Abstract
The PERISCOPE I study was designed to assess the safety and feasibility of (sub)total gastrectomy, cytoreductive surgery (CRS), and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) with oxaliplatin and docetaxel for gastric cancer patients who have limited peritoneal dissemination. The current analysis investigated changes in perioperative management together with their impact on postoperative outcomes. Patients with resectable gastric cancer and limited peritoneal dissemination were administered (sub)total gastrectomy, CRS, and HIPEC with oxaliplatin (460mg/m2) and docetaxel (escalating scheme: 0, 50, 75mg/m2). Of the 25 patients who completed the study protocol, 14 were treated in the dose-escalation cohort and 11 were treated in the expansion cohort (to optimize perioperative management). A significant proportion of the patients in the dose-escalation cohort (n = 7, 50%) had ileus-related complications. In this cohort, enteral nutrition was started immediately after surgery at 20ml/h, which was increased on day 1 to meet nutritional needs. In the expansion cohort, enteral nutrition was administered at 10ml/h until day 3, then restricted to 20ml/h until day 6, supplemented with total parenteral nutrition to meet nutritional needs. Ileus-related complications occurred for two patients (18%) of the expansion cohort. The intensive care unit (ICU) readmission rate decreased from 50 (n = 7) to 9% (n = 1; p = 0.04). The implementation of a strict nutritional protocol during the PERISCOPE I study was associated with a decrease in postoperative complications. Based on these results, a perioperative care path was described for the gastric cancer HIPEC patients in the PERISCOPE II study.
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