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RecruitingNCT03917173GOETHUpdated Oct 26, 2023

Prophylactic Surgery Plus HIPEC With CO2 in Patients Affected by Gastric Carcinoma.GOETH Study

An interventional study of Surgery plus HIPEC CO2 and Standard surgery in Stomach Neoplasms, sponsored by Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research. Recruiting at 13 sites in Italy. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-10-26.

Sponsored by Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jun 2025, 1 year 4 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Jun 2020; still recruiting 6 years 4 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
240
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a phase III randomized, multicenter study with two different arm:

  • experimental: prophylactic surgery plus HIPEC CO2 performed with mitomycin and cisplatin
  • comparator: standard surgery

Adjuvant treatment after surgery is mandatory except for documented cases of non-eligibility in both arms.

Patient will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio. Randomization will be performed during surgery if the total resection of tumor will be reached according to center and neoadjuvant chemotherapy as stratification variables.

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This is a phase III randomized, multicenter study with two different arm:

  • experimental: prophylactic surgery plus HIPEC CO2 performed with mitomycin and cisplatin
  • comparator: standard surgery Adjuvant treatment after surgery is mandatory except for documented cases of non-eligibility.

Patient will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio. Randomization will be performed during surgery if the total resection of tumor will be reached according to center and neoadjuvant chemotherapy as stratification variables.

The primary objective of the study is to compare the efficacy of prophylactic surgery (radical gastric resection, appendectomy, round ligament of the liver resection and bilateral adnexectomy) plus HIPEC CO2 versus standard surgery in terms of disease free survival (DFS).

Patients affected by gastric carcinoma at high risk of developing peritoneal carcinomatosis will be randomized in this study.

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Conditions studied

  • Stomach Neoplasms

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Keywords

  • gastric cancer
  • HIPEC CO2
  • Prophylactic surgery
  • hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy
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In context

Stomach Neoplasms

2,851 studies on the registry are indexed under Stomach Neoplasms; 864 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 240 is above the median of 67 across 2,096 interventional studies indexed under Stomach Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research is the lead sponsor of 159 studies on the registry; 36 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Patients with histologically documented gastric carcinoma (diffuse/intestinal histotype) eligibile for R0.

    1. Presurgical or intraoperative stage T3-T4 N0-N+ primary tumour (TNM 8 th).
    2. Urgent presentation: perforation without purulent generalized peritonitis
    3. Positive cytology of peritoneal fluid (if previously obtained)
  2. Age ≥ 18 years and ≤75 years.
  3. Written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ) cancer
  2. Distant metastatic disease (even if limited and completely resected)
  3. Peritoneal carcinomatosis
  4. History of tumor diagnosed in the 3 years before entering the study, except for topical and healed pathologies that do not need further treatment (e.g. non-melanoma skin carcinomas, superficial bladder carcinomas or in situ carcinoma of the breast or cervix).
  5. Psychological, family or social conditions which may negatively affect the treatment and follow-up protocol.
  6. Poor general conditions (ECOG > 2).
  7. Impaired cardiac function (history of congestive heart failure or FE \<40%). Clinically significant cardiovascular disease: cerebral vascular accident/stroke (\< 6 months prior to enrolment), unstable angina, congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Classification Class > II) or serious uncontrolled cardiac Arrhythmia requiring medication
  8. Impaired renal function (creatinine> 1.5 upper limit of normal or creatinine clearance \<60 mL / min).
  9. Impaired hepatic function (AST, ALT >2.5 upper limit of normal, bilirubin > 1.5 upper limit of normal).
  10. Impaired hematopoietic function (leucocytes \<4000 / mm3, neutrophils \<1500 / mm 3, platelets \<100000 / mm3).
  11. Impaired pulmonary function (presence of COPD or other pulmonary restrictive conditions with FEV1 \<50% or DLCO \<40% of normal age value).
  12. History or presence of other disease, metabolic dysfunction, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates use of HIPEC or chemotherapy or patient at high risk from treatment complications.
  13. Pregnancy.
  14. Krukenberg tumor
  15. Refusal to join the study.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
240 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Experimental

    Prophylactic surgery plus HIPEC CO2 performed with mitomycin and cisplatin

    Procedure: Surgery plus HIPEC CO2

  • Active comparator
    Comparator

    Standard surgery

    Procedure: Standard surgery

Interventions

  • ProcedureSurgery plus HIPEC CO2

    Prophylactic surgery plus HIPEC CO2 performed with mitomycin and cisplatin v

  • ProcedureStandard surgery

    Standard surgery without HIPEC CO2

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Disease free survival

    The primary efficacy endpoint is DFS defined as the time from randomization to the date of first local relapse or distant relapse or peritoneal carcinomatosis or death for any cause, whichever comes first.

    Time frame: This outcome measure will be assessed approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolled

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Survival

    Overall Survival (OS) defined as the time from randomization to the death for any cause

    Time frame: This outcome measure will be assessed approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolled, at the same time points of the Primary Endpoint

  2. Local recurrence free survival

    Local recurrence free survival (LRFS) defined as the time from randomization defined as the time from randomization to the date of first local relapse, peritoneal carcinomatosis or death for any cause, whichever comes first.

    Time frame: This outcome measure will be assessed approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolled, at the same time points of the Primary Endpoint

  3. morbidity evaluated during and after surgery

    morbidity evaluated during and after surgery graded according to the NCI-CTAE version 4.03 for AE related to chemotherapy and according to Clavien Dindo for surgery complications

    Time frame: This outcome measure will be assessed approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolled

  4. post-surgery complication

    number of post-surgery complication

    Time frame: This outcome measure will be assessed approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolled

  5. duration of surgery

    timing of surgery

    Time frame: This outcome measure will be assessed approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolled

  6. length of hospitalization

    duration of hospitalization

    Time frame: This outcome measure will be assessed approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolled

  7. mortality at 30 and 90 days from surgery

    mortality at 30 and 90 days from surgery

    Time frame: This outcome measure will be assessed at 30 and 90 days from surgery

  8. patients performing the adjuvant chemotherapy.

    number of patients performing the adjuvant chemotherapy.

    Time frame: This outcome measure will be assessed approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolled

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Study locations

2 of 13 sites recruiting
  • IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II
    Bari, Italy
    Active, not recruiting
  • AO Santa Croce e Carle
    Cuneo, Italy
    Active, not recruiting
  • ULLS1 1 Dolomiti - Ospedale di Feltre
    Feltre, Italy
    Active, not recruiting
  • Policlinico di Milano
    Milano, Italy
    Active, not recruiting
  • A.O.R.N. A.Cardarelli
    Napoli, Italy
    Active, not recruiting
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II
    Napoli, Italy
    Active, not recruiting
  • Ospedale Evangelico Betania
    Napoli, Italy
    Active, not recruiting
  • Azienda Ospedaliera S. Camillo Forlanini
    Roma, Italy
    Active, not recruiting
  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli
    Roma, Italy
    Active, not recruiting
  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli
    Roma, Italy
    • Alberto Biondi · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli Irccs Universita' Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
    Roma, Italy
    • Andrea Di Giorgio, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • IRCCS Policlinico San Donato
    San Donato Milanese, Italy
    Active, not recruiting
  • IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
    San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
    Active, not recruiting
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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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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 26, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03917173
Lead sponsor
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 16, 2019
Start date
Jun 1, 2020
Primary completion
Jun 1, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 1, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 26, 2023

Study contacts

Andrea Di Giorgio, MD
Contact
andrea.digiorgio@policlinicogemelli.it
003906 3015 ext. 7255
Erica Rulli
Contact
erica.rulli@marionegri.it
0039023901 ext. 4684
Andrea Di Giorgio
principal investigator · Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

Oversight

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