Sodium Thiosulfate for Protection from Cisplatin-Induced Hearing Loss

Abstract

The addition of sodium thiosulfate, administered 6 hours after cisplatin chemotherapy, resulted in a lower incidence of cisplatin-induced hearing loss among children with standard-risk hepatoblastoma, without jeopardizing overall or event-free survival. (Funded by Cancer Research UK and others; SIOPEL 6 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00652132 ; EudraCT number, 2007-002402-21 .).