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Prophylactic Surgery Plus HIPEC With CO2 in Patients Affected by Colorectal Carcinoma. CHECK Study.

Prophylactic Surgery Plus Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC CO2) Versus Standard Surgery in Colorectal Carcinoma at High Risk Peritoneal Carcinomatosis. Short and Long-term Outcomes. CHECK STUDY

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03914820
Acronym
CHECK
Enrollment
330
Registered
2019-04-16
Start date
2020-06-19
Completion date
2025-06-01
Last updated
2023-10-27

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

Conditions

Colorectal Neoplasms

Keywords

colorectal cancer, HIPEC CO2, prophylactic surgery, mitomycin

Brief summary

This is a phase III randomized, multicenter study with two different arm: * experimental: prophylactic surgery plus HIPEC CO2 performed with mitomycin * comparator: standard surgery Adjuvant treatment after surgery is mandatory except for documented cases of non-eligibility. Patient will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio. Randomization will be done during surgery if the total resection of tumour will be reached and will use a stratification procedure based on center

Detailed description

This is a phase III randomized, multicenter study with two different arm: * experimental: prophylactic surgery plus HIPEC CO2 performed with mitomycin * comparator: standard surgery Adjuvant treatment after surgery is mandatory except for documented cases of non-eligibility. Patient will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio. Randomization will be done during surgery if the total resection of tumour will be reached and will use a stratification procedure based on center The HIPEC CO2 regimen will be as reported below: mitomycin: (total dose of 35 mg/mq, physiologic solution 0.9%) administrated 50% at time 0 from start of HIPEC CO2 treatment (17.5 mg/mq), 25% (8.8 mg/mq) after 30 minutes and the last dose 25% after 60 minutes. Recommended temperature for HIPEC treatment is 41-42 °C for 90 minutes. Adjuvant treatment consists of a 6 months chemotherapy after surgery. It is possible to choose between Oxaliplatin, Capecitabine (XELOX) or Oxaliplatin, Fluorouracil, Leucovorin (FOLFOX-4) Patients affected by CRC at high risk of developing peritoneal carcinomatosis will be randomized in the study.

Interventions

PROCEDUREHIPEC CO2 surgery

Prophylactic surgery plus HIPEC CO2 performed with mitomycin

Standard surgery without HIPEC CO2

DRUGMitomycin

Prophylactic surgery plus HIPEC CO2 performed with mitomycin

Sponsors

Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

This is a phase III randomized, multicenter study with two different arm: * experimental: prophylactic surgery plus HIPEC CO2 performed with mitomycin * comparator: standard surgery

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients with histologically documented colorectal adenocarcinoma eligible for R0, 1. Presurgical or intraoperative stage T4a or T4b primary tumour (TNM 8 th) 2. Urgent presentation: perforation without purulent generalized peritonitis or fecal peritonitis 3. Peritumoral minimal peritoneal carcinomatosis: limited peritoneal disease in close proximity to the primary tumour, that may be removed en bloc 4. Ovarian metastases (Krukenberg tumor) 2. Age ≥ 18 and ≤75 years 3. Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Distant metastatic disease (even if limited and completely resected) 2. History of tumour diagnosed in the 3 years before entering the study, except for topical and healed pathologies that do not need further treatment (e.g. non-melanoma skin carcinomas, superficial bladder carcinomas or in situ carcinoma of the breast or cervix). 3. Psychological, family or social conditions which may negatively affect the treatment and follow-up protocol. 4. Poor general conditions (ECOG \> 2). 5. Impaired cardiac function (history of congestive heart failure or FE \<40%). Clinically significant cardiovascular disease: cerebral vascular accident/stroke (\<6 months prior to enrolment), myocardial infarction (\<6 months prior to enrolment), unstable angina, congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Classification Class \> II or serious uncontrolled cardiac Arythmia requiring medication 6. Impaired renal function (creatinine\> 1.5 upper limit of normal or creatinine clearance \<60 mL / min) 7. Impaired hepatic function (AST, ALT \>2.5 upper limit of normal, bilirubin\> 1.5 upper limit of normal) 8. Impaired hematopoietic function (leucocytes \<4000 / mm3, neutrophils \<1500 / mm3, platelets \<100000 / mm3) 9. Impaired pulmonary function (presence of COPD or other pulmonary restrictive conditions with FEV1 \<50% or DLCO \<40% of normal age value). 10. Pregnancy 11. History or presence of other diseases, metabolic dysfunction, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates use of HIPEC or chemotherapy or patient at high risk from treatment complications. 12. Chronic inflammatory bowel disease 13. Patients with acute bowel obstruction 14. Refusal to join the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Local recurrence free survival (LRFS)This outcome measure will be assess approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolledThe primary efficacy endpoint is LRFS defined as the time from randomization to the date of first local relapse, peritoneal carcinomatosis or death for any cause, whichever comes first.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall Survival (OS)This outcome measure will be assessed approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolleddeath for any cause
number of post-surgery complicationThis outcome measure will be assessed approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolledany type of complication
morbidityThis outcome measure will be assessed approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolledevaluated during and after surgery, graded according to the NCI-CTAE version 4.03 for AE related to chemotherapy and according to Clavien Dindo for surgery complications
Disease Free Survival (DFS)This outcome measure will be assess approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolledDisease Free Survival (DFS) DFS is defined as the time from randomization to the date of first local relapse, distant relapse, peritoneal carcinomatosis or death for any cause, whichever comes first. OS is defined as the time from randomization to death for any cause.
number of patients performing the adjuvant chemotherapy.This outcome measure will be assessed approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolledpatients performing the adjuvant chemotherapy
length of hospitalizationThis outcome measure will be assessed approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolledlength of hospitalization
mortality at 30 and 90 days from surgeryThis outcome measure will be assessed approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolledmortality at 30 and 90 days from surgery
duration of surgeryThis outcome measure will be assessed approximately 3 years after the last patient enrolledtiming of surgery

Countries

Italy

Contacts

Primary ContactFabio Pacelli, MD
fabio.pacelli@policlinicogemelli.it0039063015
Backup ContactChiara Gerardi
chiara.gerardi@marionegri.it0039023901

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 11, 2026