Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00716157
Incidence and Patterns of Nausea/Vomiting With Combined Chemotherapy and Radiation
A Prospective Study to Evaluate the Incidence and Patterns of Nausea and Vomiting in Patients Receiving Combined Chemotherapy and Radiation
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 40 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
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.
Detailed description
Questionnaires will be answered daily on a weekly basis during period of radiation and chemotherapy.
Conditions
- Cancer of the Head and Neck
- Cancer of the Lung
- Cancer of the Esophagus
- Gastro-esophageal Junction Cancer
Timeline
- Start date
- 2004-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2008-08-01
- Completion
- 2011-09-01
- First posted
- 2008-07-16
- Last updated
- 2014-12-05
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00716157. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.