Triweekly Chemotherapy With Bevacizumab Versus Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy as Frontline Therapy in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

The intraperitoneal regimen was given as 135 mg/m2 intravenous paclitaxel over a 3 or 24 hours period on day 1, followed by 75-100 mg/m2 intraperitoneal cisplatin on day 2 and 60 mg/m2 intraperitoneal paclitaxel on day 8. For women with significantly impaired renal function (i.e., estimated glomerular filtration rate<50 mL/min/1.73 m2), carboplatin (area under the curve [AUC]=6) was used instead of cisplatin.

The triweekly intravenous chemotherapy regimen was given as 175 mg/m2 paclitaxel and carboplatin at a dose calculated to produce an AUC of 6 mg/mL/min on day 1. Bevacizumab was given at a dose of 7.5mg/kg intravenously on day 2 since cycle 2. The treatments were repeated every 3 weeks for 6 cycles. Those women without achievement of complete response after 6 cycles of chemotherapy might be treated with an additional 1-2 cycles of chemotherapy. Bevacizumab was continued for 12 additional cycles or until disease progression, death, unacceptable toxic effects, or patient voluntary withdrawal [5].