Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:04 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:04 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00343460
Eligibility Criteria:
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
* Histologically or cytologically confirmed malignant disease
* No head and neck cancer or upper gastrointestinal cancer
* Scheduled to receive a single day of moderately or highly emetogenic chemotherapy regimen (for ≤ 4 courses)
* Chemotherapy administration ≤ 4 hours
* Duration of each course ≤ 28 days
* Causing nausea and vomiting in 30-100% of patients if untreated according to Hesketh algorithm
* Must be able to receive standardized doses of dexamethasone for the prevention of emesis during study treatment
* No greater than mild nausea or any vomiting within 24 hours before beginning study treatment
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
* ECOG performance status 0-2
* Not pregnant or nursing
* Negative pregnancy test
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception
* No known allergy or hypersensitivity to other selective 5-HT3 receptor antagonists or local anesthetics
* QTc interval ≤ 500 ms
* No cardiac abnormality predisposing the patient to arrhythmia
* No psychological problem that, in the opinion of the investigator, is severe enough to preclude study participation
* No recent history (i.e., ≤ 1 year) of alcohol or drug abuse
* No concurrent condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, could affect assessment of study medication or interfere with the nausea/vomiting response (e.g., severe renal or hepatic impairment)
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
* See Disease Characteristics
* No radiotherapy 7 days prior to, during, and 5 days after completion of study treatment
* More than 7 days since prior chemotherapy
* More than 7 days since prior and no concurrent prohibited medications (e.g., CYP3A4 inhibitors or other antiemetic medications)
* More than 7 days since prior antinausea medications
* More than 30 days since prior treatment on an investigational trial
* No other concurrent corticosteroids or dexamethasone at a different dose than study treatment
* No concurrent use of APF530, palonosetron hydrochloride, or aprepitant as rescue medications
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
120 Years
Study:
NCT00343460
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00343460