Incidence and Patterns of Nausea/Vomiting With Combined Chemotherapy and Radiation

Completed

Conditions studied: Cancer of the Head and Neck, Cancer of the Lung, Cancer of the Esophagus, Gastro-esophageal Junction Cancer

In brief

Questionnaire study to observe the incidence and pattern or nausea and vomiting in patients receiving combined chemotherapy and radiation. 83% of patients experience radiation therapy-induced vomiting; significant nausea and vomiting could develop with concurrent chemotherapy despite standard anti-nauseous medication prophylaxis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00716157

Run by

Thomas Jefferson University

People needed

40

Starts

2004-10-01

Expected to finish

2011-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Concurrent radiation and chemotherapy treatment
• Aerodigestive malignancy

You may not qualify if…

• Other causes of vomiting (i.e.gastrointestinal obstruction...)

Where it is running

• Thomas Jefferson University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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