A Study of Atezolizumab in Combination With Bevacizumab in Spanish Patients With Unresectable or Unsuitable for Locoregional Treatments Hepatocellular Carcinoma Not Previously Treated With Systemic Therapy

A Phase IIIb, Single Arm, Multicenter Study of Atezolizumab in Combination With Bevacizumab to Investigate Safety and Efficacy in Spanish Patients With Unresectable or Unsuitable for Locoregional Treatments Hepatocellular Carcinoma Not Previously Treated With Systemic Therapy

This is a Phase IIIb, one arm, multicenter, open-label study primarily designed to evaluate the safety of atezolizumab + bevacizumab in participants with unresectable or unsuitable for locoregional treatments for metastatic HCC not previously treated with systemic therapy. As part of its secondary objectives, this study is also designed to evaluate the efficacy of atezolizumab and bevacizumab in these participants.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Atezolizumab; Drug: Bevacizumab

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 100
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Alicante, Spain, 03010
    • Hospital General Univ. de Alicante
  • Almeria, Spain, 04009
    • Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas
  • Barcelona, Spain, 08035
    • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
  • Barcelona, Spain, 08036
    • Hospital Clinic i Provincial
  • Cordoba, Spain, 14004
    • Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia
  • Jaen, Spain, 23007
    • Complejo Hospitalario de Jaen-Hospital Universitario Medico Quirurgico
  • Lugo, Spain, 27003
    • Hospital Lucus Augusti
  • Madrid, Spain, 28034
    • Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
  • Madrid, Spain, 28040
    • Hospital Clinico San Carlos
  • Madrid, Spain, 28041
    • Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre
  • Madrid, Spain, 28007
    • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon
  • Madrid, Spain, 28027
    • Clinica Universidad de Navarra Madrid
  • Sevilla, Spain, 41014
    • Hospital Univ. Nuestra Señora de Valme
  • Valencia, Spain, 46026
    • Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe
  • Zaragoza, Spain, 50009
    • Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet
  • Alicante
    • Elche, Alicante, Spain, 03203
      • Hospital General Universitario de Elche
  • Barcelona
    • Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain, 08208
      • Corporacio Sanitaria Parc Tauli
  • Cantabria
    • Santander, Cantabria, Spain, 39008
      • Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla
  • Castellon
    • Castellon de La Plana, Castellon, Spain, 12002
      • Hospital Provincial de Castellon
  • Islas Baleares
    • Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain, 07198
      • Hospital Son Llatzer
  • LA Coruna
    • Santiago de Compostela, LA Coruna, Spain, 15706
      • Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago (CHUS)
  • LAS Palmas
    • Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, LAS Palmas, Spain, 35010
      • Hospital de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín
  • Madrid
    • Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain, 28850
      • Hospital Universitario De Torrejon
  • Navarra
    • Pamplona/iruña, Navarra, Spain, 31008
      • Clinica Universitaria de Navarra
  • Vizcaya
    • Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain, 48013
      • Hospital de Basurto

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Locally advanced or metastatic and/or unresectable HCC with diagnosis confirmed by histology or radiologically, following the AASLD criteria
• Disease that is not amenable to curative surgical and/or locoregional therapies, or progressive disease after surgical and /or locoregional therapies
• No prior systemic therapy (including systemic investigational agents) for HCC
• At least one measurable (per RECIST 1.1) untreated lesion detected by CT scan
• Patients who received prior local therapy such as radiofrequency ablation, percutaneous ethanol or acetic acid injection, cryoablation, high-intensity focused ultrasound, transarterial chemoembolization, transarterial embolization (excluding transarterial radioembolization.) are eligible provided the target lesion(s) have not been previously treated with local therapy or the target lesion(s) within the field of local therapy have subsequently progressed in accordance with RECIST version 1.1

Exclusion Criteria:

• Active or history of autoimmune disease or immune deficiency
• History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia, drug-induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan
• Known fibrolamellar HCC, sarcomatoid HCC, or mixed cholangiocarcinoma and HCC
• Co-infection of HBV and HCV

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Arm A (atezolizumab plus bevacizumab); Participants will receive Atezolizumab + Bevacizumab until unacceptable toxicity or loss of clinical benefit as determined by the investigator.	Drug: Atezolizumab; Atezolizumab will be administered intravenously at a dose of 1200 mg on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.; Other Names: Tecentriq; Drug: Bevacizumab; Bevacizumab will be administered by IV infusion at a dose of 15 mg/kg on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.; Other Names: Avastin

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants Who Discontinued Atezolizumab and/or Bevacizumab Due to Adverse Events (AE) of Grade ≥ 3	AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical investigation participant administered a pharmaceutical product, regardless of causal attribution. An AE can therefore be any unfavourable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product. The severity of AEs was assessed using National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version 5.0 (NCI CTCAE v5.0) with the following grades: Grade 1 = asymptomatic or mild symptoms; Grade 2 = minimal, local, or non-invasive intervention indicated; Grade 3 = severe or medically significant, but not immediately life-threatening; Grade 4 = life-threatening consequences or urgent intervention indicated and Grade 5 = death related to AE.	From Cycle 1 Day 1 up to 30 days after the final dose of the study drug or until initiation of another anti-cancer therapy, whichever occurred first (up to approximately 32 months)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall Survival (OS)	OS was defined as the time from initiation of study treatment to death from any cause. OS was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier (K-M) methods and Greenwood's formula. Any participant who did not die during the study was censored at the last known date to be alive.	Up to 35 months
Progression-free Survival (PFS)	PFS was defined as the time from initiation of study treatment to the first occurrence of disease progression (PD) or death from any cause (whichever occurs first), as determined by the investigator according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours Version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1). PD was defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of diameters (SOD) of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest SOD at prior timepoints (including baseline). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the SOD must also demonstrate an absolute increase of ≥ 5 millimeters (mm). PFS was analyzed using K-M methods and Greenwood's formula. Any participant who did not experience disease progression or death during the study and were censored at the last known date to be alive or without disease progression.	Up to 35 months
Objective Response Rate (ORR)	ORR = percentage of participants with a complete or partial response (CR or PR), on 2 consecutive investigator assessments ≥ 4 weeks apart in participants with measurable disease at baseline as determined by the investigator according to RECIST v1.1. CR = disappearance of all target lesions and any pathological lymph nodes must have a reduction in short axis to < 10 mm. PR = at least a 30% decrease in the SOD of all target lesions, taking as reference the baseline SOD, in the absence of CR. Participants without a post-baseline tumor assessment were considered non-responders. 95% confidence interval (CI) was derived using Wilson score intervals. Percentages have been rounded off.	Up to 35 months
Time to Progression (TTP)	TTP was defined as the time from initiation of study treatment to the first occurrence of PD, as determined by the investigator according to RECIST v1.1. PD was defined as at least a 20% increase in the SOD of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest SOD at prior timepoints (including baseline). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, SOD must also demonstrate an absolute increase of ≥ 5 mm. TTP was analyzed using K-M methods and Greenwood's formula. Any participant who had no disease progression was censored at the last known date without disease progression.	Up to 35 months
Duration of Response (DOR)	DOR was defined as the time from the first occurrence of a documented objective response (CR or PR) to PD or death from any cause (whichever occurs first), as determined by the investigator according to RECIST v1.1. CR was defined as disappearance of all target lesions and any pathological lymph nodes must have a reduction in short axis to < 10 mm. PR was defined as at least a 30% decrease in the SOD of all target lesions, taking as reference the baseline SOD, in the absence of CR. PD was defined as at least a 20% increase in the SOD of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest SOD at prior timepoints (including baseline). In addition to the relative increase of 20%, the SOD must also demonstrate an absolute increase of ≥ 5 mm. DOR was analyzed using K-M methods and Greenwood's formula. Any participant who did not experience disease progression or death during the study was censored at the last known date to be alive or without disease progression.	Up to 35 months
Percentage of Participants Who Started Second-line Treatment	Participants who started second-line of treatment were assessed. Percentages have been rounded off.	Up to 35 months
Change From Baseline in International Normalized Ratio (INR)	The INR is a standardized measure of the prothrombin time. Blood samples were collected from participants to evaluate coagulation parameters.	Baseline up to Cycle 42 (1 cycle = 21 days)
Change From Baseline in Albumin-Bilirubin (ALBI) Score	Blood samples were collected from participants to evaluate of ALBI grades. ALBI assessment grades of 1 to 3 was based on ALBI score calculation. ALBI score= log10 bilirubin (micromole per liter) [μmol/L] × 0.66 + albumin (grams per liter) [g/L] × -0.0852. ALBI score ≤ -2.60 = ALBI grade 1; -2.60 < ALBI score ≤ -1.39 = ALBI grade 2 and -1.39 < ALBI score = ALBI grade 3.	Baseline up to Cycle 42 (1 cycle = 21 days)
Percentage of Participants With Ascites and/or Hepatic Encephalopathy	Deterioration of hepatic function was monitored by presence of ascites and/or hepatic encephalopathy.	Up to approximately 32 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche
• Investigators: Study Director: Clinical Trials, Hoffmann-La Roche

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 4, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 26, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): April 26, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 28, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 28, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): February 1, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 8, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 22, 2025
• Last Verified: April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Digestive System Neoplasms; Digestive System Diseases; Liver Diseases; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Adenocarcinoma; Liver Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Angiogenesis Inhibitors; Angiogenesis Modulating Agents; Growth Substances; Growth Inhibitors; Bevacizumab; Atezolizumab
• Other Study ID Numbers: ML42600

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: Qualified researchers may request access to individual patient level data through the clinical study data request platform (www.vivli.org). Further details on Roche's criteria for eligible studies are available here ( https://vivli.org/ourmember/roche/). For further details on Roche's Global Policy on the Sharing of Clinical Information and how to request access to related clinical study documents, see here (https://www.roche.com/research_and_development/who_we_are_how_we_work/clinical_trials/our_commitment_to_data_sharing.htm).

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No