A Trial of Adjuvant Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) for Preventing Tumor Recurrence After Liver Resection

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

Eastern Hepatobilliary Surgical Hospital

The aim of this study is to analyze the therapeutic effect of adjuvant TACE after resection.Patients receiving curative resection (R0) were randomized to postoperative TACE group and no TACE 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 TACE.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Although resection of hepatocellular carcinoma is potentially curative, local recurrence is common with the recurrence rate higher than 50% during 5 years. So to reduce the recurrence rate of HCC, some interventions had been tried in clinic, including transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), immunotherapy, and interferon treatment etc. But few of these adjuvant therapies had been proved effective and their long term efficacy and clinical application remained further explored.

TACE had been prove to be effective in patients with advanced stage of HCC in randomized controlled trials and meta-analysis, but the role of adjuvant TACE after liver resection is controversial. The results getting from different randomized control trials varied significantly because of the bias of patient selection, different study design，the small size of sample, different drug used in chemotherapy and lack of proper stratification…,so a big sample size, well patients selected and well designed randomized controlled trial is needed to further confirm the role of the postoperative TACE.

Patients with HCC who received curative liver resection (R0) were randomly assigned 1:1 by the doctors to receive no adjuvant TACE(control group) or TACE(treatment group). All patients in the treatment group received adjuvant TACE 45 days after liver resection. The outcomes of patients were evaluated during the 3-years follow up.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

450

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

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

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Male or female patients > 18 years and <=70 years of age.
  2. Patients with HCC who received curative liver resection (R0).
  3. Criteria of liver function: Child A-B level, serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal value,alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase ≤ 2 times the upper limit of normal value.
  4. No dysfunction in major organs; Blood routine, kidney function, cardiac function and lung function are basically normal. Hb ≥90g/L,WBC ≥3.000 cells/mm³,platelets ≥80.000 cells/mm³ .
  5. Karnofsky Performance Score performance over 60 .
  6. Patients who can understand this trial and have signed information consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with apparent cardiac, pulmonary, cerebronic and renal dysfunction,which may affect the treatment of liver cancer.
  2. Patients with other diseases which may affect the treatment mentioned here.
  3. Patients with medical history of other malignant tumors.
  4. Subjects participating in other clinical trials.
  5. Extrahepatic metastasis, portal vein or other major vascular involvement. liver function:Child C.
  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: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: no adjuvant TACE
controll group with patients who don't receive any adjuvant therapy after liver resection, to compare with the treatment group with patients who receive adjuvant TACE after liver resection
Experimental: adjuvant TACE
patients who adjuvant TACE after liver resection
Drug: epirubicin and lipiodol
using the technology of Seldinger,The drugs (30 mg epirubicin mixed with 5 ml lipiodol) are given via hepatica propria artery.
Other Names:
  • transarterial chemoembolization

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

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital

Investigators

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

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 7, 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

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • EHBH-RCT-2008-014-2

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