Lenvatinib Combined With TACE to Prevent the Recurrence in High-risk Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma

July 29, 2022 updated by: Lunxiu Qin, Fudan University

A Prospective Cohort Study of the Effect of Lenvatinib Combined With TACE in Preventing the Recurrence in High-risk Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma

The purpose of the study is to observe the effect of Lenvatinib Combined With TACE in preventing the recurrence in high-risk patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Postoperative recurrence and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC）is the main problem during the treatment. Although with the development of medical science, some drugs have been found for the prevention and treatment of postoperative recurrence of HCC (such as postoperative application of interferon to prevent early tumor recurrence), but there is still no drug widely recognized.

Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a palliative treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma. TACE can detect the early recurrence of tumor after liver resection, and has a complementary treatment effect on hidden residual lesions. For patients with high-risk, the tumor recurrence rate can be significantly reduced, and the tumor-free survival can be prolonged by TACE. Therefore, patients with high-risk of recurrence after resection were routinely arranged TACE treatment as an adjuvant treatment after surgery.

Lenvatinib is a multi-target receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), which mainly inhibits vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) receptor-1, 2, 3; fibroblast growth factors(FGF) receptor-1, 2, 3, 4; platelet derived growth factor receptor(PDGFR)α; RET and KIT, thereby inhibiting tumor cell proliferation, inducing apoptosis, and acting as an anti-angiogenesis. The REFLECT study showed that the median overall survival(OS) of the patients in the lenvatinib group was 13.6 months (95% CI, 12.1-14.9) and that in the sorafenib group was 12.3 months (95% CI, 10.4-13.9) , which reached a non-inferiority end point (HR = 0.92; 95% CI, 0.79-1.06). In addition, all secondary endpoints in the lenvatinib group were significantly better than the sorafenib group. A subgroup analysis based on Chinese patients showed that the OS of Lenvatinib was significantly 4.8 months longer than sorafenib group (15.0 months vs 10.2 months). Other three secondary endpoints, progression-free survival(PFS) (9.2 months vs 3.6) and time to progression(TTP)(11.0 months vs 3.7 months) and objective response rate(ORR) (21.5% vs 8.3%), were also significantly better in Lenvatinib group. Based on the above datas, lenvatinib will become a new choice for Chinese patients with HCC. It has also been approved by the FDA and CFDA as the first-line treatment for patients with advanced HCC.

So, this study is to observe the effect of lenvatinib combined with TACE in preventing the recurrence in high-risk patients with HCC.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

297

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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, China, 200040
        • Huashan 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 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • The characteristics of the treatment history:

No lenvatinib treatment history, no sorafenib allergies.

  • The characteristics of the tumor:

The pathological results is hepatocellular carcinoma.

Meet any of the following articles:

Pathological prompt microvascular invasion(MVI) class II, and incorporate any of the following:Tumor number≥3,Tumor size≥8cm,Tumor margin is not clear and no complete capsule.

With the embolus in Portal vein, hepatic vein or bile duct. Preoperative rupture or invasion the adjacent organs.

  • The characteristics of the patients:

The patient age was between 18-75. The American Society of Anesthesiologists(ASA）score was I-III. The Child-pugh score was A. Total bilirubin≤3.0 mg/dL, albumin≥28 g/L, AST, ALT, ALP≤5 times the upper limit of normal value.

Routine blood test: the neutrophil≥1.5×10^9/L, Hb≥8.5g/L，PLT≥75×10^9/L. The INR≤2.3. The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group(ECOG) score was less than 2 points

Exclusion Criteria:

  • R1/2 or palliative rescted tumor
  • Pregnant or lactating women.
  • Patients with other malignant tumor.
  • Patients with mental illness.
  • Patients participated in other clinical trials in last three months.
  • Residual lesions showed by Postoperative digital subtraction angiography(DSA).
  • Postoperative patients treated with other targeted drugs, PD1 antibody and other immunotherapies, FOLFOX systemic chemotherapy, and HuaiErKeLi drug treatment

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: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: lenvatinib
use lenvatinib after liver resection in HCC patients
Drug: lenvatinib
for patients <60kg, lenvatinib 8mg bid po for patients >60kg, lenvatinib 12mg bid po
Other Names:
  • lenvatinib treatment
Active Comparator: lenvatinib and TACE
use lenvatinib and TACE after liver resection in HCC patients
Drug: lenvatinib
for patients <60kg, lenvatinib 8mg bid po for patients >60kg, lenvatinib 12mg bid po
Other Names:
  • lenvatinib treatment
Procedure: TACE
The patient underwent transfemoral hepatic artery angiography one month after surgery to observe whether there was tumor staining in the liver. If there was suspicious tumor staining, micro-catheter was superselected to the tumor blood vessel, the embolization agents and chemotherapy drugs were injected. If there was no tumor staining, a small amount of embolization agents were slowly injected into the artery.
Other Names:
  • transcatheter arterial chemoembolization

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Disease free survival
Time Frame: 2 years
the survival time after liver resection without tumor recurrence or metastasis
2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Overall survival
Time Frame: 5 years
the survival time after liver resection
5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Fudan University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Lunxiu Qin, MD, Department of general surgery, Huashan hospital, Fudan University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 3, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 30, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 11, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 11, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

February 12, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 2, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 29, 2022

Last Verified

July 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Huashan 004

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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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