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Adjuvant PIPAC in Gastric Cancer Patients

A Phase 1 interventional study of Doxorubicin and Cisplatin in Gastric Adenocarcinoma and Gastric Cancer, sponsored by Michael Bau Mortensen. Completed at 2 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-10-06.

Sponsored by Michael Bau Mortensen · Phase 1, Interventional, and Other

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 11 studies testing doxorubicin in Stomach Neoplasms — 4 open to participants now, 4 under way, none of them phase 3. Doxorubicin · Stomach Neoplasms.

Started
2020
with 1 other
Phase 1
4 of 11
1 open now
Registered
6th of 11
by date
Lead sponsor
1 of 11
Michael Bau Mortensen

Among the 11 studies testing doxorubicin in Stomach Neoplasms, this one is one of 2 that started in 2020, is one of 4 in phase 1, and was the 6th registered.

By phase

11 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.

Phase 27 · 3 open
Phase 1this study4 · 1 open

By the year they started

First in 1997; this study’s year is marked. 2 started in 2020.

Size and results

Median enrollment 30 across the 9 interventional studies. Of the 6 that completed or were terminated, 0 (0%) have results posted.

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Study summary

In this study patients will be offered intraperitoneal atomized chemotherapy as a supplement to the standard treatment of high-risk gastric cancer (laparoscopic removal of the stomach). Two commercially available oncologic drugs will be used (doxorubicin and cisplatin).

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Gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC) is considered the fifth most common cancer in the word and the third leading cause of cancer death globally. The majority of GAC patients presents with advanced stages of disease leading to a dismal prognosis even after treatments with curative intent.

Irrespective of these tumors' origin, the peritoneum is one of the most frequent sites of metastases and recurrences that generally determines the subsequent prognosis. Additionally, it is observed that none of the currently available perioperative chemotherapy regimens have been able to reduce the risk for peritoneal deposits. Peritoneal metastases (PMs) are formed during processes that entraps the malignant cells and this restrictive milieu is thought to hinder the penetrance of drugs delivered systemically and provides grounds for the early administration of intraperitoneal treatments. The presence of malignant intraperitoneal cells that is not cleared by chemotherapy before surgery, and/or seeding of malignant cells during surgery, are probably the major reasons for the development of PM and thus the poor prognosis after seemingly micro-radical surgery.

Since only a fraction of the systemically administered chemotherapy reaches the peritoneum, the effect of intraperitoneal chemotherapy has been eagerly studied. A recent systematic review and meta-analysis identified three trials evaluating the effect of intraperitoneal chemotherapy and/or extensive peritoneal lavage in gastric cancer patients who underwent subsequent surgery. Two and five-year overall survival increased significantly in patients who had intraperitoneal chemotherapy (RR=1.62 and 3.10) and survival further increased by the addition of extensive lavage (RR= 2.33 and 6.19).

The intraperitoneal delivery and subsequent uptake of chemotherapy is improved by a new aerosol technique. Pressurized Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC) has shown promising results in patients with PM from colorectal, ovarian and gastric cancer (see below), and PIPAC is feasible, safe and well tolerated by the majority of patients. Our own database assessed the outcome of PIPAC, with low-dose cisplatin and doxorubicin, in GAC patients with chemotherapy-resistant PM. Objective tumor response was documented in 40% of the patients after PIPAC, including complete histological regression in some, whereas an additional 20% had no further tumor progression (manuscript in preparation). These observations in GAC patients deliver further evidence suggesting that PIPAC can induce regression of resistant PMs in several cancer types and might meet the clinical need for new and better therapies for fatal cancer disease states. Our results also provide evidence that low-dose PIPAC therapy might be effective in treating patients with recurrent, chemo-resistant gastric PMs, including the aggressive signet-ring histology.

The imminent question is whether PIPAC delivered immediately after a laparoscopic gastrectomy for GAC, in patients being exposed to a significant risk of early recurrent disease, can be safely carried out? If so, for the first time, a corresponding therapeutic concept can be offered to similar GAC patients in addition to surgery with curative intent. This could potentially increase progression free and eventually overall survival.

Twenty patients will be enrolled from two Danish and Swedish hospitals according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria and included in the data analysis if laparoscopic removal of the stomach and subsequent immediate PIPAC has been performed.

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Conditions studied

  • Gastric Adenocarcinoma
  • Gastric Cancer

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Keywords

  • Gastric adenocarcinoma
  • Intraperitoneal chemotherapy
  • Laparoscopic gastrectomy
  • Gastric cancer
  • Surgery
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with high-risk GAC defined as: Diffuse cancer (signet ring cells predominant) or clinical stage: cTany + cN2-3 or cT3-T4 + cNany or GAC patients with preoperative positive peritoneal cytology submitted to laparoscopic gastrectomy (+/- treatment).
  • Age 18 or above
  • Written
  • Women must be or use adequate with a negative pregnancy test at inclusion.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Previous allergic reaction to cisplatin, doxorubicin or other platinum containing compounds.
  • Renal impairment, defined as \< 40 ml/min ( Equation).
  • Myocardial insufficiency, defined as class 3-4.
  • Impaired liver function defined as ≥ 1.5 x UNL (upper normal limit).
  • Inadequate haematological function defined as (ANC) ≤ 1.5 x 10\^9/l and ≤ 100 x 10\^9/l.
  • Any other condition or therapy, which in the investigator's opinion may pose a risk to the patient or interfere with the study objectives.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(10)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

Adjuvant and neoadjuvant

Neoadjuvant treatment is given before the main treatment (usually surgery), often to shrink a tumour. Adjuvant treatment is given after it, to lower the chance of the cancer coming back.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)

The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.

It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
20 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    High-risk gastric cancer patients

    The study population of high-risk gastric cancer patients will be offered one session of PIPAC immediately after laparoscopic removal of the stomach.

    Drug: Doxorubicin · Drug: Cisplatin

Interventions

  • Conventional PIPAC with doxorubicin (2.1 mg/m2 body surface in 50ml saline) is performed through the CE-certified nebulizer by certified PIPAC surgeons directly after the completion of the laparoscopic gastric resection and reconstruction using the remaining relevant ports. Chemotherapy is installed at a rate of 0.5-0.8 ml/s with a maximum pressure of 300 pressure per square inch and 30 minutes of simple diffusion.

  • Conventional PIPAC with cisplatin (10.5 mg/m2 body surface in 150ml saline) is performed through the CE-certified nebulizer by certified PIPAC surgeons directly after the completion of the laparoscopic gastric resection and reconstruction using the remaining relevant ports. Chemotherapy is installed at a rate of 0.5-0.8 ml/s with a maximum pressure of 300 pressure per square inch and 30 minutes of simple diffusion.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Medical adverse events

    According to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.

    Time frame: 30 days

  2. Surgical complications

    According to the Dindo-Clavien classification

    Time frame: 30 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Length of stay

    The amount of time the patient is hospitalized

    Time frame: 30 days

  2. Positive peritoneal lavage

    The rate of positive peritoneal lavage before and after surgery

    Time frame: 30 days

  3. Adjuvant chemotherapy

    The number of patients that receive adjuvant systemic chemotherapy

    Time frame: 30 days

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Odense PIPAC Center, Department of Surgery, Odense University Hospital
    Odense, 5000, Denmark
  • Karolinska University Hospital
    Stockholm, Sweden
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References and documents

Publications

  • Yang D, Hendifar A, Lenz C, Togawa K, Lenz F, Lurje G, Pohl A, Winder T, Ning Y, Groshen S, Lenz HJ. Survival of metastatic gastric cancer: Significance of age, sex and race/ethnicity. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2011 Jun;2(2):77-84. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2010.025. PubMed 22811834 ↗
  • Wagner AD, Syn NL, Moehler M, Grothe W, Yong WP, Tai BC, Ho J, Unverzagt S. Chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Aug 29;8(8):CD004064. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004064.pub4. PubMed 28850174 ↗
  • Al-Batran SE, Homann N, Pauligk C, Illerhaus G, Martens UM, Stoehlmacher J, Schmalenberg H, Luley KB, Prasnikar N, Egger M, Probst S, Messmann H, Moehler M, Fischbach W, Hartmann JT, Mayer F, Hoffkes HG, Koenigsmann M, Arnold D, Kraus TW, Grimm K, Berkhoff S, Post S, Jager E, Bechstein W, Ronellenfitsch U, Monig S, Hofheinz RD. Effect of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Followed by Surgical Resection on Survival in Patients With Limited Metastatic Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer: The AIO-FLOT3 Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2017 Sep 1;3(9):1237-1244. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.0515. PubMed 28448662 ↗
  • Al-Batran SE, Hofheinz RD, Pauligk C, Kopp HG, Haag GM, Luley KB, Meiler J, Homann N, Lorenzen S, Schmalenberg H, Probst S, Koenigsmann M, Egger M, Prasnikar N, Caca K, Trojan J, Martens UM, Block A, Fischbach W, Mahlberg R, Clemens M, Illerhaus G, Zirlik K, Behringer DM, Schmiegel W, Pohl M, Heike M, Ronellenfitsch U, Schuler M, Bechstein WO, Konigsrainer A, Gaiser T, Schirmacher P, Hozaeel W, Reichart A, Goetze TO, Sievert M, Jager E, Monig S, Tannapfel A. Histopathological regression after neoadjuvant docetaxel, oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and leucovorin versus epirubicin, cisplatin, and fluorouracil or capecitabine in patients with resectable gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (FLOT4-AIO): results from the phase 2 part of a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase 2/3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Dec;17(12):1697-1708. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30531-9. Epub 2016 Oct 22. PubMed 27776843 ↗
  • Cunningham D, Allum WH, Stenning SP, Thompson JN, Van de Velde CJ, Nicolson M, Scarffe JH, Lofts FJ, Falk SJ, Iveson TJ, Smith DB, Langley RE, Verma M, Weeden S, Chua YJ, MAGIC Trial Participants. Perioperative chemotherapy versus surgery alone for resectable gastroesophageal cancer. N Engl J Med. 2006 Jul 6;355(1):11-20. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa055531. PubMed 16822992 ↗
  • Bringeland EA, Wasmuth HH, Gronbech JE. Perioperative chemotherapy for resectable gastric cancer - what is the evidence? Scand J Gastroenterol. 2017 Jun-Jul;52(6-7):647-653. doi: 10.1080/00365521.2017.1293727. Epub 2017 Feb 28. PubMed 28276825 ↗
  • Takebayashi K, Murata S, Yamamoto H, Ishida M, Yamaguchi T, Kojima M, Shimizu T, Shiomi H, Sonoda H, Naka S, Mekata E, Okabe H, Tani T. Surgery-induced peritoneal cancer cells in patients who have undergone curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2014 Jun;21(6):1991-7. doi: 10.1245/s10434-014-3525-9. Epub 2014 Feb 6. PubMed 24499832 ↗
  • De Andrade JP, Mezhir JJ. The critical role of peritoneal cytology in the staging of gastric cancer: an evidence-based review. J Surg Oncol. 2014 Sep;110(3):291-7. doi: 10.1002/jso.23632. Epub 2014 May 22. PubMed 24850538 ↗
  • Minchinton AI, Tannock IF. Drug penetration in solid tumours. Nat Rev Cancer. 2006 Aug;6(8):583-92. doi: 10.1038/nrc1893. PubMed 16862189 ↗
  • Bentrem D, Wilton A, Mazumdar M, Brennan M, Coit D. The value of peritoneal cytology as a preoperative predictor in patients with gastric carcinoma undergoing a curative resection. Ann Surg Oncol. 2005 May;12(5):347-53. doi: 10.1245/ASO.2005.03.065. Epub 2005 Mar 31. PubMed 15915368 ↗
  • Ji ZH, Peng KW, Li Y. Intraperitoneal free cancer cells in gastric cancer: pathology of peritoneal carcinomatosis and rationale for intraperitoneal chemotherapy/hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in gastric cancer. Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Sep 19;1:69. doi: 10.21037/tgh.2016.08.03. eCollection 2016. PubMed 28138635 ↗
  • Coccolini F, Catena F, Glehen O, Yonemura Y, Sugarbaker PH, Piso P, Ceresoli M, Montori G, Ansaloni L. Effect of intraperitoneal chemotherapy and peritoneal lavage in positive peritoneal cytology in gastric cancer. Systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2016 Sep;42(9):1261-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2016.03.035. Epub 2016 Apr 19. PubMed 27134147 ↗
  • Grass F, Vuagniaux A, Teixeira-Farinha H, Lehmann K, Demartines N, Hubner M. Systematic review of pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy for the treatment of advanced peritoneal carcinomatosis. Br J Surg. 2017 May;104(6):669-678. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10521. PubMed 28407227 ↗
  • Graversen M, Lundell L, Fristrup C, Pfeiffer P, Mortensen MB. Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC) as an outpatient procedure. Pleura Peritoneum. 2018 Nov 27;3(4):20180128. doi: 10.1515/pp-2018-0128. eCollection 2018 Dec 1. PubMed 30911669 ↗
  • Graversen M, Detlefsen S, Bjerregaard JK, Fristrup CW, Pfeiffer P, Mortensen MB. Prospective, single-center implementation and response evaluation of pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC) for peritoneal metastasis. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2018 Jun 1;10:1758835918777036. doi: 10.1177/1758835918777036. eCollection 2018. PubMed 29899763 ↗
  • Graversen M, Pedersen PB, Mortensen MB. Environmental safety during the administration of Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC). Pleura Peritoneum. 2016 Dec 1;1(4):203-208. doi: 10.1515/pp-2016-0019. Epub 2016 Nov 25. PubMed 30911624 ↗
  • Graversen M, Fristrup C, Kristensen TK, Larsen TR, Pfeiffer P, Mortensen MB, Detlefsen S. Detection of free intraperitoneal tumour cells in peritoneal lavage fluid from patients with peritoneal metastasis before and after treatment with pressurised intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC). J Clin Pathol. 2019 May;72(5):368-372. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2018-205683. Epub 2019 Feb 12. PubMed 30755498 ↗

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 6, 2022, 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
NCT04047004
Lead sponsor
Michael Bau Mortensen
Responsible party
Michael Bau Mortensen (Professor, Consultant, DMSci, PhD, MD, Odense University Hospital) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Aug 6, 2019
Start date
Mar 11, 2020
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2022
Completion
Oct 1, 2022
Last update
Oct 6, 2022

Study contacts

Signe Bremholm Ellebæk, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Odense University Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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Studies of the drugs tested here: Doxorubicin · Cisplatin

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