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Flat Dose or Weight-Based Dose of Mitomycin during Cytoreductive Surgery for the Treatment of Advanced Gastrointestinal Malignancy

Trial Status: active

This phase II trial studies whether flat dose or weight-based dose of mitomycin works better during cytoreductive surgery in treating patients with gastrointestinal malignancy that may have spread from where it first started to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced). Mitomycin is a kind of antibiotics that may help block the formation of growths that may become cancer. Surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy is an aggressive treatment that can be very effective. Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy is a process in which heated chemotherapy is pumped directly into the abdomen during surgery. Currently patients who undergo cytoreductive surgery receive a set dose or “flat-dose” of mitomycin. Flat dose means that everyone gets the same amount of drug. Weight-based dosage means that patient’s dose is based on body mass index which is determined by height and weight. Giving a weight-based mitomycin dose may work better and be safer than giving a flat dose mitomycin.