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Patient Education in Preventing Nausea and Vomiting in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
First Received: July 5, 2000   Last Updated: July 23, 2008   History of Changes
Sponsors and Collaborators: James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005994
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Patient education may improve the effectiveness of ondansetron in preventing nausea and vomiting in patients receiving chemotherapy.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well patient education works in preventing nausea and vomiting in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.


Condition Intervention
Nausea and Vomiting
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Drug: ondansetron

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Nausea and Vomiting
Drug Information available for: Ondansetron hydrochloride Ondansetron
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Randomized
Official Title: Patient Information and Antiemetic Drug Efficacy

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Study Start Date: August 2000
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine whether an educational intervention to enhance the effectiveness of ondansetron can prevent acute postchemotherapy nausea and emesis in cancer patients. II. Assess any potential effectiveness of the intervention on delayed postchemotherapy nausea and emesis in these patients.

III. Examine the effect of the intervention on patient expectations.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double blind, multicenter study. Patients are stratified by center and chemotherapy agent (cisplatin vs carboplatin vs doxorubicin). Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms. Arm I: Patients receive standard educational materials. Arm II: Patients receive specific intervention material in addition to standard educational materials. Patients then complete a patient information questionnaire. Patients receive ondansetron orally or IV over 10-15 minutes in addition to the first 2 courses of chemotherapy. Patients complete a nausea and emesis questionnaire after each of their first 2 chemotherapy treatments.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 300 patients (150 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Chemotherapy naive with diagnosis of any cancer scheduled to receive chemotherapy containing cisplatin, carboplatin, or doxorubicin

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: See Disease Characteristics

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00005994

Locations
United States, New Jersey
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601
United States, New York
CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.
Syracuse, New York, United States, 13210
University of Rochester Cancer Center
Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
United States, North Carolina
CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27104-4241
Sponsors and Collaborators
James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
Investigators
Study Chair: Gary R. Morrow, PhD, MS James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
  More Information

Additional Information:
No publications provided

Study ID Numbers: CDR0000067996, URCC-3996, NCI-P00-0160
Study First Received: July 5, 2000
Last Updated: July 23, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005994     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
nausea and vomiting
unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Neurotransmitter Agents
Vomiting
Tranquilizing Agents
Signs and Symptoms, Digestive
Psychotropic Drugs
Antiemetics
Central Nervous System Depressants
Antipsychotic Agents
Serotonin
Signs and Symptoms
Antipruritics
Anti-Anxiety Agents
Nausea
Ondansetron
Peripheral Nervous System Agents

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neurotransmitter Agents
Tranquilizing Agents
Vomiting
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Signs and Symptoms, Digestive
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Psychotropic Drugs
Gastrointestinal Agents
Central Nervous System Depressants
Antiemetics
Antipsychotic Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Signs and Symptoms
Serotonin Antagonists
Serotonin Agents
Autonomic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Antipruritics
Anti-Anxiety Agents
Nausea
Ondansetron
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Dermatologic Agents
Central Nervous System Agents

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