Can a simple protein improve recovery from heated chemo surgery?
NCT ID NCT06351475
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether adding a protein called albumin to standard IV fluids during a major cancer surgery (cytoreduction with heated chemotherapy) can reduce complications. 140 adults undergoing this surgery will be randomly assigned to receive either standard fluids or standard fluids plus albumin. The main goal is to see if the albumin group has fewer complications 28 days after surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- 20% human albumin
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could lead to a safer fluid management strategy during complex cancer surgery, reducing postoperative complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial (140 patients) testing a well-known drug in a new setting. The benefit may be small or not seen at all, and albumin is expensive with potential allergic reactions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 140 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
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.
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- 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: * Male and female patients aged 18 years old and older * Planned cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC for peritoneal carcinomatosis (from gynaecological or digestive origin) * Patient volunteer for the study and provided written informed consent * Patient affiliated to the French Health Insurance Exclusion Criteria: * Adults \>75 years old * Functional status rendering the patient ineligible for cytoreduction with CHIP (ECOG \> 2 or Karnofsky index \< 75) * Pre-existing preoperative conditions affecting albuminemia (hepatic cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, exudative enteropathy, malnutrition) * Severe preoperative hypoalbuminemia (albuminemia \< 20 g/L) * History of chronic left heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (left ventricular ejection fraction \< 40%) * Patients at high risk of perioperative and postoperative pulmonary complications (atelectasis, significant pleural effusions) * Significant ascites with preoperative respiratory repercussions * Uncontrolled diabetes (HbA1c \> 8.5%) * Allergy to exogenous human albumin and its excipients. * Contraindication to the administration of Ringer's lactate (history of allergy) * Hyperkalemia \> 6.0 mmol/L * Hypercalcemia (total calcium \> 2.60 mmol/L) * Chronic use of digitalis and hyperkalemic diuretics * Pregnancy, breastfeeding * Known preoperative renal failure (GFR \< 30 mL/min/1.73m2 or extrarenal purification) * Recent brain trauma \< 6 months (traumatic, ischemic, or hemorrhagic) * Participation in another interventional study involving human subjects or being in the exclusion period following a previous study involving human subjects, if applicable * Patient deprived of liberty * Patient under guardianship or curatorship
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
7 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Gustave Roussy Institute
RECRUITINGVillejuif, France
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Hôpital Hautepierre / UIC ARMO
RECRUITINGStrasbourg, France
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Institut régional du Cancer de Montpellier
RECRUITINGMontpellier, France
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La Pitié Salpetriere hospital
RECRUITINGParis, 75013, France
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Lariboisière hospital
RECRUITINGParis, France
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Robert Debré hospital
RECRUITINGReims, France
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Saint Louis hospital
RECRUITINGParis, France
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