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Post-operative intraperitoneal chemotherapy in epithelial ovarian cancer

Post-operative intraperitoneal chemotherapy after interval cytoreduction in epithelial ovarian cancer (POICE): a randomized phase III trial - POICE

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2020/01/022955
Enrollment
208
Registered
2020-01-27
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-11-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: C569- Malignant neoplasm of unspecifiedovary

Interventions

Intervention1: Post operative intraperitoneal chemotherapy followed by intravenous chemotherapy: intraperitoneal cisplatin 75 mg per m2 followed by intravenous chemotherapy paclitaxel and carboplatin

Sponsors

Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical education and research
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age =18 years 2. Newly diagnosed stage III/IVa epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and completed interval cytoreductive surgery 3. Patient should have achieved an optimal cytoreduction status ( largest residue 4. Patient should be considered fit for random allocation after the surgical procedure is completed 5. In case the upfront diagnosis was based on cytology only, the following criteria needs to be satisfied for including the patients for the trial: -Absence of any other known site of cancer -A 125 = 200 -CA 125/CEA ratio > 25 -If CA125/CEA is Omental cake or other metastasis > 2 cm in upper abdomen and / or regional LN metastasis by CT/MRI or Ultrasound or laparoscopy 6. Primary chemotherapy should have consisted of at least 3 courses and maximum 4 courses of paclitaxel and carboplatin in standard doses. 7. ECOG performance status of 0-2 at the time of enrolment in the study 8. Negative serum/urine pregnancy test in women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) 9. Patients must provide a written informed consent prior to proceeding for surgery for possible randomization. 10. Adequate blood counts and organ functions (unless due to chemotherapy) : -Hemoglobin =8g/dL -WBC counts: 4000-11000/cmm ? Platelet counts: =100,000/cmm -Total Bilirubin= 1.5 x ULN -AST (SGOT) = 3 x ULN -ALT (SGPT) = 3 x ULN -Serum creatinine = 2 mg/dL or a measured creatinine clearance = 40 mL/min according to Cockcroft-Gault formula

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Serious inter-current illness or medical condition such as active uncontrolled infection, uncontrolled diabetes, or significant cardiac dysfunction that would preclude safe administration of the standard treatment. 2. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection/and or Anti-retroviral therapy and or HCV infection (patients who are anti-HCV positive but have been treated and have undetectable viral load would be permitted to be part of the study). 3. Active Hepatitis B infection (in patients who are Hepatitis B carriers, the markers of active infection such as HbeAg and HBV DNA titers must be negative and patients would be continued on appropriate prophylaxis with antivirals throughout the duration of the study). 4. Pre-existing peripheral neuropathy of > grade 1 5. Patients known to have borderline ovarian cancer or low grade ovarian cancer 6. Patients who have undergone partial therapy elsewhere will be excluded 7. Any intraoperative complications which would render the patient unfit for receiving intraperitoneal chemotherapy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Recurrence free survivalTimepoint: Time from randomization till demonstration of disease progression or death due to any cause

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Overall SurvivalTimepoint: 3 years;Toxicity as assessed by CTAE version 5.0Timepoint: 2 months;Post-operative morbidity as assessed by the Clavien-Dindo scoreTimepoint: 1 month

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Prasanth Ganesan

JIPMER

pg1980@gmail.com9444216310

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026