Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: ICARuS (Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy After cytoReductive Surgery): A Multi-center, Randomized Phase II Trial of Early Post-operative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (EPIC) and Hyperthermic Intraperitonea
Brief Summary: This is the first randomized trial comparing Early post-operative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (EPIC) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for appendiceal and colorectal cancer. The purpose of this study is to find out what effects, good and/or bad, EPIC and HIPEC after cytoreductive surgery have on the patient and the appendiceal, rectal or colon cancer.