A Trial of Licartin for Preventing Tumor Recurrence After Liver Resection

March 30, 2016 updated by: ShenFeng, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital

Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgical Hospital

The aim of this study is to analyze the therapeutic effect of adjuvant Licartin therapy after resection.Patients receiving curative resection (R0) were randomized to postoperative Licartin group and no Licartin group. The time to recurrence ,the overall survival as well as the incidence of complications after therapy was observed to confirm the role of adjuvant therapy of Licartin.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents a major health care challenge in the present era, with its incidence rate of 71128 cases and the mortality rate of 679871 cases during 2007 in the world. Although liver transplantation, resection and locally ablative therapies remain useful treatment preference in patients with early HCC, but they often cannot be availed because of either disease progression or outgrowth of treatment criteria, especially for liver resection. Moreover, after resection, recurrence of liver tumor can be expected in as many as 70% of patients within 5 years which leading to the unsatisfactory long term survival of patients with HCC, hence prevention and effective management of recurrence are undoubtedly the major strategies to prolong the survival. And until now although a lot of different adjuvant therapies had been tried in the clinic, including TACE, immunotherapy and antivirus therapy etc. their role in preventing recurrence remain controversial.

Licartin (generic name, [131I]metuximab injection), a member of CD147 family and a therapeutical anti-HCC radioimmunologic agent, generated by labeling of 131I with murine monoclonal antibody (mAb) target fragment HAb18 F(ab_)2, was approved as a new drug for clinical therapy of primary HCC by China State Food and Drug Administration for its good concentrate in the tumor region and safe and effective treatment of HCC. Previous RCT study indicated that Licartin prevented post-Orthotopic liver transplantation(OLT) tumor recurrence in advanced HCC patients exceed Milan criteria. The recurrence rate significantly decreasing by 30.4% at 1-year follow up in the OLT group compared with those in the control group showed that Licartin may be a promising drug for preventing tumor recurrence after liver transplantation. But less information is known about its role as an adjuvant therapeutic drug after liver resection. To determine the clinical efficacy of Licartin for preventing tumor recurrence after liver resection, we set up a randomized, controlled trial in patients who were definitely diagnosed with HCC and who were successfully treated with liver resection.

Patients with HCC who received curative liver resection (R0)and with positive expression of HAb18G/CD147 in the HCC tissues were randomly assigned 1:1 by the doctors to receive placebo(control group) or Licartin (treatment group). All patients in the treatment group received Licartin 3 times at an interval of 28 days beginning from the 4th week after liver resection. The outcomes of patients were evaluated during the 3-years follow up.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

200

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • China
    • Shanghai
      • Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 200438
        • Eastern hepatobilliary surgery hospital

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with HCC who received curative liver resection (R0)and with positive expression of HAb18G/CD147 in the HCC tissues
  2. Karnofsky Performance Score performance over 60
  3. The functions of the kidney, heart and lung and the blood system are normal and fittable for Licardin therapy.
  4. The liver function is of grade A or B in Child-Pugh classification.
  5. Patients give consent to the test.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Negative expression of HAb18G/CD147 in the HCC tissues
  2. Allergic history to biologic products(Licartin)
  3. Any of the situation list below: WBC less than 2000/ml, Hb less than 90g/L or PLT less than 50000/ml, bilirubin level more than 2.5 times the upper limit of normal value, serum albumin less than 32 g/l.
  4. Severed disease of the heart, lung, kidney, brain and blood system.
  5. Other severed disease might affect the trial .
  6. Patients would not sign the consent to the trial.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Licartin
patients who receive Licartin therapy after liver resection
Drug: Licartin (generic name,[131I]metuximab injection)
Licartin, radioiodination of Metuximab with Na[131I],with radiochemical purity above 95% and specific activity between 173.25-288.75 MBq/ml.All patients in the treatment group received Licartin 3 times at an interval of 28 days beginning from the 4th week after liver resection
Other Names:
  • no adjuvant therapy after liver resection
No Intervention: placebo
control group with patients who don't receive any adjuvant therapy after liver resection, to compare with the treatment group with patients who receive Licartin therapy after liver resection

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Overall survival
Time Frame: 2010
2010

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Time to recurrence
Time Frame: 2010
2010

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Feng Shen, MD, Eastern hepatobilliary surgery hospital

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 1, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 8, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

January 9, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 1, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 30, 2016

Last Verified

March 1, 2016

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • EHBH-RCT-2008-014-1

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