Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC) as an outpatient procedure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pressurized IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC) is a drug-delivery method for patients with peritoneal metastasis (PM). The study objective was to investigate whether PIPAC is possible in an outpatient setting.

Methods

Data was extracted from the prospective PIPAC-OPC2 study (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03287375). Patients with PM were treated by cisplatin and doxorubicin (PIPAC C/D), except patients with colorectal PM, who were treated by oxaliplatin (PIPAC OX). Patients were evaluated concerning the suitability for carrying out the PIPAC procedure in an out- patient setting. The preconditions for outpatient surgery were that the patient should be (1) freely mobilized, (2) adequately pain-relieved, (3) have untroubled urination and (4) without anxiety or disco

SUBMITTER: Graversen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6405001 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature