| E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation | 
| E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated  | 
| preventing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in untreated patients with aggressive Non Hodgkins Lymphomas who underwent moderately emetogenic chemotherapy. | 
 
 
 | 
| MedDRA Classification | 
| E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation | 
| E.1.2 | Version  | 9.1 | 
 
| E.1.2 | Level  | HLT | 
 
| E.1.2 | Classification code  | 10028817 | 
 
| E.1.2 | Term  | Nausea and vomiting symptoms | 
 
 
 | 
| E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease  |  No  | 
| E.2 Objective of the trial | 
| E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial  | 
| The primary end point is the overall rate of patients achieving a complete response (defined as no emetic episode and no use of rescue medication) during the whole study period (the first 5 days following administration of the first cycle of chemotherapy; 0-120 h). | 
 
 
 | 
| E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial  | 
| evaluated during the Acute Phase (within the first 24 h after chemotherapy) and during the Delayed Phase (24-120 h) over the whole study period, include the following: the rate of Complete Response; the rate of Complete Control (defined as no emetic episode, and no need for rescue medication, with a maximum grade of mild nausea); number of emetic episodes; presence of nausea graded according to Likert scale; time to treatment failure (first emetic episode or first need of rescue medication, whichever occurs first); patient global satisfaction with antiemetic therapy, as measured by a visual analog scale (VAS); and safety. | 
 
 
 | 
| E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study  |  No  | 
| E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria  | 
·	Male or female, ³ 18 years of age; ·	Histologically or cytologically confirmed aggressive NHL (any stage in accordance with the REAL Classification); ·	Patients candidates to a initial chemotherapy treatment; ·	ECOG performance status of 0-1; ·	Scheduled to receive a single intravenous dose of at least one of the moderately emetogenic agents (according to the modified Hesketh classification reported in the Appendix 2) on Day 1; ·	Written informed consent; ·	Female of childbearing potential must be using reliable contraceptive measures; ·	Acceptable hepatic function (£2 times the upper limit of normal for liver transaminases) and renal function (creatinine <1.5 times the upper limit of normal); ·	Willing and able to complete the patient diary. | 
 
 
 | 
| E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria | 
·	Highly emetogenic chemotherapy (containing cisplatin, mechloretamine, streptozotocin, cyclophosphamide ³1500 mg/sqm; carmustine; dacarbazine; hexamethylmelamine; procarbazine), or single-agent chemotherapy with drugs having low/minimal emetogenic potential according to the Hesketh classification reported in the Appendix 3); ·	Diagnosis of Hodgkins Disease or Leukemia; ·	Candidates to High-Dose Chemotherapy or Bone Marrow/Peripheral Blood Stem Cells Transplantation; ·	Chemotherapy schedules considering the administration of emetogenic drugs in more than two consecutive days; ·	Have received any investigational drugs within 30 days before study entry; ·	Have received any drug with potential anti-emetic efficacy (with the exception of specific corticosteroids foreseen in the chemotherapy combination) within 24 hours of treatment initiation); ·	Prior treatment with Palonosetron; ·	Have a seizure disorder requiring anticonvulsant medication unless clinically stable and free of seizure activity; ·	Experienced or ongoing vomiting or nausea from any organic etiology, in the screening phase; ·	Clinical evidence of current or impending bowel obstruction, peritonitis, infection, uremia, severe mucositis; ·	Clinically relevant electrolyte abnormalities; ·	Have a known hypersensitivity to 5HT3 receptor antagonists; ·	Radiotherapy within 30 days before chemotherapy administration, or scheduled to receive radiotherapy within two weeks after chemotherapy; ·	Female patients who are pregnant or breast feeding; ·	Inability to understand or cooperate with the study procedures. | 
 
 
 | 
| E.5 End points | 
| E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) | 
| to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a single dose of Palonosetron IV in preventing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) induced by moderately emetogenic chemotherapy agents used for the treatment of aggressive Non Hodgkins Lymphomas (NHL) (REAL classification). | 
 
 
 | 
| E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial | 
| E.6 | Scope of the trial | 
| E.6.1 | Diagnosis |  No  | 
| E.6.2 | Prophylaxis |  Yes  | 
| E.6.3 | Therapy |  Yes  | 
| E.6.4 | Safety |  Yes  | 
| E.6.5 | Efficacy |  Yes  | 
| E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic |  No  | 
| E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic |  No  | 
| E.6.8 | Bioequivalence |  No  | 
| E.6.9 | Dose response |  No  | 
| E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic |  No  | 
| E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic |  No  | 
| E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic |  No  | 
| E.6.13 | Others |  No  | 
| E.7 | Trial type and phase | 
| E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) |  No  | 
| E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans |  No  | 
| E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study |  No  | 
| E.7.1.3 | Other |  No  | 
| E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description |  | 
| E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) |  Yes  | 
| E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) |  No  | 
| E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) |  No  | 
| E.8 Design of the trial | 
| E.8.1 | Controlled |  No  | 
| E.8.1.1 | Randomised |  No  | 
| E.8.1.2 | Open |  No  | 
| E.8.1.3 | Single blind |  No  | 
| E.8.1.4 | Double blind  |  No  | 
| E.8.1.5 | Parallel group |  No  | 
| E.8.1.6 | Cross over  |  No  | 
| E.8.1.7 | Other |  No  | 
| E.8.2 |  Comparator of controlled trial | 
| E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) |  Information not present in EudraCT  | 
| E.8.2.2 | Placebo  |  Information not present in EudraCT  | 
| E.8.2.3 | Other |  Information not present in EudraCT  | 
| E.8.3 | 
                                The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
                             |  No  | 
| E.8.4 |  The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned  |  Yes  | 
| E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 15 | 
| E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States |  No  | 
| E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA | 
| E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA |  No  | 
| E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA |  Information not present in EudraCT  | 
| E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee |  No  | 
| E.8.8 | 
                        Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
                        visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
                     |  | 
| E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 1 | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 1 | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days |  | 
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 1 | 
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 1 |