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Continuous low flow ascites drainage through the urinary bladder via the Alfapump system in palliative patients with malignant ascites

Fotopoulou, C; Berg, T; Hausen, A; Hennig, R; Jalan, R; Malagó, M; Capel, J; ... Stirnimann, G; + view all (2019) Continuous low flow ascites drainage through the urinary bladder via the Alfapump system in palliative patients with malignant ascites. BMC Palliative Care , 18 , Article 109. 10.1186/s12904-019-0497-3. Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Malignant Ascites (MA) is a therapeutic dilemma significantly impairing patients' quality of life (QoL). The Sequana Medical alfapump System (AP), a subcutaneous, externally rechargeable, implantable device, continually draining ascites via the urinary bladder, has been well established in liver cirrhosis, but not yet in MA. The AP-system was evaluated in cancer patients in reducing the need for large volume paracentesis (LVP). METHODS: A retrospective multicentre evaluation of all eligible patients who received an AP for MA-palliation was performed. AP was evaluated for its ability to reduce LVP and cross-correlated with adverse events (AE), survival and retrospective physician-reported QoL. RESULTS: Seventeen patients with median age of 63 years (range: 18-81), 70.6% female, across 7 primary tumour types were analysed. Median duration of AP-implantation was 60 min (range: 30-270) and median post-implantation hospital stay: 4 days (range: 2-24). Twelve protocol-defined AE occurred in 5 patients (29.4%): 4 kidney failures, 4 pump/catheter-related blockages, 3 infections/peritonitis and 1 wound dehiscence. Median ascitic volume (AV) pumped daily was 303.6 ml/day (range:5.6-989.3) and median total AV drained was 28 L (range: 1-638.6). Median patient post-AP-survival was 111 days (range:10-715) and median pump survival was 89 days (range: 0-715). Median number of paracenteses was 4 (range: 1-15) per patient pre-implant versus 1 (range: 0-1) post-implant (p = 0.005). 71% of patients were reported to have an improvement of at least one physician reported QoL-parameters. CONCLUSIONS: AP appears to be effective in palliating patients with MA by an acceptable morbidity profile. Its broader implementation in oncology services should be further explored. TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT03200106; June 27, 2017.

Type: Article
Title: Continuous low flow ascites drainage through the urinary bladder via the Alfapump system in palliative patients with malignant ascites
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1186/s12904-019-0497-3
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-019-0497-3
Language: English
Additional information: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
Keywords: Ascites, Carcinomatosis, Palliative care, Pathologic processes, Quality of life, Retrospective studies
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Inst for Liver and Digestive Hlth
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10091642
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