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Old drug in new dose: Olanzapine in chemotherapy induced nausea & vomiting, does dose matters?

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LOW DOSE VERSUS STANDARD DOSE OF OLANZAPINE AS AN ADD-ON IN CONTROL OF CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED NAUSEA AND VOMITING IN PATIENTS RECEIVING MODERATELY EMETOGENIC CHEMOTHERAPY - LONCIV

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2020/02/023589
Enrollment
100
Registered
2020-02-26
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-02

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- Cancer chemotherapy patients with performance status ECOG 1, 2 and 3 Health Condition 2: C00-D49- Neoplasms

Interventions

Intervention1: Drug OLANZAPINE 10 MG: Anti emetic prophylaxis with : OLANZAPINE 10 MG ONCE A DAY FOR 3 DAYS FROM DAY 1 OF CHEMOTHERAPY (+ ONDANSETRON 16 MG ON DAY1 + DEXAMETHASONE 8 MG TWICE A DAY FOR

Sponsors

Sandip Mukhopadhyay
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Chemotherapy patients with age >= 18 years up to 80 years from both genders with histologically proven malignancy who have been offered high or moderately emetogenic chemotherapy. 2. Acceptable hepatic function (serum bilirubin 3. Acceptable renal function (Serum creatinine = 50ml/min). 4. No nausea in the previous 24 hours of starting the therapy. 5. Absolute neutrophil count >1500/ dl 6. Education level at least 5th standard. 7. Life expectancy 4 months or more.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. CNS disorders e.g. seizure, unstable brain metastasis. 2. Serious cardiac arrhythmia or dysfunction, congestive heart failure (CHF), recent myocardial infarction (MI). 3. Any uncontrolled severe concurrent illness or uncontrolled diabetes. 4. Gastric outlet obstruction, intestinal obstruction. 5. Vomiting within the last 24 hours before study drug administration. 6. Hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs. 7. Patients who received any cancer chemotherapy within the previous 3 weeks. 8. Patients who received any anti-emetic, corticosteroid or any other drug that may influence the study within previous 24 hours. 9. Treatment with any antipsychotic drugs in previous 30 days of start of study, 10. Use of any other investigational drug and participation in any other study within 30 days of study enrollment.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1.Complete response (CR) in the period of day 2 to day 5 (25-120 hours) for delayed emesis will be noted. 2.CR in the overall day 1 to day 5 (0-120 hour period) will be noted. 3.Incidence & severity of sedation during the treatment period. 4.Incidence of emesis in overall five days. 5.Control of nausea from day 1 to day 5 (0-120 hour period) will be noted by using MASCC antiemesis tool (MAT) & CTCAE (Common terminology criteria for adverse events).Timepoint: 5 days

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Acute emesis and number of CR in first 0-24 hours. 2. Number of patients with complete control (CC) from day 2 to day 5. 3. Use of any rescue medication from day 1 to day 5 4. Adverse drug reactions (ADR)/ ADE will be recorded on day 1, day 3 and day 8. Voluntary disclosures of ADE/ ADRs by the patient at any time will be recorded during this study period. 5. Overall quality of life after chemotherapy will be assessed using the â??FACT G7â?? questionnaire on 8th to 15th day.Timepoint: 5- 15 DAYS

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSandip Mukhopadhyay

Burdwan Medical College & Hospital

sandipcmcl@gmail.com9434042425

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026