Efficacy and Safety of Olanzapine for the Prevention of Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting in Children : A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

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Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) remain the most distressing event in patients receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy (HEC) and moderately emetogenic chemotherapy (MEC). This meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of olanzapine containing regimen in preventing CINV in children on HEC and MEC. We searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane central register of controlled trials electronic databases to identify randomized clinical trials that compared 2 groups who either got olanzapine (olanzapine group) or placebo/no olanzapine (control group) for the prevention of CINV in children. The primary outcome was to determine the efficacy of olanzapine (complete response). The secondary outcomes were nausea control, the need for rescue medications, and adverse events of olanzapine. Three randomized clinical trials (n=394 patients) were included in this meta-analysis (olanzapine group, n=194, and placebo/control group, n=200). The pooled analysis of this meta-analysis found that olanzapine had a higher complete response in all phases of emesis in the HEC group and only in the acute phase in HEC/MEC groups compared with the control group. Olanzapine had higher nausea control in all phases of HEC but no nausea control in HEC/MEC. Olanzapine also reduced the need for rescue medications. A significant number of patients in the olanzapine group experienced somnolence (grades 1 and 2), but none of the participants discontinued the study due to side effects. In conclusion, this meta-analysis showed that olanzapine significantly prevented CINV in HEC. There was also a lesser need for rescue medications in the olanzapine group. Somnolence was higher in the olanzapine group, but it was clinically insignificant.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:45

Enthalten in:

Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 45(2023), 7 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 361-369

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Meena, Jagdish Prasad [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Aditya Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Jat, Kana Ram [VerfasserIn]
Anandani, Garima [VerfasserIn]
Sasidharan, Anju [VerfasserIn]
Tanwar, Pranay [VerfasserIn]

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Antiemetics
Antineoplastic Agents
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
N7U69T4SZR
Olanzapine
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 23.10.2023

Date Revised 25.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/MPH.0000000000002737

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360396976