No renal toxicity after repeated treatment with pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC) in patients with unresectable peritoneal metastasis

Abstract

Background/Aim: Pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC) is a recent approach for intraperitoneal chemotherapy with promising results for patients with peritoneal metastasis (PM). The aim of this study was to report renal toxicity for patients who received at least 3 repeated PIPAC procedures. Patients and Methods: All patients who underwent at least 3 PIPAC cycles of cisplatin (7.5 mg/m2) and doxorubicin (1.5 mg/m2) for unresectable PM from December 2015 to September 2017, were analysed regarding postoperative renal toxicity. Results: Among 103 patients registered in a prospective single center database, 43 patients underwent at least 3 PIPAC cycles representing a total of 175 PIPAC. Median age was 59.8 years, 24 (55.8%) patients were female and median BMI was 22.2 kg/m2. Most common origins of PM were gastric 22 (51.1%) and ovarian 11 (25.6%) cancer. Median peritoneal cancer index (PCI) was 17 (range=5-39). For 39 (90.1%) patients, systemic chemotherapy was performed in addition to PIPAC. Forty-three (100%), 17 (39.5%), 14 (32.5%), 8 (18.6%), 3 (7%), 2 (4.7%) and 2 (4.7%) patients underwent three, four, five, six, seven, eight and nine PIPAC procedures, respectively. Repeated PIPAC did not induce significant acute nor cumulative renal toxicity in any patients. Conclusion: Repeated PIPAC did not induce clinically relevant renal toxicity. This study confirms the previous published results in a larger group of patients.