Every-other-day palonosetron plus aprepitant for prevention of emesis following induction chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia: A randomized, controlled study from the "Rete Ematologica Pugliese".
Nicola Di RenzoLorella MelilloFernando PorrettoMichela DargenioVincenzo PavoneDomenico PastorePatrizio MazzaDonato ManninaAnxur MerendaNicola CascavillaGiuseppina GrecoRosella MateraErminio BonizzoniLuigi CelioMaurizio MussoPublished in: Cancer medicine (2019)
The study suggests that every-other-day palonosetron plus 3-day aprepitant can add clinical benefit to the control of CINV caused by multiple-day, corticosteroid-free chemotherapy for AML. In this challenging setting of CINV, further investigations of palonosetron in combination with aprepitant administered with an expanded schedule are warranted. ClinicalTrial.gov identifier: NCT02205164.