Open AccessAn Observational Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Quality of Life Provided by Netupitant and Palonosetron Regimen against Ondansetron in Management and Prevention of CINV
Author(s) -
Meghana Dutta,
K Rooha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of pharmaceutical sciences review and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0976-044X
DOI - 10.47583/ijpsrr.2021.v68i02.013
Subject(s) - palonosetron , ondansetron , nausea , medicine , antiemetic , vomiting , aprepitant , chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting , regimen , anesthesia , quality of life (healthcare) , oncology , nursing
Cancer is a public health concern amongst millions of humans and claims hundreds of lives every year. The maximum worry-inducingside effect of cancer treatment is nausea and vomiting. Therefore, stopping and managing chemotherapy-induced nausea andvomiting is an important part of a cancer patient’s treatment plan. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy and quality of life providedby two commonly used antiemetic regimens in the management and prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting(CINV) in cancer patients. We assessed patient-reported nausea, vomiting, use of rescue medication, and Functional Living IndexEmesis (FLIE) questionnaire results, and used them as parameters to make comparisons. We also examined the percentage of patients showing complete response (CR; no emesis and non-use of rescue antiemetics), and the impact of CINV on patient’s daily life during the acute and delayed phases. The results show that the complete response is achieved by 26 patients in group-B and 18 patients in group-A, from the total 60 patients, while the FLIE scores indicated better quality of life is maintained in group-B (76.6%). In the study, the predominance of Netupitant and Palonosetron regimen to Ondansetron was demonstrated.