About this trial
The purpose of this study is to find out whether intraperitoneal or intravenous chemotherapy given after cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC are effective treatments for people with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. Outcomes will be compared by observing intraperitoneal versus intravenous treatments to analyze if one is better than the other.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patient age 18 years or older, both sexes.
Clinical diagnosis of MPM at enrolling institution.
Prior to randomization, intraoperative pathologic confirmation of epithelioid MPM at enrolling institution.
Complete or near-complete CRS achieved.
Disqualifiers
Subjects who have previously undergone intraperitoneal chemotherapy or systemic chemotherapy/immunotherapy for peritoneal mesothelioma.
Subjects who have previously received platinum-containing chemotherapy regimens.
Subjects with preoperative or intraoperative biopsy consistent with sarcomatoid mesothelioma, well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma, or benign multicystic mesothelioma.
Other prior malignancies, except for cured non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in situ carcinoma of the cervix, adequately treated malignancies for which there has been no evidence of activity for more than three years, or indolent tumors for which observation over two years is a reasonable option.
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Pemetrexed
DrugPemetrexed will be administered intravenously
Cisplatin
DrugCisplatin will be administered intravenously
Carboplatin
DrugPossible substitution with carboplatin based on clinician discretion
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Progression Free Survival
Progression Free Survival in the two treatment arms.
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