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Prevention of anticipatory nausea and vomiting secondary to chemotherapy: assessing the efficacy of alprozolam versus placebo

Kemoterapiye bağlı beklentisel bulantı ve kusmanın önlenmesi: Plaseboya karşı alprazolamın etkinliliğinin karşılaştırılması

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22–26
Publication Date
2022-11-05
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Routine administration of benzodiazepines should be interrogated for each patient who received chemotherapy.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: Some authors suggest that benzodiazepines should be routinely used in chemotherapy.
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Key Findings & Data:Method: 14 patients with gynecological cancer were recruited.
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Conclusion & Impact:Routine administration of benzodiazepines should be interrogated for each patient who received chemotherapy.
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Abstract

Objective: Some authors suggest that benzodiazepines should be routinely used in chemotherapy. Double-blind, crossover and placebo controlled study was aimed to compare efficacy of alprozolam and cisplatin combination or cisplatin and placebo combination to reduce anticiparotory nausea and vomiting. Method: 14 patients with gynecological cancer were recruited. All patient received cisplatin chemotherapy. We established two groups of patient randomly. Patients in group P received 5-HT3 8 mg/day in combination with placebo and patients in group A received 5-HT3 in combination with alprozolam. All patients were given 5-HT3 8 mg daily in all cures, n first cure; Alprozolam 0,25 mg tablets or placebo was given a three times a day for three days. First dose was given before chemotherapy infusion. In second cure, they received placebo instead of alprozolam or alprozolam instead of placebo for crossover. Patients filled Scale of State Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and scale for duration of nausea and vomiting episodes for the first three days of chemotherapy. In the next cure, new scales were filled. Result and conclusion: Two groups were compared for number of vomiting episodes, duration of nausea, trait anxiety scores for three days. There were no significant differences between groups (p>0.05). There were no correlation between groups for anxiety scores, duration of nausea, number of the vomiting and age, stage, number of chemotherapy, duration since diagnose (p>0.01). Routine administration of benzodiazepines should be interrogated for each patient who received chemotherapy.

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Amaç: Bazı yazarlar kemoterapi süresince benzodiazepinlerin rutin olarak kullanılması gerektiğini önermektedirler. Çift-kör, çapraz ve plasebo kontrollü bu çalışmada beklentisel bulantı kusmanın azaltılmasında alprozolam ve sisplatin kombinasyonunu, sisplatin ve placebo kombinasyonu ile karşılaştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Jinekolojik malignitesi olan 14 hasta çalışmaya alınmıştır. Tüm hastalar Sisplatin kemoterapisi almaktaydılar. Rasgele iki grup hasta belirlendi. B grubundaki hastalar 5-HT3 8 mg/gün ve plasebo, A grubundaki hastalar 5-HT3 8 mg/gün ve Alprozolam aldılar. Hastalar tüm kürlerde 5-HT3 8 mg/gün almaya devam ettiler, ilk kürde alprozolam 0,25 mg tablet veya plasebo üç gün süreyle günde üç kez olarak uygulandı, ilk doz kemoterapiden önce verildi, ikinci kürde alprozolam alan hastalara plasebo, plasebo alan hastalara alprozolam verilerek çaprazlandı. Hastalar her iki kürde üç gün süreyle durumluluk anksiyete ölçeği (STAI), bulanı süresi ve kusma sayısını ölçen ölçekler doldurdular. Sonuç ve tartışma: Her iki grup durumluluk anksiyete skorları, bulantı süresi ve kusma sayısı açısından karşılaştırıldı. Gruplar arasında anlamlı istatistiksel farklılık bulunmadı (p>0.05). Anksiyete skorları, bulantı süresi ve kusma sayısı ile yaş, evre, kemoterapi kürü sayısı, tanıdan itibaren geçen süre arasında korelasyon bulunmadı (p>0.01). Kemoterapi alan hastalarda benzodiazepinlerin rutin olarak kullanılması her hasta için sorgulanmalıdır.

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BAYSAL, G. Ö. D., METE, H. E., ÖZTÜRK, F., NOYAN, A., KAYA, N. (2022). Prevention of anticipatory nausea and vomiting secondary to chemotherapy: assessing the efficacy of alprozolam versus placebo. Türkiye'de Psikiyatri Derg., Cilt: 8 - Sayı: 1, 22–26. https://ajindex.com/articles/625921

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