Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy in Gastric Cancer

Summary

A prospective series of patients with recurrent gastric cancer will be treated with three cycles of chemotherapy (doxorubicin and cisplatin) instilled into the abdominal cavity in the form of an aerosol under pressure via laparoscopy. The efficacy of this treatment will be assessed by computed tomography, tumor marker studies, and survival. Also, the safety of the procedure will be assessed.

Timeline

Start

2013-11

Primary completion

2016-10

Completion

2016-11

Publications

• Results Struller F, Horvath P, Solass W, Weinreich FJ, Strumberg D, Kokkalis MK, Fischer I, Meisner C, Konigsrainer A, Reymond MA. Pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy with low-dose cisplatin and doxorubicin (PIPAC C/D) in patients with gastric cancer and peritoneal metastasis: a phase II study. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2019 May 13;11:1758835919846402. doi: 10.1177/1758835919846402. eCollection 2019.

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