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. 2018 Jan 1;9(1):13–20. doi: 10.7150/jca.21460

Table 2.

Synopsis of systemic toxicity and inflammation after different treatments for peritoneal carcinomatosis

Toxicity
Renal

Hepatic

Hematologic

Other
Inflammatory
Reaction
Drug
Concentration
Systemic
chemo
Creatinin increase:5-10%* AST/ALT increase: 36-54%* Neutropenia: 42% 40
Thrombopenia: 3-4% 41 (III-IV)
Neurotoxicity
up to 90% 42 (dose-dependent)
Fever 25% 40 Oxaliplatin:
85 mg/m2

HIPEC
Creatinin increase:
18% 43
Nephro-toxicity:
6% 43
(III-V)*
Hepato-toxicity**
36% (III) 50% (II) 44
Neutropenia: 27% 45 **
40% 46 ***
Surgical morbidity:
34% (III+IV)
4% mortality 5
CRP at 48h: 180mg/L 47 *Cisplatin
75 mg/m2 +/-Mitomycin-C
10 mg/m2
**Oxaliplatin
460 mg/m2
***Mitomycin-C 0.8 mg/kg

IP catheter
Nephro-toxicity 7% 32
(III-IV)
Hepato-toxicity
3% 32
(III-IV)
Leukopenia:
40-76% 32, 33
Thrombopenia: 8-12% 32, 33
Anemia: 26% 33
Neurologic events: 19% 32 (III-IV) Infection: 16% 32 (III-IV) Cisplatin
100 mg/m2 +/- Paclitaxel
60 mg/m2

PIPAC
None TransitorygGT increase 36
AST/ALT increase: 14-16%
None Surgical morbidity:
9% (mainly I+II) 8
CRP at 48h:
45mg/L*
CRP at 48h
15mg/L**
*Oxaliplatin
92 mg/m2
**Cisplatin
7.5 mg/m2 + Doxorubicin
1.5 mg/m2

Chemo - chemotherapy, HIPEC - Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy, IP - intraperitoneal, PIPAC - Pressurized Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy, AST - aspartate aminotransferase, ALT - alanine aminotransferase, CRP - C-Reactive Protein, gGT - gamma Glutamyltransferase Severity grades of complications are displayed in brackets.