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NEPA as antiemetic prophylaxis after failure of 5HT

Authors :
Maria Rosaria, Valerio
Vittorio, Gebbia
Nicolò, Borsellino
Maria La, Vecchia
Vincenzo, Serretta
Salvatore, Pardo
Calogero, Cipolla
Daniele, Galanti
Source :
Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners. 27(3)
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) may affect adherence to planned chemotherapy treatments and compromise patients' quality of life during the therapy. NEPA is an oral fixed combination of netupitant, a highly-selective NKEligible patients were undergoing carboplatin and gemcitabine combination chemotherapy for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), ovarian cancer or urothelial cancer and experienced nausea and/or vomiting after the first cycle of chemotherapy, despite an antiemetic prophylaxis with a 5HTDuring the first cycle of chemotherapy, 15 out of 30 (50%) patients did not properly control CINV with a 5HTOur experience showed that NEPA has proven to be very effective and well tolerated in the prophylaxis of CINV induced by carboplatin-based chemotherapy.

Details

ISSN :
1477092X
Volume :
27
Issue :
3
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners
Accession number :
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