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  • ||||||||||  Review, Journal, CINV:  Evolving role of neurokinin 1-receptor antagonists for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. (Pubmed Central) -  Oct 18, 2018   
    To examine pharmacologic and clinical characteristics of neurokinin 1 (NK)-receptor antagonists (RAs) for preventing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) following highly or moderately emetogenic chemotherapy, a literature search was performed for clinical studies in patients at risk of CINV with any approved NK RAs in the title or abstract: aprepitant (capsules or oral suspension), HTX019 (intravenous [IV] aprepitant), fosaprepitant (IV aprepitant prodrug), rolapitant (tablets or IV), and fixed-dose tablets combining netupitant or fosnetupi-tant (IV netupitant prodrug) with the 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 (5HT) RA palonosetron (oral or IV)...Adding an NK RA to 5HT RA and dexamethasone significantly improves CINV control vs the two-drug regimen. Newer NK RAs offer more formulation options, higher acute-phase plasma levels, or improved tolerability, and increase clinicians' opportunities to maximize benefits of this important class of antiemetics.
  • ||||||||||  Journal:  Prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea: the role of neurokinin-1 (NK1) receptor antagonists. (Pubmed Central) -  Oct 20, 2017   
    Aprepitant has not shown consistent superiority over a two-drug (ondansetron-dexamethasone) combination in nausea control after cisplatin- or anthracycline-cyclophosphamide (AC)-based highly emetogenic chemotherapy (HEC)...The potential impact of the new NK1RAs rolapitant and netupitant (oral fixed combination with palonosetron, as NEPA) in CIN prophylaxis is discussed...Recently, NK1RAs have been challenged by olanzapine, with olanzapine showing superior efficacy in nausea prevention after HEC. Fixed antiemetic combinations (such as NEPA) or new antiemetics with a long half-life that may be given once per chemotherapy cycle (rolapitant or NEPA) may improve patient compliance with antiemetic treatment.