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Study of oral neurokinin-1 antagonist, aprepitant for prevention of nausea and emesis in patients receiving chemotherapy including cisplatin for gastric cancer.

Study of oral neurokinin-1 antagonist, aprepitant for prevention of nausea and emesis in patients receiving chemotherapy including cisplatin for gastric cancer. - Effect of aprepitant in patient recieving chemotherapy including cisplatin for gastric cancer.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000004175
Enrollment
55
Registered
2010-10-01
Start date
2010-10-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

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

Conditions

gastric cancer

Interventions

We use three antiemetic drugs (aprepitant/granisetron/dexamethasone) for this trial. aprepitant: oral administration, 125mg
1 hour before chemotherapy on day1, 80mg
after breakfast on day2-3. granisetron: 0.04mg/kg
intravenous administration, before chemotherapy on day1. dexamethasone: 9.9mg
intravenous administration, before chemotherapy on day1, 8mg
oral administration, day 2-3.

Sponsors

Division of gastroenterologic surgery, Kanazawa University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) chemotherapy-naive ( including cisplatin, dose intensity; more than 10mg/week) patients with gastric cancer. 2) aged 20 years or more. 3) patents had undergone treatment with high emetic risk and moderate emetic risk chemotherapy prior to this study 4) written informed consent from the patients.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) patients with serious hepatic insufficiency or renal failure. 2) patients with emesis within 24 hours before first administrating of cisplatin. 3) patients who were administered antiemetic drugs within 48 hours before first administrating of cisplatin. 4) patients with emetic factor except for chmotherapy 5) patient who was intended radiation therapy 6) patients judged inappropriate for this study by physicians. 7) patients who received Pimozide.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Ratio of complete response (defined as no emesis and no rescue treatment). [Time Frame: overall; 0-120hr(during and post chemotherapy), acute phase;0-24hr, delayed phase 24-120hr] .

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1) ratio of patient without emesis. 2) ratio of patient without resque treatment. 3) ratio of patient without neusea. 4) time to first emesis. 5) evaluation of volume of meal intake. 6) evaluation of QOL with Functional Living index-Emesis (FLIE) scale.

Countries

Japan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026