Abstract
Introduction: Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a fatal neoplasm related to asbestos exposure. We investigated the effects of pleurectomy/decortication (P/D), hyperthermic pleural lavage with povidone-iodine and adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.
Patients and Methods: Observational prospective study of patients referred for multimodality therapy and operated on at our institution between October 2004 and May 2010. Thirty-six selected patients underwent P/D and hyperthermic pleural lavage, prophylactic radiotherapy, and adjuvant chemotherapy. All patients were reviewed at 4 weeks and then 6 monthly in the outpatient clinic, with positron-emission tomography-computed tomography. Second-line treatments were administered when appropriate.
Results: Thirty-day mortality was nil. Nine patients experienced postoperative complications: persistent air leak (n = 5, 13.9%), chylothorax requiring surgical intervention (n = 4, 11%), and adult respiratory distress syndrome (n = 1, 3.9%). Fourteen of 36 patients were alive at last follow-up (median follow-up: 33 months, range: 12-63 months). Ten patients were alive with no evidence of disease recurrence, four patients were alive with disease recurrence, and 22 patients had died of disease progression. Overall median survival (Kaplan-Meier) was 24 months (95% confidence interval: 18.5-29.4 months). One-year survival was 91.7%, and 2-year survival was 61%. Patients undergoing complete macroscopical resection (R0-R1) had a significantly better survival than those undergoing an incomplete macroscopical resection (R2) (median overall survival: 32 months versus 18.9 months, p = 0.012).
Conclusion: In our experience, P/D combined with hyperthermic pleural lavage with povidone-iodine and adjuvant chemotherapy is a well-tolerated multimodality treatment associated with low morbidity and mortality. This multimodality treatment compares favorably with classical trimodality regimens involving chemotherapy, extra-pleural pneumonectomy, and adjuvant radiotherapy, in our experience. Study limitations include small sample size, nonrandomization, and patient selection bias.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1746-1752 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal Of Thoracic Oncology |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2011 |
Keywords
- Malignant pleura mesothelioma
- Pleurectomy/decortication
- Surgery
- chemotherapy
- Hyperthermic pleural lavage
- PHASE-II TRIAL
- EXTRAPLEURAL PNEUMONECTOMY
- HEMITHORACIC RADIATION
- TRIMODALITY THERAPY
- RANDOMIZED-TRIAL
- MANAGEMENT
- CISPLATIN
- RADIOTHERAPY
- PREVENTION
- SURVIVAL