Panelists discuss how to manage side effects of sacituzumab govitecan (SG), including counseling on alopecia, proactive management strategies, routine antiemetic premedications, and adjustments for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, as well as recommended breakthrough antinausea medications for home use.
Aside from neutropenia and diarrhea, we may also see alopecia and nausea with sacituzumab govitecan (SG)….
What do you counsel your patients regarding the alopecia associated with SG? Are there any proactive management strategies?
Please comment on your routine antiemetics premedications for SG.
If your patient experiences chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting with their first infusion of SG on Day 1, how do you typically manage their antinausea meds for Day 8 infusion?
What breakthrough antinausea medications do you generally prescribe for patients to have at home?