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Intraperitoneal and Intravenous Paclitaxel Chemotherapy With Oral Capecitabine for Gastric Adenocarcinoma With Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

NCT04034251 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2026-05-05

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Summary

Background:

Three-fourths of people diagnosed with gastric cancer will die from it. Researchers want to see if giving cancer drugs in a new way can help people live longer and delay the time it takes for the cancer to grow.

Objective:

To find a better way to treat advanced stomach cancer.

Eligibility:

People ages 18 and older with stomach cancer that has spread throughout their belly.

Design:

Participants will be screened with:

Medical history

Physical exam

Blood, urine, and heart tests

Scans

Cancer sample: If they do not have one, they will have a biopsy.

Tests of performance of normal activities

Dietary assessment

Participants will have a laparoscopy. Small cuts are made into their abdomen. A thin camera with a light is inserted. Small instruments are used to take biopsies. This will be repeated during the study to monitor the cancer. During the first laparoscopy, a port with a catheter attached will be put into the abdomen.

Participants may also have an endoscopy: A thin tube with a camera is inserted through the mouth and into the stomach. The tube collects samples to monitor the cancer.

Participants will get paclitaxel every 3 weeks through the abdominal port and through a small plastic tube in an arm vein. They will also take capecitabine by mouth twice daily for the first 15 days of a 21-day cycle.

After participants finish 3 cycles, they will have scans to see how they are doing. They may get another course of therapy.

Participants will have visits every 3 weeks during treatment. Then they will have follow-up visits for 5 years. Then they will keep in touch with researchers for the rest of their life.

Conditions

  • Gastric Adenocarcinoma
  • Gastric Cancer
  • Esophagogastric Junction
  • Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

Interventions

DRUG

Paclitaxel

Paclitaxel (intraperitoneal (IP) and intravenous (IV), Day 1 of each 3-week cycle: Paclitaxel IP - Intraperitoneal paclitaxel (60 mg/m\^2) will be diluted in 500 mL of 0.9% normal saline (NS), to be infused as rapidly as tolerated once per 3-week cycle on Day 1. Paclitaxel IV - Intravenous paclitaxel (80 mg/m\^2) will be administered concomitantly over 3 hours, diluted in 100 to 250 ml of 0.9% NS once per 3-week cycle on Day 1.

DRUG

Capecitabine

Day 1-15 of each 3-week cycle: oral capecitabine (825 mg/m\^2) to be taken twice a day starting the evening of Day 1 of each cycle until the morning of Day 15, followed by a 7-day rest period during each 3-week cycle.

DEVICE

BardPort Titanium Implanted Port with Peritoneal Catheter

After peritoneal chemo infusion port is placed (Days 1-3, as dictated by clinical status), patients will begin intraperitoneal paclitaxel and intravenous paclitaxel (Day 1) followed by oral capecitabine on the evening of Day 1 to the morning of Day 15.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Andrew Blakely, M.D. · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-06-09
Primary Completion
2023-02-25
Completion
2024-09-05
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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