By M. Alexander Otto
Source Medscape
TOPLINE:
Mirtazapine has been suggested as an option for cancer-related anorexia in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
METHODOLOGY:
- Currently, there is no standard treatment of cancer-associated anorexia, with more than half of patients with lung cancer being affected.
- Investigators randomized 86 patients with anorexia with advanced NSCLC equally to either mirtazapine or placebo for 8 weeks. Patients were being treated in the first line primarily with tyrosine