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. 2015 Sep 10;33(26):2841-7.
doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.61.4776. Epub 2015 Aug 3.

Use and Effectiveness of Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

Alexi A Wright  1 , Angel Cronin  2 , Dana E Milne  2 , Michael A Bookman  2 , Robert A Burger  2 , David E Cohn  2 , Mihaela C Cristea  2 , Jennifer J Griggs  2 , Nancy L Keating  2 , Charles F Levenback  2 , Gina Mantia-Smaldone  2 , Ursula A Matulonis  2 , Larissa A Meyer  2 , Joyce C Niland  2 , Jane C Weeks  2 , David M O'Malley  2
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Use and Effectiveness of Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

Alexi A Wright et al. J Clin Oncol. .

Abstract

Purpose: A 2006 randomized trial demonstrated a 16-month survival benefit with intraperitoneal and intravenous (IP/IV) chemotherapy administered to patients who had ovarian cancer, compared with IV chemotherapy alone, but more treatment-related toxicities. The objective of this study was to examine the use and effectiveness of IP/IV chemotherapy in clinical practice.

Patients and methods: Prospective cohort study of 823 women with stage III, optimally cytoreduced ovarian cancer diagnosed at six National Comprehensive Cancer Network institutions. We examined IP/IV chemotherapy use in all patients diagnosed between 2003 and 2012 (N = 823), and overall survival and treatment-related toxicities with Cox regression and logistic regression, respectively, in a propensity score-matched sample (n = 402) of patients diagnosed from 2006 to 2012, excluding trial participants, to minimize selection bias.

Results: Use of IP/IV chemotherapy increased from 0% to 33% between 2003 and 2006, increased to 50% from 2007 to 2008, and plateaued thereafter. Between 2006 and 2012, adoption of IP/IV chemotherapy varied by institution from 4% to 67% (P < .001) and 43% of patients received modified IP/IV regimens at treatment initiation. In the propensity score-matched sample, IP/IV chemotherapy was associated with significantly improved overall survival (3-year overall survival, 81% v 71%; hazard ratio, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.47 to 0.99), compared with IV chemotherapy, but also more frequent alterations in chemotherapy delivery route (adjusted rates discontinuation or change, 20.4% v 10.0%; adjusted odds ratio, 2.83; 95% CI, 1.47 to 5.47).

Conclusion: Although the use of IP/IV chemotherapy increased significantly at National Comprehensive Cancer Network centers between 2003 and 2012, fewer than 50% of eligible patients received it. Increasing IP/IV chemotherapy use in clinical practice may be an important and underused strategy to improve ovarian cancer outcomes.

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Authors' disclosures of potential conflicts of interest are found in the article online at www.jco.org. Author contributions are found at the end of this article.

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Fig 1.
Study cohort. IP/IV, intraperitoneal and intravenous; NCCN, National Comprehensive Cancer Network. (*) Propensity scores were overlapping (within 0.5%) for all but one patient who received IP/IV chemotherapy. For the rest of the patients who received IP/IV chemotherapy (n = 201), we obtained one matching patient who received IV chemotherapy using single nearest-neighbor without replacement.
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Proportion of patients treated with intraperitoneal (IP) or intravenous (IV) chemotherapy over time at National Comprehensive Cancer Network centers, 2003 to 2012. GOG, Gynecologic Oncology Group.
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Overall survival with propensity score–matched sample for National Comprehensive Cancer Network patients with optimally cytoreduced, stage III ovarian cancer by first-line chemotherapy administration with intraperitoneal or intravenous (IP/IV) chemotherapy, 2006 to 2012.
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