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CompletedNCT03604653Updated Aug 3, 2022

Trial of Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC in Patients With Primary and Secondary Peritoneal Cancers

An observational study in Stomach Cancer, Colorectal Cancer and Appendiceal Cancer, sponsored by Holy Name Medical Center, Inc.. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-08-03.

Sponsored by Holy Name Medical Center, Inc. · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
10
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Patients with primary peritoneal cancer or secondary peritoneal cancers from stomach, colorectal, appendiceal, and gynecological primary origin will be screened by pathology and staging to see if they are eligible to undergo cytoreductive surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC).

To be eligible for the study, patients must be over 18 years of age, have appropriate pathology and stage with disease confined to the peritoneal cavity, have a good performance status, have laboratory values that fall within safe ranges to undergo an operation and receive intraperitoneal chemotherapy. The chemotherapeutic agent and dose will be assigned based on pathological diagnosis in accordance with current standard of care.

Surgery will be performed with the goal of removing all visible tumor that may require removal of adjacent organs. Once only microscopic disease is present, the chemotherapy will be delivered directly into the peritoneum via intraperitoneal hyperthermia and perfusion device. This will continue for 90 minutes.

Patients will be followed for tumor response, survival, toxicity, complications, quality of life, and tumor markers. They will have regular follow up visits with the surgeon, undergo routine surveillance imagings, and receive follow up phone calls periodically.

Read the detailed description

Peritoneal carcinomatosis can be caused by primary peritoneal cancers and secondary peritoneal spread from stomach, colorectal, appendiceal, and/or gynecological cancers. Combined presentation of patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis make up about 67,000 new cancer diagnoses each year. Of these cases, about 25,000 patients are estimated to be candidates for cytoreductive surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC); however, in 2009 only five percent of these patients received such treatment.

Alternative therapies to cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC are few. They include surgical treatments with cytoreduction alone which are palliative in nature and inadequate to manage the disease, radiation which is limited in regard to tumors disseminated throughout abdominal cavity, systemic chemotherapy which has poor penetration into the peritoneum. Intraperitoneal chemotherapy via indwelling peritoneal catheter is limited due to port infections, toxicity, and unequal distribution in the abdominal cavity.

For patients whose disease is limited to the peritoneal cavity, multi-modality treatment with cytoreductive surgery followed by intraoperative HIPEC can deliver chemotherapy directly to microscopic tumors at a higher concentration than is tolerated systemically. It causes disruption of cell membranes and induces apoptosis. Moreover when intraperitoneal chemotherapy is given at a higher temperature, it has a selective lethal effect on cancer cells secondary to improved tissue absorption. The typical side effects of systemic chemotherapy are also minimized with HIPEC.

HIPEC is given intraoperatively in one treatment setting after all visible disease has been resected (i.e., cytoreductive surgery). The goal of cytoreductive surgery is to leave behind only microscopic disease and may require removal of adjacent organs. HIPEC is then delivered via tubings with temperature probes that are placed in the intraperitoneal cavity. The skin is then temporarily closed and the tubings are connected to a intraperitoneal hyperthermia and perfusion device that delivers sterile solution with chemotherapy into the abdomen. The device heats and circulates the chemotherapy for 90 minutes. After HIPEC is completed, abdomen is reopened and copiously irrigated. Surgical reconstruction with any removed organs (such as bowel) and fascial/skin closure are the final steps.

Previous studies have shown conflicting results on survival benefit for patients with some of the aforementioned secondary peritoneal cancers who have undergone cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC. This study is an outcomes based study that seeks to look at the impact of HIPEC on overall survival and recurrence-free survival.

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Conditions studied

  • Stomach Cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Appendiceal Cancer
  • Ovarian Cancer
  • Uterine Cancer
  • Cervical Cancer
  • Fallopian Tube Cancer
  • Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma

Keywords

  • HIPEC
  • Stomach cancer
  • colorectal cancer
  • appendiceal cancer
  • ovarian cancer
  • uterine cancer
  • cervical cancer
  • fallopian tube cancer
  • primary peritoneal carcinoma
  • intraperitoneal chemotherapy
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients with primary peritoneal cancers and secondary peritoneal cancers from stomach, colorectal, appendiceal, and/or gynecological origins who are eligible by stage and pathology for surgical debulking and HIPEC, and who meet criteria to undergo an extensive operation.

Inclusion criteria

Age >18

Diagnosis at the time of resection or on frozen section of:

  • recurrent or primary stomach, colorectal or appendiceal cancer with regional spread that is confined to the peritoneal cavity
  • primary peritoneal cancer
  • ovarian cancer stage IC or higher
  • uterine or cervical cancer stage IIA or higher with recurrence confined to the peritoneum
  • fallopian tube cancer stage III or recurrence confined to the peritoneum ECOG performance status of 0,1, or 2

Lab values:

  • absolute neutrophil count >1500
  • platelets >100,000
  • creatinine less than or equal to 2.0mg/dL
  • bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5 times the upper limit of normal
  • SGOT and alkaline phosphatase less than or equal to 2.5 times the upper limit of normal
  • patients of childbearing age must have a negative serum pregnancy test and be using an effective form of contraception

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Extra-peritoneal disease or unresectable disease
  • Any known sensitivity to the chemotherapeutic agents used in the study
  • Significant medical comorbidities that would prevent the patient from being able to complete the protocol (at discretion of investigator)
  • Patients with gynecological malignancy who desire future fertility
  • An informed consent cannot be obtained from the patient or power of attorney
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
10 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Stomach

    Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Mitomycin C 30mg at time 0, 10mg at time 45 minutes, CDDP Cisplatin 50mg/m2@ time 0

    Device: HIPEC · Drug: Mitomycin c · Drug: CDDP 50

  • Colorectal, Appendiceal, Pseudomyxoma Peritonei

    Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Mitomycin C 30mg at time 0, 10mg at time 45 minutes

    Device: HIPEC · Drug: Mitomycin c

  • Primary Peritoneal

    Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with CDDP Cisplatin 50mg/m2 at time 0, Doxorubicin 15mg/m2 at time 0

    Device: HIPEC · Drug: CDDP 50 · Drug: Doxorubicin

  • Ovarian, Cervical, Uterine, Fallopian Tube

    Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with CDDP Cisplatin 75mg/m2 at time 0

    Device: HIPEC · Drug: CDDP 75

Interventions

  • DeviceHIPEC

    Heated chemotherapy is pumped into the abdomen and circulated for 90 minutes

    Also known as: Chemo bath

  • DrugMitomycin c

    MMC 30mg@ T0, 10mg@T45 min

    Also known as: MMC

  • DrugCDDP 50

    50mg/m2@T0

    Also known as: Cisplatin

  • DrugCDDP 75

    75mg/m2@T0

    Also known as: Cisplatin

  • DrugDoxorubicin

    15mg/m2@T0

    Also known as: DXR

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall Survival

    Time from HIPEC treatment to death

    Time frame: up to 10 years

  2. Disease-free Survival

    Time from HIPEC treatment to either recurrence or relapse of cancer, or death

    Time frame: up to 10 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Complications

    Patients who undergo cytoreductive surgery followed by HIPEC will be monitored to record the incidence of the following complications: fistula, leak, pulmonary embolus, deep vein thrombosis, re-operation, hematologic

    Time frame: 90 Days

  2. Treatment related quality of life changes as measured by the WHO QOL-BREF questionnaire

    Treatment related quality of life changes will be measured by the WHO QOL-BREF at each follow up visit

    Time frame: Up to 10 years

  3. Tumor Markers

    Cancer-specific tumor markers will be measured 6 months post operatively and then yearly.

    Time frame: up to 10 years

  4. Toxicity as measured by treatment related adverse events according to the NCI CTCAE v 4.0

    Toxicity as measured by adverse events grade III-V according to NCI CTCAE v.4.0

    Time frame: 90 Days

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Study locations

1 site
  • Holy Name Medical Center
    Teaneck, New Jersey 07666, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03604653
Lead sponsor
Holy Name Medical Center, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 27, 2018
Start date
May 15, 2018
Primary completion
May 1, 2021
Completion
May 1, 2021
Last update
Aug 3, 2022

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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