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Trial Comparing Simple Follow-up to Exploratory Laparotomy Plus "in Principle" (Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy) HIPEC in Colorectal Patients

Phase 3
Conditions
Ovarian Metastases
Colorectal Cancer With a Resected Minimal Synchronous PC
Tumour Rupture in the Abdominal Cavity
Interventions
Procedure: laparotomy plus HIPEC
Registration Number
NCT01226394
Lead Sponsor
Gustave Roussy, Cancer Campus, Grand Paris
Brief Summary

Multicentric randomised trial. Patients with a high risk of developing colorectal Peritoneal Carcinomatosis (PC) after resection of their primary will be informed, will sign the consent and will be pre-registered. All patients will receive the current standard adjuvant treatment : 6 months of systemic chemotherapy (currently the Folfox-4 regimen which could be modified if the standard is modified). Then a work-up is done to exclude recurrence. The likelihood of a recurrence is low but if this occurs, the patient will not be randomised and will be treated with the best known treatment. If the work-up is negative, patients will be randomised to surveillance alone (control group) or exploratory laparotomy + HIPEC (experimental group).

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
130
Inclusion Criteria

A) Patients presenting with the following history:

  1. Histologically-proven colorectal adenocarcinoma

  2. Presenting at the time of resection of the primary with one of the following 4 criteria (criteria indicating a high risk of developing PC) :

    • Minimal PC, resected at the same time as the primary
    • Ovarian metastases
    • Rupture of the primary tumour inside the peritoneal cavity,
    • Iatrogenic rupture of the primary tumour during surgery

B) Who have received standard systemic adjuvant chemotherapy (6 months of systemic chemotherapy) :

  • Chemotherapy with the Folfox 4 regimen (the current standard treatment ; it can be modified in the future in the two groups, if the standard is modified...).
  • Given on an intent-to-treat basis (it can be stopped prematurely for miscellaneous reasons...);

C) Patients who do not present any sign of tumour recurrence at the end of these 6 months of chemotherapy.

D) Patients with the following general characteristics:

  1. Age between 18 and 70 years,
  2. Performance Status WHO < 2, life expectancy > 12 weeks,
  3. Haematological parameters : Polynuclear neutrophils ³ 1.5x109/L, platelets ³ 100x109/L,
  4. Liver function : Total Bilirubin £ 1.5 x ULN, AST (SGOT) et ALT (SGPT) £ 3 x ULN, alkaline phosphatases £ 3 x ULN,
  5. Renal function : Plasma creatinine £ 1,25 x ULN,
  6. Operable patients,
  7. Grade £ 2 peripheral neuropathy (CTC AE v3.0 annex 7)
  8. Patients entitled to French National Health Insurance coverage.

E)Patients will be informed and a signed consent form will be obtained before initiating any procedure specific to the trial.

Exclusion Criteria
  1. Cancers of non colorectal origin, particularly, appendiceal cancers are excluded
  2. Patients presenting with a detectable recurrent tumour
  3. Grade ≥ 3 Peripheral neuropathy
  4. History of cancer (excepted cutaneous basocellullar cancer or in situ carcinoma of the uterine cervix) with a recurrence during the 5 previous years
  5. Patients already included in another trial concerning first-line treatment 6) Pregnant women or likely to be pregnant
  1. Persons under guardianship 8) Follow-up impossible for geographic, social or psychological reasons

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
laparotomy plus HIPEC.laparotomy plus HIPEC-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To increase the 3-year disease-free survival3 years

3-year disease-free survival

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Peritoneal disease-free survival3 years
3 year overall survival3 years
5 year overall survival5 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Institut Gustave Roussy

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Villejuif, France

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