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Role of surgery and heated chemotherapy in the abdominal cavity for patients with recurrent ovarian cancer

Phase 2
Conditions
Health Condition 1: null- Recurrent ovarian cancer
Registration Number
CTRI/2017/09/009607
Lead Sponsor
Investigator initiated trial
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Open to Recruitment
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
15
Inclusion Criteria

A. Patients affected by a peritoneal recurrence of ovarian cancer.

B. DISEASE AMENABLE TO COMPLETE CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY AS INDICATED BY:

Ovarian cancer limited to the abdominal cavity with or without extra-peritoneal spread considered resectable at preoperative and intra-operative evaluation.

No clinical, biochemical or radiological signs of biliary obstruction, ascites.

Small volume of disease in the gastro-hepatic ligament defined as mass less than 5 cm in the epigastric region on cross-sectional imaging.

No cross-sectional imaging findings indicative of multi-segmental (More than- 1 site) small bowel obstruction, small bowel loops matted together, or gross disease of the small bowel mesentery characterized by distortion, thickening, or loss of mesenteric vascularity.

Absence of unresectable deposits over the small intestinal serosa/ mesentery or more than 1/3 rd of small bowel involvement,

No clinical or radiological evidence of distant disease excluding the supraclavicular, inguinal metastases and pleural effusion.

C. PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age over 18 and under 70 years

ECOG-performance status <= 2

Absolute neutrophil count > 1,500/mm³

WBC > 4,000/mm³ and Platelet count 150,000/mm³

INR <= 1.5 Patients on therapeutic anticoagulant for unrelated medical condition such as atrial fibrillation or anti-thrombocyte treatment allowed provided treatment can be withheld for operation

Total serum bilirubin <= 1.5 mg/dL

Alkaline phosphatase < 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

SGOT < 1.5 times ULN

Serum creatinine and Blood Urea Nitrogen are normal

No history of severe congestive heart failure or severe pulmonary diseases.

Patients who are status post-revascularization procedures with satisfactory cardiac function are eligible

No acute myocardial infarction within the past 6 months

No significant history of a medical problem or co-morbidity (e.g., severe congestive heart failure or active ischemic heart disease) that would preclude a major abdominal operation

No concurrent second malignancy requiring systemic therapy

No psychiatric or addictive disorders, or other conditions that would preclude the patient from meeting the study requirements

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who have platinum resistant recurrence ( < 6 months of protocol first line treatment )

Non-epithelial ovarian cancer or borderline ovarian tumor

Patients affected by major depressive disorder even in treatment or minor mood disorders

Patients with severe impairment of respiratory, hepatic or renal function

Patients with cardiac, neurological or metabolic uncontrolled pharmacologically disease

Patients with active infection or other neoplastic disease in progress

Patients with bowel obstruction

Inadequate bone marrow function

No clear-peritoneal disease at surgical exploration

Patients on maintenance therapy with Antiangiogenic drugs

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To study the 3-year overall survival of patients of recurrent ovarian cancer patients treated with CRS and HIPEC along with Neoadjuvant/ adjuvant chemotherapy in 15 patients.Timepoint: Survival at 3 years from completion of treatment
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To study the Progression â?? Free survival of these regimens. <br/ ><br>ii) To study the toxicities associated with these regimens.Timepoint: 2 years
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