Efficacy and Safety of Fosaprepitant in Preventing Chemotherapy-induced Vomiting in Children Treated With Medium and High Emetic Chemotherapeutic Drugs

January 28, 2022 updated by: Shanghai Children's Medical Center
This study was a prospective, randomized, double-blind, parallel controlled clinical trial. The children who met the inclusion criteria and were treated with medium and high emetic chemotherapy drugs were randomly included in the experimental group (forsapitan group) and the control group (placebo group) in the ratio of 1 ∶ 1. The children in the experimental group were infused with fosapitan, dexamethasone and granisetron before chemotherapy, and then continued to be infused with granisetron and dexamethasone until 48 hours after the end of chemotherapy. The antiemetic regimen of children in the control group was placebo instead of fosapitan, and the others were the same as those in the experimental group. In this study, CNNC antiemetic scale and pediatric scale proposed by Dupuis were used to evaluate the vomiting data. The primary end point was the proportion of children who achieved complete remission (CR) in the delayed period (within 24-120 hours after the start of chemotherapy); The secondary end points were the CR rate in the acute phase (within 24 hours after the first chemotherapy administration) and the overall phase. The antiemetic efficacy and adverse reactions of the two groups were observed and analyzed.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

120

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

      • Shanghai, China
        • Shanghai Children's Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

7 months to 10 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • children aged 2-12 years at the time of study entry with documented cancer scheduled to receive MEC or HEC (more than 30% emetogenic potential) with Karnofsky score of 60 or more (for patients aged greater than 10 years) or Lansky play performance score of 60 or more (for patients aged 10 years or less) predicted life expectancy of at least 3 months; and written informed consent provided by parent or guardian

Exclusion Criteria:

  • vomiting 24 hours before treatment day 1 known history of QT prolongation or allergic reaction to any of the study drugs symptomatic primary or metastatic CNS malignancy causing nausea or vomiting patients who received radiation therapy to the abdomen or pelvis in the week before treatment; active infection or any uncontrolled concurrent illness except for malignancy abnormal laboratory values at screening (peripheral absolute neutrophil count <1000 cells per μL, platelet count <100 000 cells per μL; alanine amino transferase or aspartate aminotransferase >5 times of the upper limit of normal for age, bilirubin or serum creatinine >1.5 times of the upper limit of normal for age) initiation of systemic corticosteroids within 72 hours before study drug administration or as part of the chemotherapy regimen; benzodiazepines or opioids initiated within 48 hours before treatment, except for single doses of triazolam, temazepam, or midazolam use of antiemetics within 48 hours of treatment use of CYP3A4 substrates or inhibitors within 7 days or CYP3A4 inducers within 30 days of treatment

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: fosaprepitant
Patients received intravenous Ganisetron plus dexamethasone followed by fosaprepitant infusion
Fosaprepitant: 4 mg/kg IV Granisetron+dexamethasone: granisetron:40mcg/kg, IV ; dexamethasone : S<0.6m2, 2 mg/dose, q12h IV/PO; S>0.6m2, 4 mg/dose, q12h , IV/PO. When used with fosaprepitant, dexamethasone dose was halved.
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Patients received intravenous Ganisetron plus dexamethasone followed by normal saline
Placebo(normal saline): 4 ml/kg IV Granisetron+dexamethasone: granisetron:40mcg/kg, IV ; dexamethasone : S<0.6m2, 2 mg/dose, q12h IV/PO; S>0.6m2, 4 mg/dose, q12h , IV/PO.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Complete remission rates in the acute phases
Time Frame: up to 6 months
The primary end point was complete remission rates in the acute phase. Complete Remission was defined as no vomiting, no retching, and no use of rescue medecation
up to 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Complete Remission rates in the delayed and overall phases
Time Frame: up to 6 months
Complete Remission rates in the delayed and overall phases
up to 6 months
Adverse events reported in study patients
Time Frame: up to 6 months
All of the adverse reaction of aprepitant and fosaprepitant during the study
up to 6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Investigators

  • Study Director: Yijin Gao, Shanghai Children's Medical Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

February 1, 2022

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

April 1, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

May 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 28, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 28, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

February 9, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 9, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 28, 2022

Last Verified

January 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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