Adjuvant Therapies for Patients With HCC and MVI (A-TACE/S-HCC)

January 7, 2020 updated by: Jian-Hong Zhong, Guangxi Medical University

Adjuvant Transarterial Chemoembolization With or Without Sorafenib for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Microvascular Invasion

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common malignancy, and its incidence is expected to increase in many countries in coming decades. Though prognosis for patients with HCC is generally poor, hepatic resection can be an effective curative treatment, and its indications have been expanding in recent years. Resection can be reasonably safe and effective even for patients with micro- or macrovascular invasion. However, the recurrence rate of HCC is as high as 74% for patients with intermediate and advanced HCC after resection. Microvascular invasion is one of the main risk factors which influence risk of HCC recurrence and patient prognosis after resection. Therefore, adjuvant therapy to prevent tumor recurrence after resection is so important to improve patient prognosis.

Nowadays, adjuvant transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is reported to be effective in reducing early recurrence rate and mortality for patients with HCC with risk factors of recurrence. Sorafenib is a novel drug which is effective for advanced stage HCC. However, the efficacy of adjuvant sorafenib for postoperative HCC is unknown. Therefore, it is interesting to investigate the efficacy of adjuvant sorafenib, and compare its efficacy to TACE, TACE plus sorafenib, or best supportive care for patients with postoperative HCC and microvascular invasion.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

240

Phase

  • Phase 3

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
    • Guangxi
      • Nanning, Guangxi, China, 530021
        • Recruiting
        • Department of Hepatobilliary Surgery, Affiliated Tumor of Guangxi University
        • Contact:

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 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 18-75 years
  • Diagnosis of HCC was confirmed by histopathological examination of surgical samples in all patients
  • Patients with microvascular invasion by histopathological examination of surgical samples
  • Patients have Child-Pugh A or B liver function
  • No previous neoadjuvant treatment
  • No evidence of macrovascular invasion, metastasis to the lymph nodes and/or distant metastases on the basis of preoperative imaging results and perioperative findings
  • No malignancy other than HCC for 5 years prior to the initial HCC treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of cardiac disease
  • Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
  • Known Central Nervous System tumors including metastatic brain disease
  • History of organ allograft
  • Substance abuse, medical, psychological or social conditions that may interfere with the patient's participation in the study or evaluation of the study results
  • Any condition that is unstable or which could jeopardize the safety of the patient and his/her compliance in the study
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding patients

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: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: TACE
Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is performed two to four weeks after hepatic resection.
Procedure: TACE
TACE is performed one month after resection.
Other Names:
  • transarterial chemoembolization
Other: empty control
This group will not receive adjuvant therapy.
Active Comparator: sorafenib
Patients will receive sorafenib at a dose of 400 mg twice daily after 2 weeks of hepatic resection.
Drug: Sorafenib
Sorafenib is submitted one month after resection.
Other: TACE plus sorafenib
Patients will receive sorafenib at a dose of 400 mg twice daily after 2 weeks of hepatic resection. At the same time, TACE is performed two to four weeks after hepatic resection.
Other: empty control
This group will not receive adjuvant therapy.
Drug: TACE plus sorafenib
TACE plus sorafenib will be submitted one month after resection.
No Intervention: empty control
This group patients will receive best supportive care.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Overall survivals
Time Frame: 1 year
1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Hospital mortality
Time Frame: 30-day
30-day
Recurrence rates
Time Frame: 1 years
1 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Guangxi Medical University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 1, 2019

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

August 23, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

August 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 28, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 4, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

May 7, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 10, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 7, 2020

Last Verified

January 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • A-TACE/S-HCC

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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