Vitamin B6 Can Prevent Hand and Foot Syndrome in Cancer Patients Capecitabine Chemotherapy

Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, with randomly assignment of eligible patients who were treated with capecitabine to receive either daily pyridoxine 100 mg or placebo along with their capecitabine-containing chemotherapy regimen. Patients were observed during the first 4 cycles of capecitabine treatment. The primary endpoint was the incidence and grade of Hand-Foot Syndrome (HFS) that occurred in both study arms.