Can heated chemotherapy during surgery extend life for peritoneal cancer patients?
NCT ID NCT01617382
First seen Sep 03, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study collects follow-up data from 125 people with peritoneal surface cancers, including colorectal-origin carcinomatosis, pseudomyxoma peritonei, and peritoneal mesothelioma, who are scheduled for cytoreductive surgery combined with HIPEC. The goal is to track their outcomes over time to better understand how this intensive treatment affects survival and prognosis. By gathering real-world data, researchers hope to identify which patients benefit most and refine future treatment strategies.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cytoreductive surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)
- What this could lead to
- If this registry succeeds, it could clarify which patients benefit most from this intensive treatment and help improve survival rates for peritoneal surface cancers.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational registry, not a controlled trial, so it cannot prove the treatment works. Results may be limited by differences in patient care and data completeness.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 125 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2012
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis of colorectal origin, patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei (type DPAM or PMCA) and patients with peritoneal mesothelioma who are planned to undergo cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC because of a peritoneal surface malignancy.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis of colorectal origin, patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei (type DPAM or PMCA) and patients with peritoneal mesothelioma who are planned to undergo cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC because of a peritoneal surface malignancy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Clinics Gasthuisberg
RECRUITINGLeuven, Flemish Brabant, 3000, Belgium
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