Effectiveness of a novel, fixed dose combination of netupitant and palonosetron in prevention of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting: A real-life study from India

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World J Clin Oncol. Aug 24, 2020; 11(8): 606-613
Published online Aug 24, 2020. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v11.i8.606

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of enrolled patients

Characteristics	Observations
Age (yr)
mean ± SD	56.24 ± 11.11
Age groups
≤ 35	16 (3.97)
36-50	97 (24.06)
51-65	207 (51.36)
66-80	75 (18.61)
Gender
Male	181 (44. 91)
Female	222 (55.09)
Type of cancer
Breast	101 (25.06)
Colon	63 (15.63)
Oral	43 (10.66)
Lung	29 (7.19)
Gall bladder	24 (5.95)
Epiglottis	13 (3.2)
Cervix	12 (2.97)
Rectum	12 (2.97)
Others¹	106 (26.03)
Chemotherapy
Highly emetogenic	220 (54.6)
Moderately emetogenic	183 (45.4)
Chemotherapy cycles
1	75 (18.61)
2	89 (22.08)
3	30 (7.44)
4	90 (22.33)
5	52 (12.90)
> 5	67 (16.62)

Data presented as mean±standard deviation or frequency (%); Baseline demographic characteristics of patients enrolled in the study, distribution of there age (mean ± standard deviation), gender, type of cancer, type of chemotherapy and the chemotherapy cycle.

¹Others- Includes following cancers-Endometrial; Larynx, Stomach; B cell lymphoma; Ewing’s Sarcoma; Tonsil; Osteoblastoma; Mediastinal lymphadenopathy; Peri ampullary; Testis; Pyloric antrum; Pyriform fossa; Oropharynx; Ovary; Pancreas.

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Citation: Vaswani B, Bhagat S, Patil S, Barkate H. Effectiveness of a novel, fixed dose combination of netupitant and palonosetron in prevention of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting: A real-life study from India. World J Clin Oncol 2020; 11(8): 606-613
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Vaswani B, Bhagat S, Patil S, Barkate H. Effectiveness of a novel, fixed dose combination of netupitant and palonosetron in prevention of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting: A real-life study from India. World J Clin Oncol 2020; 11(8): 606-613 [PMID: 32879847 DOI: 10.5306/wjco.v11.i8.606]

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