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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
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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (9)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine
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MontrealCanadaUnknown status
Hospital for Sick Children
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TorontoCanadaUnknown status
Cancer Care Manitoba
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WinnipegCanadaUnknown status
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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New DelhiIndiaUnknown status
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Chapel HillUnited StatesUnknown status
Medical University of South Carolina
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CharlestonUnited StatesUnknown status
Nationwide Children's Hospital
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ColumbusUnited StatesUnknown status
The Children's Mercy Hospital
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Kansas CityUnited StatesUnknown status
University of California
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San FranciscoUnited StatesUnknown status

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