TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficacy and safety of aprepitant in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
AU - Uchida, Mayako
AU - Kato, Koji
AU - Ikesue, Hiroaki
AU - Ichinose, Kimiko
AU - Hiraiwa, Hiromi
AU - Sakurai, Asako
AU - Muta, Tsuyoshi
AU - Takenaka, Katsuto
AU - Iwasaki, Hiromi
AU - Miyamoto, Toshihiro
AU - Teshima, Takanori
AU - Shiratsuchi, Motoaki
AU - Suetsugu, Kimitaka
AU - Nagata, Kenichiro
AU - Egashira, Nobuaki
AU - Akashi, Koichi
AU - Oishi, Ryozo
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PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of aprepitant added to standard antiemetic regimens used in high-dose chemotherapy for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo- HSCT). DESIGN Retrospective medical record review. SETTING Hematology ward of a university hospital in Japan. PATIENTS Of 88 patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy followed by allo-HSCT, 46 received aprepitant and granisetron as antiemetic therapy (between April 1, 2010, and December 31, 2011), and 42 received granisetron alone (between April 1, 2008, and March 31, 2010). INTERVENTIONS Patients in both groups received 3 mg of granisetron intravenously 30 minutes before the administration of anticancer drugs. In the aprepitant group, 125 mg of aprepitant was administered orally 60-90 minutes before the administration of the first moderately to highly emetogenic anticancer drug. On the following days, 80 mg of aprepitant was administered orally every morning. The mean administration duration of aprepitant was 3.3 days (range 3-6 days). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The primary objective was to evaluate the percentage of patients who achieved complete response (CR; no vomiting and none to mild nausea). The CR rate in the aprepitant group was significantly higher than that in the control group (48% vs 24%, p=0.02). Multivariate analysis showed that nonprophylactic use of aprepitant was associated with failure to achieve CR (odds ratio [OR] 2.92; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.13-7.99, p=0.03). The frequency of abdominal pain was lower in the aprepitant group (9% vs 25%, p=0.03). Rates of other frequently observed adverse drug events were similar between groups. There was no significant difference in neutrophil engraftment (median 18 vs 17 days), platelet engraftment (median 32 vs 32 days), the incidence of acute graft-versus-host-disease (63% vs 55%, p=0.52), viral infection (74% vs 67%, p=0.49), or 1-year overall survival (63% vs 62%, p=0.90) between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS The addition of aprepitant to granisetron increases the antiemetic effect without influencing transplantation-related toxicities in allo-HSCT.
AB - STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of aprepitant added to standard antiemetic regimens used in high-dose chemotherapy for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo- HSCT). DESIGN Retrospective medical record review. SETTING Hematology ward of a university hospital in Japan. PATIENTS Of 88 patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy followed by allo-HSCT, 46 received aprepitant and granisetron as antiemetic therapy (between April 1, 2010, and December 31, 2011), and 42 received granisetron alone (between April 1, 2008, and March 31, 2010). INTERVENTIONS Patients in both groups received 3 mg of granisetron intravenously 30 minutes before the administration of anticancer drugs. In the aprepitant group, 125 mg of aprepitant was administered orally 60-90 minutes before the administration of the first moderately to highly emetogenic anticancer drug. On the following days, 80 mg of aprepitant was administered orally every morning. The mean administration duration of aprepitant was 3.3 days (range 3-6 days). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The primary objective was to evaluate the percentage of patients who achieved complete response (CR; no vomiting and none to mild nausea). The CR rate in the aprepitant group was significantly higher than that in the control group (48% vs 24%, p=0.02). Multivariate analysis showed that nonprophylactic use of aprepitant was associated with failure to achieve CR (odds ratio [OR] 2.92; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.13-7.99, p=0.03). The frequency of abdominal pain was lower in the aprepitant group (9% vs 25%, p=0.03). Rates of other frequently observed adverse drug events were similar between groups. There was no significant difference in neutrophil engraftment (median 18 vs 17 days), platelet engraftment (median 32 vs 32 days), the incidence of acute graft-versus-host-disease (63% vs 55%, p=0.52), viral infection (74% vs 67%, p=0.49), or 1-year overall survival (63% vs 62%, p=0.90) between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS The addition of aprepitant to granisetron increases the antiemetic effect without influencing transplantation-related toxicities in allo-HSCT.
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U2 - 10.1002/phar.1294
DO - 10.1002/phar.1294
M3 - Article
C2 - 23712662
AN - SCOPUS:84885336717
VL - 33
SP - 893
EP - 901
JO - Pharmacotherapy
JF - Pharmacotherapy
SN - 0277-0008
IS - 9
ER -