Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:58 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:58 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00499668
Eligibility Criteria:
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
* History of malignancy (including hematological malignancies)
* Has pain requiring opioid analgesics
* Nausea and vomiting (associated with opioid analgesic use) that is unrelieved by at least one standard antiemetic regimen (including 5HT3 antagonist and dexamethasone combination therapy)
* Patients who have failed ondansetron hydrochloride for treatment of opioid-induced nausea and vomiting will be excluded from the study
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
* ECOG performance status 0-2
* Able to assess severity of nausea and vomiting and document it in the diary
* Women must not be pregnant or lactating
* Women of childbearing potential and sexually active males are strongly advised to use an accepted and effective method of contraception
* Urine pregnancy test will be given to women of childbearing age
* No concerns about compliance with medication regimen or medical follow-up (patient must be able to tolerate oral dosing)
* No severe or chronic illness or other causes of nausea and vomiting, that in judgment of the treating physician, will place patient at risk
* No severe gastrointestinal obstruction or active peptic ulcer disease
* Serum ALT and AST \< 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* Serum bilirubin \< 2 times ULN
* Serum alkaline phosphatase \< 2 times ULN
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
* No surgery within the past 7 days
* No chemotherapy within the past 7 days
* No total or lower body radiation therapy within the past 7 days
* Patient may not be scheduled to undergo total body irradiation or lower body irradiation, chemotherapy, or surgery during study participation
* Patient must not be taking warfarin
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT00499668
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00499668