Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy With Paclitaxel in Advanced Ovarian Cancer (hipecova)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02681432 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified August 2018 by PEDRO VILLAREJO CAMPOS, Hospital General de Ciudad Real.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : February 12, 2016
Last Update Posted : August 21, 2018
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Epithelial Ovarian Cancer | Drug: HIPEC Procedure: No HIPEC | Phase 3 |
Randomized clinical trial performed in woman with epithelial primary ovarian cancer (stage FIGO II, III and IV) or tumor recurrence. A cytoreductive surgery will be perform in all of the patients include in the trial, and it will be assign at randomization:
- HIPEC-arm: cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy with paclitaxel (175 mg / m2) for 60 minutes at a temperature of 42-43º degrees; followed by postoperative systemic IV chemotherapy with carboplatin (AUC=6) and paclitaxel (175 mg/m2) for 6 cycles.
- No HIPEC-arm: Cytoreductive surgery followed by postoperative systemic IV chemotherapy with carboplatin (AUC=6) and paclitaxel (175 mg/m2) for 6 cycles.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 60 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy With Paclitaxel for the Treatment of Patients With Recurrent or Primary Advanced Ovarian Cancer : A Randomised Phase 3 Study |
Actual Study Start Date : | January 2012 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | September 2019 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2019 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: HIPEC
Primary ovarian cancer FIGO stage II, III or IV or recurrent
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Drug: HIPEC
Cytoreductive surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) with Paclitaxel (175 mg/m2) for 60 minutes at 42-43 degrees. |
Active Comparator: No HIPEC
Primary ovarian cancer FIGO stage II, III or IV or recurrent
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Procedure: No HIPEC
Cytoreductive surgery without HIPEC |
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: every 6 months till 36 months ]From the date of surgery to the date of death or to the end of study (follow up every 6 months till 3 years)
- Progression free survival [ Time Frame: follow up every 6 months till 18 months ]From the date of surgery to the date of recurrence or to the end of study (follow up every 6 months till 18 months)
- Post-operative complications [ Time Frame: adverse events within 30 days postoperatively (according to NCI criteria, Common Terminology Criteria for AE (CTCAE)) ]Compare adverse events between study arms

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women with histologically confirmed epithelial ovarian cancer (stage II / III / IV disease of FIGO) or tumor recurrences (the women of childbearing age need to have a negative pregnancy test)
- Complete cytoreduction: Index CC0/CC1 cytoreduction (residual tumor size after surgery, no visible (CC0) or less than 0.25 cm (CC1))
- No extra-abdominal tumor disease
- Absence of heart failure. Adequate renal and hepatic functions
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0-2 or Karnofsky performance status ≥ 70%
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with unresectable tumor or incomplete cytoreduction.
- Contraindications for treatment with paclitaxel: patients with severe hypersensitivity to paclitaxel or any of the excipients,pregnancy or lactation and patients with baseline neutrophil count <1.500/mm3 (<1.000/mm3 for patients with Kaposi sarcoma). Paclitaxel is also contraindicated in patients who have concurrent and severe infections.
- Extra-abdominal metastases or unresectable liver metastases
- Presence of other malignant tumor disease.
- Multisegmental complete bowel obstruction.
- Patients with severe medical problems that will preclude compliance with the study or with an unacceptable risk
- Patients who refuse treatment or consent to participate in study

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02681432
Contact: Pedro Villarejo Campos, MD,PhD | 926278000 ext 79784 | villarejocampos@yahoo.es |
Spain | |
Hospital General Ciudad Real | Recruiting |
Ciudad Real, Spain, 13005 | |
Contact: Javier Redondo-Calvo, MD PhD | |
Principal Investigator: Pedro Villarejo Campos, MD,PhD | |
Sub-Investigator: Javier Redondo Calvo, MD,PhD |
Principal Investigator: | Pedro Villarejo Campos, MD, PhD | SESCAM |
Responsible Party: | PEDRO VILLAREJO CAMPOS, MD, PhD.Associate Professor of Surgery. University of Castilla-La Mancha, Hospital General de Ciudad Real |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02681432 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
HGCRCIRU001 |
First Posted: | February 12, 2016 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 21, 2018 |
Last Verified: | August 2018 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
HIPEC ovarian cancer peritoneal carcinomatosis |
Ovarian Neoplasms Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial Endocrine Gland Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Ovarian Diseases Adnexal Diseases |
Genital Neoplasms, Female Urogenital Neoplasms Endocrine System Diseases Gonadal Disorders Carcinoma Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type |