Outcome Measure | Evidence | Implications |
Disease-oriented evidence | ||
Efficacy on management of chemotherapy-induced nausea | Clear | Proved by RCT and observational studies |
Efficacy on management of chemotherapy-induced vomiting | Clear | Proved by RCT and observational studies |
Cardiac safety | Clear | Proved by RCT studies |
Patient-oriented evidence | ||
Improvement in quality of life | Clear | Proved by RCT and observational studies |
High adherence to guidelines | Clear | One shot administration provides a complete adherence to guidelines for most HEC and MEC regimens |
Sparing of corticosteroids | Moderate | Observed in clinical practice. Trials are currently underway |
Economic evidence | ||
Cost effectiveness | Moderate | A cost-effectiveness analysis suggests that NEPA, providing a superior CINV prevention, lowers total medical costs due to CINV-related adverse events compared to other antiemetic regimens. |
Abbreviations: RCT, randomized controlled trial; HEC, highly emetogenic chemotherapy; MEC, moderate emetogenic chemotherapy; CINV, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.