Clinical role of intraperitoneal chemotherapy in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma concomitant with occult peritoneal dissemination: A multicenter retrospective study

the Study Group of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma with Peritoneal Dissemination

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Abstract

Background: The effectiveness of intraperitoneal chemotherapy using paclitaxel (i.p.-PTX) in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients with peritoneal dissemination remains elusive. The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical outcome of patients treated with i.p.-PTX combined with systemic chemotherapy compared with current standard chemotherapy including gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel and FOLFIRINOX. Methods: Data of patients with peritoneal dissemination was retrospectively collected and analyzed (i.p.-PTX, n = 83; control, n = 86). Inverse probability of treatment-weighted analyses (IPTW) was used to balance baseline characteristics between two groups. Survival curves were estimated using Kaplan–Meier method, and the differences were compared using the log-rank test. Results: No significant differences were noted in overall survival (14.9 vs. 15.5 months, p = 0.481) and progression free survival (9.5 vs. 9.1 months, p = 0.267) between i.p.-PTX and the control groups. Nevertheless, i.p.-PTX (9.9 months) significantly prolonged the median progression-free survival (PFS) time compared with the control (8.6 months), among the matched patients using IPTW (hazard ratio 0.666, p = 0.041). Moreover, subgroup analysis among the patients whose primary tumor were evaluated either as resectable or borderline resectable disease revealed significantly better overall survival in the i.p.-PTX group compared with the control group (21.3 vs. 14.7 months, hazard ratio; 0.532, p = 0.033). Conversion surgery was more frequently performed in the i.p.-PTX group than the control group (24% vs. 4%, p = 0.006). Conclusion: The i.p. PTX regimen prolonged PFS but not overall survival, and subgroup analysis suggested the possibility of survival benefit in patients with occult peritoneal dissemination whose primary tumor was classified as resectable/borderline resectable disease.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery
DOIs
StateAccepted/In press - 2025

Keywords

  • intraperitoneal chemotherapy
  • peritoneal dissemination

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Gastroenterology

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