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Status unknownNCT05230654Updated Feb 9, 2022

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

An interventional study of Fosaprepitant and Placebo(normal saline) in Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting Pediatric Cancer Patients, sponsored by Shanghai Children's Medical Center. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 2 Years to 12 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-02-09.

Sponsored by Shanghai Children's Medical Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jan 2022), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
120
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
2 Years to 12 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

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.

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Conditions studied

  • Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting Pediatric Cancer Patients

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Keywords

  • Fosaprepitant
  • Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
  • Pediatric patients
  • Emetogenic chemotherapy
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In context

Vomiting

1,123 studies on the registry are indexed under Vomiting; 137 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 120 is above the median of 105 across 954 interventional studies indexed under Vomiting.

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Lead sponsor

Shanghai Children's Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 38 studies on the registry; 14 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
2 Years to 12 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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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

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
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Investigator)
Enrollment
120 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    fosaprepitant

    Patients received intravenous Ganisetron plus dexamethasone followed by fosaprepitant infusion

    Drug: Fosaprepitant

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Patients received intravenous Ganisetron plus dexamethasone followed by normal saline

    Drug: Placebo(normal saline)

Interventions

  • 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.

  • DrugPlacebo(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.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Complete remission rates in the acute phases

    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

    Time frame: up to 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Complete Remission rates in the delayed and overall phases

    Complete Remission rates in the delayed and overall phases

    Time frame: up to 6 months

  2. Adverse events reported in study patients

    All of the adverse reaction of aprepitant and fosaprepitant during the study

    Time frame: up to 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Shanghai Children's Medical Center
    Shanghai, China
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References and documents

Publications

  • Flank J, Robinson PD, Holdsworth M, Phillips R, Portwine C, Gibson P, Maan C, Stefin N, Sung L, Dupuis LL. Guideline for the Treatment of Breakthrough and the Prevention of Refractory Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting in Children With Cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 Jul;63(7):1144-51. doi: 10.1002/pbc.25955. Epub 2016 Mar 9. PubMed 26960036 ↗
  • Weinstein C, Jordan K, Green SA, Camacho E, Khanani S, Beckford-Brathwaite E, Vallejos W, Liang LW, Noga SJ, Rapoport BL. Single-dose fosaprepitant for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting associated with moderately emetogenic chemotherapy: results of a randomized, double-blind phase III trial. Ann Oncol. 2016 Jan;27(1):172-8. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdv482. Epub 2015 Oct 8. PubMed 26449391 ↗
  • Radhakrishnan V, Joshi A, Ramamoorthy J, Rajaraman S, Ganesan P, Ganesan TS, Dhanushkodi M, Sagar TG. Intravenous fosaprepitant for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced vomiting in children: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III randomized trial. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 Mar;66(3):e27551. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27551. Epub 2018 Nov 13. PubMed 30426714 ↗
  • Mora J, Valero M, DiCristina C, Jin M, Chain A, Bickham K. Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, safety, and tolerability of fosaprepitant for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in pediatric cancer patients. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 Jun;66(6):e27690. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27690. Epub 2019 Mar 21. PubMed 30900392 ↗
  • Dupuis LL, Boodhan S, Holdsworth M, Robinson PD, Hain R, Portwine C, O'Shaughnessy E, Sung L; Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario. Guideline for the prevention of acute nausea and vomiting due to antineoplastic medication in pediatric cancer patients. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Jul;60(7):1073-82. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24508. Epub 2013 Mar 19. PubMed 23512831 ↗

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05230654
Lead sponsor
Shanghai Children's Medical Center
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 9, 2022
Start date
Feb 1, 2022 (estimated)
Primary completion
Apr 1, 2022 (estimated)
Completion
May 1, 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 9, 2022

Study contacts

Liting Yu
Contact
yuliting20091396@163.com
13636303912
Yijin Gao
study director · Shanghai Children's Medical Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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