Clinical Study

Efficacy of Olanzapine Combined Therapy for Patients Receiving Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy Resistant to Standard Antiemetic Therapy

Table 4

Changes of complete response rate, complete control rate, and total control rate after receiving olanzapine combined with standard antiemetic therapy.

Acute phase (0–24 h)Delayed phase (24–120 h)Overall phase (0–120 h)
Without OLNWith OLN value*Without OLNWith OLN value*Without OLNWith OLN value*

No vomiting44 (88%)50 (100%)0.0335 (70%)48 (96%)<0.00131 (62%)48 (96%)<0.001
No rescue therapy27 (54%)49 (98%)<0.0011 (2%)41 (82%)<0.0011 (2%)41 (82%)<0.001
CR26 (52%)49 (98%)<0.0011 (2%)41 (82%)<0.0011 (2%)41 (82%)<0.001
CC24 (48%)49 (98%)<0.0010 (0%)41 (82%)<0.0010 (0%)41 (82%)<0.001
TC17 (34%)43 (86%)<0.0010 (0%)21 (42%)<0.0010 (0%)20 (40%)<0.001

*McNemar test.
OLN: olanzapine.
CR: complete response (no vomiting, no rescue, and any nausea).
CC: complete control (no vomiting, no rescue, and nausea grade 0 or 1).
TC: total control (no vomiting, no rescue, and nausea grade 0).