title: Ondansetron in the prophylaxis of acute cisplatin-induced nausea and vomiting.
abstract: Nausea and vomiting occur in all patients following high-dose cisplatin chemotherapy, unless an effective anti-emetic is administered. Early clinical studies therefore examined ondansetron treatment to establish an optimal dosing schedule for acute emesis. Pilot studies suggested that a daily dose of 32 mg ondansetron, given as a continuous intravenous infusion or intermittently on a mg/kg basis, gives optimum control of emesis, and was therefore selected for comparative studies. Efficacy was confirmed in two randomised, double-blind, crossover studies comparing ondansetron and metoclopramide. Ondansetron was superior to high-dose metoclopramide in controlling acute emesis and nausea, and there was a significant patient preference for ondansetron. These effects may be related to ondansetron's greater potency as a competitive 5-HT3 antagonist. In addition, ondansetron did not induce any extrapyramidal reactions, confirming the absence of any dopamine antagonist activity.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Oncologie Medicale, Hôpital St Louis, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marty
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000932:Antiemetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017294:Ondansetron; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D014839:Vomiting / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000932:Antiemetics; D007093:Imidazoles; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D017294:Ondansetron; D002945:Cisplatin