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Bidirectional treatment consisting of repetitive laparoscopic electrostatic pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy with oxaliplatin (ePIPAC-OX) and systemic intravenous chemotherapy for isolated unresectable colorectal peritoneal metastases: feasibility, safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy.

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Colorectal Cancer with Metastases in the Peritoneum
Colorectal Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
10017990
10027476
10017998
Registration Number
NL-OMON50015
Lead Sponsor
Catharina-ziekenhuis
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria

- 18 years or older
- Histologically confirmed PM from a colorectal (including appendiceal)
carcinoma that are not amenable for complete cytoreductive surgery, as
determined by laparotomy, laparoscopy or radiology.
- WHO performance score of 0-1
- Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

- Radiological evidence of systemic metastatic disease (e.g. liver, lung);
- Symptomatic presentation (e.g. non-deviated obstructive symptoms);
- Histologically confirmed PM from a low grade appendiceal carcinoma
(Disseminated Peritoneal Adeno-Mucinosis / Low-grade Appendiceal Mucinous
Neoplasm);
- Inadequate organ functions, defined as an Hb of <5.0 mmol/L, an absolute
neutrophil count of <1.5 x 10^9/L, platelet count of <100 x 10^9/L, serum
creatinine of >1.5 x ULN, creatinine clearance (Cockroft formula) of <30
ml/min, and liver transaminases of >5 x ULN;
- Any contraindication for the planned chemotherapy (e.g. severe allergy,
pregnancy, uncompensated cardiac disease, coagulopathy, serious active
infections), as determined by the medical oncologist;
- Any contraindication for a laparoscopy, as determined by the surgeon and/or
anesthesiologist;
- Previous PIPAC-procedures;
- Previous treatment with palliative systemic chemotherapy (Note: this
criterium does not include patients that received systemic chemotherapy in a
(neo-)adjuvant setting. Patients treated with (neo-)adjuvant chemotherapy are
able to enrol in the study if this treatment was finished >6 months before
trial enrolment).

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Major toxicity, defined as grade >2 according to the Common Terminology<br /><br>Criteria for Adverse Events v4.0, and measured up to four weeks after the last<br /><br>PIPAC procedure. </p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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