NCT03118986CompletedPhase 2
RCT of Olanzapine for Control of CIV in Children Receiving Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy
Randomized Controlled Trial of Olanzapine for the Control of Chemotherapy-induced Vomiting in Children Receiving Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) are among the most bothersome symptoms during cancer treatment according to children and their parents. Most children receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy (HEC), including those receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) conditioning, experience CIV despite receiving antiemetic prophylaxis. Olanzapine improves CINV control in adult cancer patients, has a track record of safe use in children with psychiatric illness, does not interact with chemotherapy and is inexpensive. We hypothesize that the addition of olanzapine to standard antiemetics will improve chemotherapy-induced vomiting (CIV) control in children receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 161 (actual)
- First submitted
- 16 Mar 2017
- Start date
- 10 Aug 2017
- Primary completion date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Lead sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
- Diseases
- Childhood cancers
- NCT number
- NCT03118986
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
- Participants enrolled: 161
- From 10 Aug 2017 to the primary completion date, 23 Mar 2026
- 9 sites in 3 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Criteria the registry did not label
- Planned receipt of HEC or cyclophosphamide ≥ 1 g/m2/day (≥ 33 mg/kg/day) for cancer treatment or autologous or allogeneic HSCT conditioning.81,82 Examples of HEC are: busulfan IV (myeloablative dosing), carboplatin ≥175mg/m²/dose, cisplatin ≥12mg/m²/dose, cytarabine ≥3g/m²/day, melphalan \>140mg/m², methotrexate ≥12g/m²/dose and thiotepa ≥300mg/m²/dose.
- Plan for inpatient admission from administration of first study drug dose until 24 hours following administration of last study drug dose.
- Body weight of at least 12.5 kg
- 2.5 to \< 18 years of age. Note that the minimum age requirement corresponds to an approximate body weight of 12.5 kg.
- Samples for all laboratory tests will be obtained within one week prior to administration of the first chemotherapy dose of the study chemotherapy block or the first HSCT conditioning dose:
- Plasma creatinine within 1.5 times the upper limit of normal for age.
- Amylase within age-appropriate limits
- Plasma conjugated bilirubin within ≤ 3x upper limit of normal for age unless attributable to Gilbert's Syndrome
- ALT ≤ 5x upper limit of normal for age
- Baseline ECG within the month prior to study drug administration without known clinically significant abnormalities including pathologic prolongation of QTc
- A plan for scheduled, round-the-clock receipt of ondansetron, granisetron or palonosetron for antiemetic prophylaxis during administration of chemotherapy or HSCT conditioning.
- Negative pregnancy test if female of childbearing potential
- Patients of childbearing potential must consent to use adequate contraception (males and females) or agree to practice abstinence
- Parent or child able to speak a language in which the (modified Pediatric Adverse Event Rating Scale (PAERS) is available.
- Optional: Child participants in the optional assessment of nausea severity must be 4 to 18 years of age. Child and a parent/guardian must be English, Spanish or French-speaking. The Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool58 (PeNAT) is validated in English-speaking children 4 to 18 years old with an English-speaking parent/guardian and has been translated into Spanish and French. The MAT is available in English, Spanish and French.
Age in the registry: 30 months to 18 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (9)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| Hospital for Sick Children Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Unknown status |
| Cancer Care Manitoba Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winnipeg | Canada | Unknown status |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Delhi | India | Unknown status |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chapel Hill | United States | Unknown status |
| Medical University of South Carolina Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charleston | United States | Unknown status |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Unknown status |
| The Children's Mercy Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kansas City | United States | Unknown status |
| University of California Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Francisco | United States | Unknown status |
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