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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Oncol. 2023 Feb;127(2):343–354. doi: 10.1002/jso.27152

Table 2.

The outcomes and complications from largest pleurectomy decortication series.

Author (year) Study design No. ePD treated patients Treatment regimen 30-day mortality* Major complications (>grade 3)* Overall survival (Median, mo)*
Lapidot22 (2020) Single-center, observational 355 IOHC1 (80%)
Induction CHT2 (24%)
Adjuvant CHT (67%)
3.0% 47% 20.7 (ITT3)
23.2 (MCR4)
Klotz33 (2019) Single-center, observational 71 IOHC (100%)
Induction CHT (11%)
1.4% NS 16.1
Verma20 (2017) National cancer registry 1036 NS5 5% NA 16
Friedberg23 (2017) Single-center, observational 73 IOPDT6 (100%)
Induction CHT (23%)
Adjuvant CHT (84%)
3% NS 36
Shaikh24 (2017) Single-center, observational 209 Adjuvant RT7 (100%), CHT (41%) NS NS 20.2 (IMPRINT)
12.3 (CONV)
Lang-Lazdunski25 (2015) Single-center, observational 102 IOHPI8 (100%)
Induction CHT (14%)
Adjuvant RT (100%), CHT (81%)
0 NS 32
Williams26 (2015) Single-center, observational 117 Induction CHT (18%)
Adjuvant CHT (62%)
3.4% 9% 14.4
Sharkey27 (2015) Single-center, observational 229 Induction CHT (17%)
Adjuvant CHT (32%)
3.5% NS 12.3
Nakas28 (2014) Single-center, observational 140 Induction CHT (NS)
Adjuvant CHT (NS)
NS NS 16.2
Bovolato29 (2014) Multicenter, observational 202 Adjuvant CHT (79%), RT (6%) 2.6% NS 20.5
Burt21 (2014) Multicenter database 130 NS 3.1% 3.8% NS
Flores13 (2008) Multi-center, observational 278 Adjuvant CHT (NS)
Adjuvant RT (NS)
4% 8% 16
Lucchi31 (2007) Phase II single-arm 49 Induction IIL29 (100%) Adjuvant IE10 (100%), IIL2 (100%)
RT (100%), CHT (100%)
0 NS 26
Richards74 (2006) Phase I-II single-arm 44 IOHC (100%) 11% 25% 13
Gupta30 (2005) Single-center, observational 123 IOBT11 (44%)
Induction CHT (5%)
Adjuvant CHT (7%), RT (100%)
3.3% 37% 13.5
1.

IOHC, intraoperative heated chemotherapy;

2.

CHT, chemotherapy;

3.

ITT, intention-to-treat;

4.

MCR, macroscopic complete resection;

5.

NS, not specified;

6.

IOPDT, intraoperative photodynamic therapy;

7.

RT, radiotherapy;

8.

IOHPI, intraoperative heated povidone-iodine;

9.

IIL2, intrapleural interleukin-2;

10.

IE, intrapleural epidoxorubicin;

11.

IOBT, intraoperative brachytherapy;

*

Refers to the outcomes of ePD group.