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. 2012 Oct 31;24(4):1067–1073. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mds541

Table 2.

Percentages of patients reaching other secondary efficacy end points

Acute phase
Delayed phase
Overall phase
Fosaprepitant (n = 173) Placebo (n = 167) Fosaprepitant (n = 173) Placebo (n = 167) Fosaprepitant (n = 173) Placebo (n = 167)
Complete protection 89.6** 77.2 58.4* 45.8a 57.8* 44.3
Total control 67.6 66.5 30.1 22.9a 29.5 22.2
No emesis 93.6*** 80.8 68.8*** 50.6a 67.6*** 49.1
No significant nausea 90.2 84.9a 66.5 58.4a 65.3 58.4a
No nausea 67.6 67.5a 30.6 24.7a 30.1 24.1a
No rescue therapy 100.0** 95.8 78.6 74.3 78.6 74.3

Complete protection: no emesis, no rescue therapy, and no significant nausea (most severe nausea of mild or less severity).

Total control: no emesis, no rescue therapy, and no nausea.

Overall phase: first moderately emetogenic or highly emetogenic antitumour agent (including cisplatin) at 0–120 h after the start of treatment.

Acute phase: first moderately emetogenic or highly emetogenic antitumour agent (including cisplatin) at 0–24 h after the start of treatment.

Delayed phase: first moderately emetogenic or highly emetogenic antitumour agent (including cisplatin) at 24–120 h after the start of treatment.

an = 166.

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 (calculated by the Mantel–Haenszel test after stratification for treatment, sex, presence or absence of at least moderately emetogenic antitumour agent used in combination with cisplatin, and presence or absence of previous treatment with cisplatin).