Oncological Benefits of Pressured Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC) in Patients With T3-4 Gastric Cancer Cyt- (GASPACCO)

St. Petersburg State Pavlov Medical University

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Gastric Cancer

Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

Treatments

Drug: Docetaxel

Procedure: Radical surgery

Procedure: Staging laparoscopy

Drug: Adjuvant chemotherapy

Drug: Leucovorin

Drug: Oxaliplatin

Drug: 5-Fluorouracil

Procedure: PIPAC

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04595929

1-AbOn-2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

Stomach cancer is recognized as the third leading cause of death of cancer patients worldwide. Despite the radical treatment carried out, the progression of gastric cancer occurs in 30-40% of patients. The most common type of tumor progression of this localization is peritoneal carcinomatosis. When peritoneal carcinomatosis occurs, the median survival of patients does not exceed 3 months, the overall survival is no more than 6 months. Unfortunately, when peritoneal carcinomatosis occurs, palliative chemotherapy remains the only treatment option. The modern strategy for the prevention and treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis is based on the concept of regional chemotherapy. The main methods of regional chemotherapy are hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) and Pressured Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC). PIPAC is a new technology for delivering chemotherapy drugs to tumor nodes on the surface of the peritoneum and allows the cytostatic to be evenly distributed over the abdominal cavity, increasing the depth of its penetration into tumor nodes due to the properties of aerosol and gradients of intra-abdominal and interstitial pressure. The method has a number of advantages over the HIPEC method: a large penetration depth of drugs, low trauma, the possibility of repeated use. We offer PIPAC for patients with locally advanced gastric cancer and a high risk of developing peritoneal carcinomatosis in an adjuvant mode in addition to standard treatment to prevent the development of carcinomatosis.

Full description

The study is interventional: patients over 18 years of age with an established diagnosis of stomach cancer (c)T3-4N0-3M0 CYT- will be randomized into 2 groups using the envelope method. The control group will receive only neoadjuvant chemotherapy + gastrectomy/ distal subtotal resection with D2 lymph node dissection, the active comparison group - neoadjuvant chemotherapy + gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection + PIPAC (Cisplatin (7.5 mg / m²) + Doxirubicin 1.5 mg / m2)). Will be assessed: overall survival, median survival, disease-free survival, quality of life of patients.

Enrollment

304 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Histologically confirmed, medically operable, resectable stomach adenocarcinoma (cT3-4, any N category, M0).
No preceding cytotoxic or targeted therapy.
No prior partial or complete tumor resection.
Female and male patient ≥ 18 and ≤ 75 years. Female patient with childbearing potential needs to have a negative pregnancy test within 7 days prior to study start. Males and females of reproductive potential must agree to practice highly effective contraceptive measures* during the study. Male patients must also agree to refrain from father a child during treatment and additionally to use a condom during treatment period. Their female partner of childbearing potential must also agree to use an adequate contraceptive measure.

*highly effective (i.e. failure rate of <1% per year when used consistently and correctly) methods: intravaginal and transdermal combined (estrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception; injectable and implantable progestogen-only hormonal contraception; intrauterine device (IUD); intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS); bilateral tubal occlusion; vasectomised partner; sexual abstinence (complete abstinence is defined as refraining from heterosexual intercourse during the entire period of risk associated with the study treatments).
ECOG = 0-2.
Exclusion of distant metastases by CT or MRI of abdomen, pelvis, and thorax, bone scan or MRI (if bone metastases are suspected due to clinical signs). Exclusion of the infiltration of any adjacent organs or structures by CT or MRI.
Laparoscopic exclusion of peritoneal carcinomatosis at initial staging, before start of FLOT chemotherapy
Adequate hematological, hepatic and renal function parameters:

Leukocytes ≥ 3000/mm³, platelets ≥ 100,000/mm³, neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1000/µL Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal, AST and ALT ≤ 3.0 x upper limit of normal, alkaline phosphatase ≤ 6 x upper limit of normal For patients not receiving therapeutic anticoagulation: INR or aPTT ≤ 1.5 x ULN; for patients receiving therapeutic anticoagulation: stable anticoagulant regimen.

Patient able and willing to provide written informed consent and to comply with the study protocol and with the planned surgical procedures.

Exclusion criteria

Patient without neoadjuvant therapy or those who received a neoadjuvant therapy other than FLOT.
Known hypersensitivity against 5-FU, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, or docetaxel.
Other known contraindications against, 5-FU, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, or docetaxel.
Clinically significant active coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy or congestive heart failure, NYHA III-IV.
Clinically significant valvular defect.
Criteria of primary unresectability, e.g.:

Radiologically documented evidence of major blood vessel invasion or invasion of adjacent organs (T4b).

Patients with involved retroperitoneal (e.g. para-aortal, paracaval or interaortocaval lymph nodes) or mesenterial lymph nodes (distant metastases!).

Other severe internal disease or acute infection.
Peripheral polyneuropathy ≥ NCI Grade II.
Patient has undergone major surgery within 28 days prior to enrollment except staging laparoscopy.
Cirrhosis at a level of Child-Pugh B (or worse) or cirrhosis (any degree) and a history of hepatic encephalopathy or ascites.
On-treatment participation in another interventional clinical study in the period 30 days prior to inclusion and during the study.
Patient pregnant or breast feeding, or planning to become pregnant.
Any other concurrent antineoplastic treatment including irradiation.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

304 participants in 2 patient groups

PIPAC group

Experimental group

Description:

1. Staging laparoscopy + peritoneal lavage. 2. 4 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy: FLOT = Docetaxel 50 mg/m², Oxaliplatin 85 mg/m², Leucovorin 200 mg/m², 5-FU 2600 mg/m² every 2 weeks. 3. Radical gastrectomy with D2 - lymph node dissection. 4. Intraoperative Pressured Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC) with cisplatin 7,5 mg/m², doxorubicin 1,5 mg/m². 5. Adjuvant chemotherapy according to indications.

Treatment: