiting after chemotherapy and after receiving prophylactic anti-emetics. The primary outcome is measured using the visual analogue scale, a self report scale from "No Nausea" to "Nausea as bad as it can be"; a value can be indicated anywhere on this scale using a free hand mark by the participant and gauged with ruler by study staff. Any participant that reported a lower value on the scale 12 hours from baseline would be considered in this outcome measure.	Baseline to 12 hours after study drug administered.
Improvement in Nausea Score From 2 Hours to 24 Hours	The outcome measure is the number of participants that self report improvement in a nausea score from 2 hours after receiving fosaprepitant to 24 hours post dose. This includes only participants who report breakthrough nausea or vomiting after chemotherapy and after receiving prophylactic anti-emetics. The outcome is measured using the visual analogue scale, a self report scale from "No Nausea" to "Nausea as bad as it can be"; a value can be indicated anywhere on this scale using a free hand mark by the participant and gauged with ruler by study staff. Any participant reporting a lower value on the scale at the 12 or 24 hour time point would be considered in this outcome measure.	2 hours to 24 hours after study drug administered.
Number of Participants Who Experienced Vomiting Episodes From Baseline to 24 Hours	Participants were asked to report any episodes of vomiting before (baseline) and up to 24 hours after receiving Fosaprepitant. The outcome considers the number of participants reporting any episodes of emesis after receiving Fosaprepitant.	Baseline to 24 hours after study drug administered.
Participants Who Required the Use of Second Rescue Drug (Time to Treatment Failure)	Participants with persistent nausea/vomiting after 2 hours and who desired further treatment, received standard rescue therapy at the discretion of provider with prochlorperazine, metoclopramide or haloperidol with or without additional lorazepam until relief	2 hours after administration of Fosaprepitant 150 mg IV
Participants Achieving a Complete Response (no Emesis, no Additional Rescue Medication Required)	The recommended dose Fosaprepitant (MK-0517) is 115 mg administered intravenously 30 minutes before chemotherapy treatment. In this study, a 150 mg dose will be given to study patients as rescue therapy after chemotherapy only in the event of breakthrough nausea or vomiting. Those participants who did not report episodes of emesis or did not require additional rescue medications are measured in this outcome	up to 24 hours after receiving fosaprepitant
Participants With Increased Fatigue or Sedation Within 24 Hours After Receiving Fosaprepitant	Participants meeting this outcome self report experiencing drowsiness at any of the study time points (2, 12 or 24 hours after receiving fosaprepitant).	up to 24 hours after study drug administered.
Participants With Specific Side Effects, Including Pain Sensation/Soreness at the Infusion Site, Headache, and Dizziness	Participants who self report pain/soreness at drug infusion site, headache, or dizziness at any of the study time points (2, 12, or 24 hours after receiving fosaprepitant) are measured in this outcome.	up to 24 hours after study drug administered.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Joseph Bubalo, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: August 1, 2008
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 1, 2013
• Study Completion (Actual): February 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 13, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 13, 2009
• First Posted (Estimate): December 15, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 9, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 7, 2017
• Last Verified: May 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific; nausea and vomiting
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Signs and Symptoms, Digestive; Nausea; Vomiting; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Neurotransmitter Agents; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Autonomic Agents; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Antiemetics; Gastrointestinal Agents; Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonists; Aprepitant; Fosaprepitant
• Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000612580; P30CA069533 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); OHSU-HEM-08053-L (Other Identifier: OHSU 4498)