Palonosetron Hydrochloride in Preventing Nausea and Vomiting Caused by Radiation Therapy in Patients With Primary Abdominal Cancer
Anal Cancer, Carcinoma of the Appendix, Colorectal Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Anal Cancer focused on measuring nausea and vomiting, gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor, anal cancer, carcinoma of the appendix, colon cancer, rectal cancer, extrahepatic bile duct cancer, gallbladder cancer, gastric cancer, liver and intrahepatic biliary tract cancer, pancreatic cancer, small intestine cancer, primary peritoneal cavity cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Diagnosis of primary gastrointestinal and/or retroperitoneal sarcoma
Scheduled to undergo ≥ 3000 cGy or ≥ 3 weeks of external beam radiation to the abdomen
- Radiotherapy fields to extend between T11 and L3, and of a size ≥ 100 cm^2
- No brain metastases
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- ECOG performance status 0-2
- Negative pregnancy test
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- Able to complete questionnaire(s) alone or with assistance
- Willing to return to NCCTG enrolling institution for follow-up
- Able to reliably take oral medication (for purposes of rescue medication)
- No hypersensitivity to palonosetron hydrochloride or other selective 5-HT3 receptor antagonists
- No comorbid systemic illness or other severe concurrent disease that, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for study entry or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and toxicity of the prescribed regimens
- No nausea ≤ 48 hours prior to study enrollment
- No history of dystonic reactions to prochlorperazine or haloperidol or related agents
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
More than 7 days since prior agents known to have significant effects on emesis, including the following:
- Ondansetron
- Sedating antihistamines
- Antipsychotics
- Cannabinoids
- Corticosteroids
- Metoclopramide
- Narcotic analgesics
- Benzodiazepines
- More than 7 days since prior chemotherapy other than fluorouracil or capecitabine used as a radiosensitizer
- More than 7 days since of prior cetuximab
- More than 7 days since prior and no concurrent oral steroids
- No prior palonosetron hydrochloride
Sites / Locations
- Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
- Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville
- Trinity Cancer Center at Trinity Medical Center - 7th Street Campus
- Elkhart Clinic, LLC
- Michiana Hematology-Oncology, PC - Elkhart
- Elkhart General Hospital
- Howard Community Hospital
- Center for Cancer Therapy at LaPorte Hospital and Health Services
- Michiana Hematology-Oncology, PC - South Bend
- Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
- Michiana Hematology Oncology PC - Plymouth
- CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium
- Memorial Hospital of South Bend
- South Bend Clinic
- Michiana Hematology Oncology PC - La Porte
- Siouxland Hematology-Oncology Associates, LLP
- Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City
- St. Luke's Regional Medical Center
- Wesley Medical Center
- Michiana Hematology Oncology PC - Niles
- Lakeland Regional Cancer Care Center - St. Joseph
- Lakeside Cancer Specialists, PLLC
- Duluth Clinic Cancer Center - Duluth
- CCOP - Duluth
- Miller - Dwan Medical Center
- Fergus Falls Medical Group, PA
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
- St. John's Regional Health Center
- Hulston Cancer Center at Cox Medical Center South
- CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
- St. Vincent Healthcare Cancer Care Services
- Hematology-Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies - Billings
- Billings Clinic - Downtown
- Bozeman Deaconess Cancer Center
- St. James Healthcare Cancer Care
- Big Sky Oncology
- Great Falls Clinic - Main Facility
- Sletten Cancer Institute at Benefis Healthcare
- Northern Montana Hospital
- St. Peter's Hospital
- Glacier Oncology, PLLC
- Kalispell Medical Oncology at KRMC
- Kalispell Regional Medical Center
- Montana Cancer Specialists at Montana Cancer Center
- Montana Cancer Center at St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center
- CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
- Creighton University Medical Center
- Bismarck Cancer Center
- Medcenter One Hospital Cancer Care Center
- Mid Dakota Clinic, PC
- St. Alexius Medical Center Cancer Center
- Altru Cancer Center at Altru Hospital
- Geisinger Cancer Institute at Geisinger Health
- Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
- Rapid City Regional Hospital
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited at St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited at St. Mary's Hospital
- St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center - Green Bay
- St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center
- Franciscan Skemp Healthcare - La Crosse Campus
- Holy Family Memorial Medical Center Cancer Care Center
- Bay Area Cancer Care Center at Bay Area Medical Center
- Door County Cancer Center at Door County Memorial Hospital
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited - Sturgeon Bay
- Rocky Mountain Oncology
- Welch Cancer Center at Sheridan Memorial Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Placebo Comparator
Arm I
Arm II
Arm III
Arm IV
Patients receive palonosetron hydrochloride IV on day 1.
Patients receive palonosetron hydrochloride IV on days 1 and 4.
Patients receive placebo IV on day 1.
Patients receive placebo IV on days 1 and 4.