Combined Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Regimen After Optimal Interval Surgery in Advanced Ovarian Cancer: BICOV-1 (Bidirectional Chemotherapy in Ovarian Cancer)
A multicenter, low-intervention, drug-based study to evaluate the feasibility and safety of a combined regimen of two intraperitoneal chemotherapy modalities (used in routine clinical practice) following interval surgery for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer. This is an independent research project (free of commercial interests).
• Women aged 18-70 years with a histologically proven diagnosis of FIGO stage IIIB-C/IV epithelial ovarian cancer (high-grade serous epithelial carcinoma)
• Absence of extraperitoneal disease.
• Good performance status: Karnofsky score \>70 or Performance status \<= 2
• Adequate liver function, defined as bilirubin \<0.15 times the upper limit of normal (ULN), aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase \<= 2.5 times ULN, and alkaline phosphatase \<= 3 times ULN.
• Adequate renal function, defined as serum creatinine \<= 1.5 times ULN
• Acceptable bone marrow function, defined as neutrophils \>1.5 x 106 L-1, hemoglobin \>10 g/dL-1, and platelets \>100.0 x 109 L-1
• Absence of cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic, renal, or neurological disease that contraindicates major surgery.
• Negative serum and urine pregnancy test results for women of childbearing potential at the screening visit.
• Administration of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with a total of 3 or 4 systemic cycles.
• Surgery with complete CC0 cytoreduction without digestive anastomoses.
• Patients who have signed the written IC.