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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00410488
Date of registration: 11/12/2006
Primary sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Public title: Palonosetron in Sarcoma Patients Receiving Chemotherapy With Adriamycin and Ifosfamide (AI)
Scientific title: Dose/Schedule Finding Study of Palonosetron in Sarcoma Patients Receiving Multi-Day Chemotherapy With Adriamycin and Ifosfamide (AI)
Date of first enrolment: December 2006
Target sample size: 51
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00410488
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Saroj Vadhan-Raj, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with sarcoma which is locally advanced, at high risk for relapse or
metastatic for whom treatment with AI is indicated.

- Must be between the ages of 18 and 65 years of age.

- Patients with childbearing potential (defined as not post menopausal for 12 months or
no previous surgical sterilization) must use adequate birth control.

- Adequate hematologic (Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)>/= 1500/mm^3, >/= hemoglobin
(Hgb, Hb) 10gm/dL, platelet count >/= 150,000/mm^3), renal (serum creatinine mg/dL), hepatic (serum bilirubin count transaminase (SGPT) <3 * normal) functions.

- Karnofsky Performance Status >/= 80.

- Signed informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnant or lactating women.

- Patients with comorbid condition which renders patients at high risk of treatment
complication.

- Patients with symptomatic or untreated metastatic disease to CNS.

- Patients with significant cardiac disease (New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class
III or IV), arrhythmia, or recent history of Myocardial infarction (MI) or ischemia.

- Patients with known hypersensitivity to 5-HT3 antagonists.

- Any vomiting or >/= grade 2 nausea in the 24 hours preceding chemotherapy.

- Ongoing vomiting from any organic etiology.

- Radiotherapy within 2 weeks of study entry.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Nausea
Sarcoma
Vomiting
Intervention(s)
Drug: Adriamycin
Drug: Dexamethasone
Drug: Ifosfamide chemotherapy (AI)
Drug: Mesna
Drug: Palonosetron - Single Dose
Drug: Palonosetron - Triple Dose
Drug: Vincristine
Drug: Zinecard
Primary Outcome(s)
Palonosetron Responses in the Study Cycle [Time Frame: 10 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2005-0664
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Eisai Inc.
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