ERICA study plain language summary: olanzapine for nausea in breast cancer patients on trastuzumab deruxtecan

This Plain Language Summary of Publication article (PLSP) from Future Oncology evaluated how well an olanzapine-based three-drug combination prevented nausea and vomiting in Japanese patients receiving their first cycle of trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd), with results measured over 21 days from the initial treatment dose.
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This PLSP is based on an article called ‘A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II study of olanzapine-based prophylactic antiemetic therapy for delayed and persistent nausea and vomiting in patients with HER2-positive or HER2-low breast cancer treated with trastuzumab deruxtecan: ERICA study (WJOG14320B)’ and was published in Annals of Oncology.
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