Table 1. Recent clinical trials of CRS/HIPEC

Trials Enrollment period Country Published Control vs. experimental arm HIPEC (drug, dose) Inclusion criteria
Netherland trial [2] 1998−2001 Netherlands 2003 Systemic CTx (n=51) vs. CRS/HIPEC+adjuvant CTx (n=54) Mitomycin-C 35 mg/m2 CRC PM
PRODIGE-7 [41] 2008−2014 France 2021 CRS (n=132) vs. CRS/HIPEC (n=133) followed by adjuvant CTx Oxaliplatin 360−460 mg/m2 +IV 5-FU/LV CRC PM, PCI<26
ProphyloCHIP [46] 2010−2015 France 2020 Surveillance vs. Second-look surgery+HIPEC Oxaliplatin 360−460 mg/m2 +IV 5-FU/LV or Mitomycin-C 35 mg/m2 Patients with resected synchronized localized CRC PM or perforated tumor
COLOPEC [47] 2015−2017 Netherlands 2019 Adjuvant CTx vs. Adjuvant HIPEC+adjuvant CTx Oxaliplatin 360−460 mg/m2 +IV 5-FU/LV Resected T4N0-2M0 or perforated CRC
HIPECT4 [48] 2018−2021 Spain 2023 Adjuvant CTx vs. Adjuvant CTx+HIPEC Mitomycin-C 30 mg/m2, 60 min Resected cT4NxMx CRC
CRS, cytoreductive surgery; HIPEC, hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy; CTx, chemotherapy; CRC, colorectal cancer; PM, peritoneal metastasis; PCI, peritoneal cancer index.