Table 4. Therapeutic details focused on hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) application.
| Author | Year | Trial | Inclusion criteria | Total number of patients | cytotoxic drug | Dosage | Volume [liters] | Concentration [mg/L] | HIPEC duration [min] | HIPEC [°C] | HIPEC technique |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gastric cancer without peritoneal metastasis | |||||||||||
| Koga | 1988 | RCT | cT4 | 47 | MMC | 64–100 mg | 10–12 | 6.4–10.0 | 50–60 | 42 | closed |
| Kaibara | 1989 | RCT | cT4 | 82 | MMC | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | closed |
| Hamazoe | 1994 | RCT | cT4 | 82 | MMC | 10 mg/L | n.a. | 10 | 50–60 | 40–42 | closed |
| Ikeguchi | 1995 | RCT | cT3 | 174 | MMC | 80–100 mg/m2 | 8–10 | 12.8–20 | n.a. | 40–42 | n.a. |
| Fujimoto& | 1999 | RCT | cT4 | 141 | MMC | 10 mg/L | 3–4 | 10 | 120 | 43–44 | closed |
| Yonemura | 2001 | RCT | cT3-T4 | 95 | CIS | 300mg | 6–8 | 37.5–50 * | n.a. | 42–43 | open |
| MMC | 30mg | 3.75–5.0 * | |||||||||
| Cui& | 2014 | RCT | cT4 | 192 | CIS# | 60 mg/m2 | 3 | 32 | 90 | 41–43 | closed |
| 5-FU | 0.75 g | 3 | 250 | ||||||||
| Koga& | 1988 | NRCT | cT4 | 93 | MMC | 64–100 mg | 10–12 | 6.4–10.0 | 50–60 | 42 | |
| Yonemura | 1995 | NRCT | cT4 | 160 | MMC | 30 mg | 8 | 3.75 | 60 | 41.5–43.5 | open |
| CIS | 300 mg | 37.5 | |||||||||
| Hirose& | 1999 | NRCT | cT4 | 55 | MMC | 20 mg | 4–5 | 4–5 | 50 | 41–44.5 | open |
| CIS | 100 mg | 20–25 | |||||||||
| Etoposide | 100 mg | 20–25 | |||||||||
| Kunisaki | 2002 | NRCT | cT4 | 124 | MMC | 15 mg | 5–6 | 2.5–3 | 40 | 42–43 | open |
| CIS | 150 mg | 25–30 | |||||||||
| Etoposide | 150 mg | 25–30 | |||||||||
| Zhu& | 2006 | NRCT | cT3-T4 | 118 | MMC | 5 mg/L | 5–6 | 5 | 60 | 43±1.0 | open |
| CIS | 50 mg/L | 50 | |||||||||
| Kang& | 2013 | NRCT | cT4 | 112 | MMC | 10 mg/L | 3–4 | 10 | 60 | 41–43 | closed |
| CIS | 30 mg/L | 30 | |||||||||
| Etoposide | 20 mg/L | 20 | |||||||||
| Gastric cancer with peritoneal metastasis | |||||||||||
| Yang& | 2011 | RCT | PM | 68 | MMC | 5 mg/L | 6 | 5 | 60–90 | 43±0.5 | open |
| CIS | 20 mg/L | 20 | |||||||||
| Rudloff | 2014 | RCT | PM | 17 | Oxaliplatin | 460 mg/m2 | n.a. | n.a. | 30 | 41 | closed |
| Fujimoto& | 1997 | NRCT | PM | 66 | MMC | 10 mg/L | 3–4 | 10 | 120 | 43–44 | closed |
| Kunisaki | 2006 | NRCT | PM | 73 | MMC | 30 mg | 5–6 | 5–6 | 40 | 42–43 | n.a. |
| CIS | 300 mg | 50–60 | |||||||||
| Etoposide | 300 mg | 50–60 | |||||||||
| Li& | 2010 | NRCT | PM | 54 | MMC | 5 mg/L | 5–6 | 5 | 60 | 43.0±1.0 | open |
| CIS | 50 mg/L | 50 | |||||||||
| Zhibing | 2013 | NRCT | PM | 101 | CIS | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Bonnot& | 2019 | NRCT | PM | 277 | MMC+ | 30–50 mg/m2 | n.a. | n.a. | 60–120 | 41–43 | Open or closed |
| Irinotecan+ | 200 mg/m2 | 60–120 | 41–43 | ||||||||
| CIS+ | 50–100 mg/m2 | 60–90 | 42–43 | ||||||||
| DOX+ | 15 mg/m2 | 60–90 | 42–43 | ||||||||
| Oxaliplatin+ | 300–460 mg/m2 | 30 | 43 | ||||||||
&, studies with significant survival benefit of HIPEC; *, calculated; +, several combinations; #, on postoperative day 1 & 4. RCT, randomized controlled trial; NRCT, non-randomized controlled trial; CIS, cisplatin; PM, peritoneal metastasis; MMC, mitomycin C; n.a., not available; DOX, Doxorubicin;