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Study of Efficacy and Safety of Laparoscopic Intra-abdominal Chemotherapy (PIPAC) Performed in Patients With Peritoneal Carcinomatosis From Colorectal, Ovarian, Gastric Cancer and Primary Peritoneal Tumors

Feasibility, Efficacy and Safety of Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Air-flow Chemotherapy (PIPAC) With Oxaliplatin, Cisplatin and Doxorubicin in Patients With Peritoneal Carcinomatosis From Colorectal, Ovarian, Gastric Cancers and Primary Tumors of the Peritoneum: An Open-label, Two-arms, Phase I-II Clinical Trial. PI-CaP

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 1Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02604784
Acronym
PI-CaP
Enrollment
105
Registered
2015-11-13
Start date
2015-10-31
Completion date
2020-05-31
Last updated
2020-09-17

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

Conditions

Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

Keywords

Pressurized Intra Peritoneal Air-flow Chemotherapy (PIPAC), Chemotherapy, Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

Brief summary

Single center, open label, phase I-II, non-randomized, two-cohort, repeated single dose study to explore the feasibility, efficacy, safety, and Overall Response Rate (ORR) of oxaliplatin, or cisplatin and doxorubicin when given as a pressurized intraperitoneal chemotherapy (PIPAC) to patients (men and women) with peritoneal carcinomatosis from ovarian, gastric and colorectal cancers and in primary cancers of peritoneum.

Interventions

DRUGPressurized IntraPeritoneal Air-flow Chemotherapy (PIPAC) fixed repeated dose

An open access with a midline 5-6 cm incision is performed and a single-port platform is positioned. A 12 mm Hg CO2 pneumoperitoneum is inflated. PC extent is evaluated according to Peritoneal Cancer Index (PCI) and peritoneal biopsies are taken. A nebulizer is connected to an intravenous high-pressure injector and inserted into the peritoneal cavity; the tightness of the abdomen has to be documented with a CO2 zero-flow. The laparoscopic camera and the nebulizer are maintained in position by a self-retaining retractor (Thompson). A pressurized aerosol containing drugs is delivered. Standard dosage of drugs for each PIPAC: Cisplatin (7.5 mg/m²) + Doxorubicin (1.5 mg/m²) or Oxaliplatin (92 mg/m²) The capnoperitoneum is then maintained for 30 minutes at 37°C. At the end, the aerosol is exsufflated through two sequential micro-particle filters into the air-waste system of the hospital.

DRUGPressurized IntraPeritoneal Air-flow Chemotherapy (PIPAC) increasing single dose

An open access with a midline 5-6 cm incision is performed and a single-port platform is positioned. A 12 mm Hg CO2 pneumoperitoneum is inflated. PC extent is evaluated according to Peritoneal Cancer Index (PCI) and peritoneal biopsies are taken. A nebulizer is connected to an intravenous high-pressure injector and inserted into the peritoneal cavity; the tightness of the abdomen has to be documented with a CO2 zero-flow. The laparoscopic camera and the nebulizer are maintained in position by a self-retaining retractor (Thompson). A pressurized aerosol containing drugs is delivered. Escalating dosage of drugs for PIPAC: Cisplatin + Doxorubicin (from 15 mg/m² + 3 mg/m² to 100 mg/m² + 30 mg/m²) or Oxaliplatin (from 92 mg/m² to 300mg/m²).The capnoperitoneum is then maintained for 30 minutes at 37°C. At the end, the aerosol is exsufflated through two sequential micro-particle filters.

Sponsors

Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Two parallel cohorts according to patients characteristics Patient with indication for systemic standard chemotherapy will be accrued in Cohort A (for a Phase II repeated single dose PIPAC). Patient with no indication for sistemic standard chemotheralpy will be accrued in Cohort B ( for a Phase, single ascending dose PIPAC)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 78 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Clinical and pathological confirmation of peritoneal carcinomatosis from gastric, colorectal and ovarian cancers or primary peritoneal tumors. * Patients aged between 18 and 78 years. * Performance status sec. ECOG ≤ 2 * Disease progression/relapse after at least one line of previous i.v. standard chemotherapy in gastric cancer and primary peritoneal tumors and two lines in colorectal and ovarian cancers. * Patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis from ovarian, gastric and colorectal cancers and primary peritoneal cancers not eligible to cytoreductive surgery +/- HIPEC. * Blood and electrolyte counts, liver, renal and cardiopulmonary function parameters within 10% of the normal range. * Written informed consent. * Tumor mass present on CT-scan in order to allow tumor response assessment with RECIST-criteria.

Exclusion criteria

* Extra-abdominal metastatic disease, with the exception of isolated pleural carcinomatosis. * Bowel obstruction. * Severe renal impairment, myelosuppression, severe hepatic impairment, severe myocardial insufficiency, recent myocardial infarction, severe arrhythmias. * Immunocompromised patients such as those with an immunosuppressive medication or a known disease of the immune system. * Creatinine clearance \< 60 ml /min. * Pregnancy. * Previous treatment reaching the maximum cumulative dose of doxorubicin, daunorubicin, epirubicin, idarubicin and/or other anthracyclines and anthracenediones. * Known allergy to cisplatin or other platinum-containing compounds or to doxorubicin. * Patients of both sexes who do not conduct complete abstinence from heterosexual relationships or agree to use an effective clinically acceptable method (with failure rate \<1%) during the study and the following 6 months after the last treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Overall Response Rate (ORR) according to RECIST criteria (version 1.1) after 2 and 3 cycles of PIPAC.18 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The overall survival (OS)30 months
The degree of histological regression assessed by pathological review18 weeks
The median time to progression (TTP) according to RECIST criteria (version 1.1) after two or three cycles of PIPAC30 months
Measurement of clinical tumor response to therapy using FDG- Positron Emission Tomography (PET) according to PERCIST criteria (version 1.0).22 weeks
The Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Index (PCI) before and after therapy18 weeks

Countries

Italy

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 10, 2026