Study of HX008 in Combination With Bevacizumab or Lenvatinib for the Treatment of Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

An Open-label, Multicenter, Phase II Clinical Study of HX008 in Combination With Bevacizumab or Lenvatinib in Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

This is a multi-center,open-label study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of anti-PD-1 antibody HX008 plus bevacizumab or lenvatinib in the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Hepatocellular Carcinoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: HX008; Drug: Bevacizumab; Drug: Lenvatinib

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 72
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Jianqiang Cai; Phone Number: 010-67781331; Email: caijianqiang188@sina.com

Study Locations

• China
  • Anhui
    • Hefei, Anhui, China, 230001
      • Not yet recruiting
      • The Fist Affiliated Hospital of USTC(Anhui Provincial hospital)
  • Beijing
    • Beijing, Beijing, China, 100021
      • Recruiting
      • Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
      • Contact: Jianqiang Cai
    • Beijing, Beijing, China, 100089
      • Recruiting
      • Beijing Yuhe Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Rehabilitation Hospital
      • Contact: Lianhai Zhang
  • Guangdong
    • Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 518116
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shenzhen Center
      • Contact: Che Xu
  • Heilongjiang
    • Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, 150081
      • Recruiting
      • Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital
  • Henan
    • Zhengzhou, Henan, China, 450004
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Henan Cancer Hospital
  • Hunan
    • Changsha, Hunan, China, 410000
      • Recruiting
      • Hunan Provincial People's Hospital
      • Contact: Xiaohai Mao
    • Hengyang, Hunan, China, 421000
      • Recruiting
      • The First Affiliated University of Nanhua University
      • Contact: Wenxiang Dai
  • Liaoning
    • Shenyang, Liaoning, China, 110000
      • Recruiting
      • The Sixth People's Hospital of Shenyang
  • Shandong
    • Qingdao, Shandong, China, 266000
      • Not yet recruiting
      • The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University
  • Sichuan
    • Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 610041
      • Not yet recruiting
      • West China Hospital, Sichuan University
  • Tianjin
    • Tianjin, Tianjin, China, 300000
      • Recruiting
      • Tianjin Cancer Hospital
      • Contact: Tianqiang Song
  • Zhejiang
    • Lishui, Zhejiang, China, 323000
      • Recruiting
      • The Central Hospital of Lishui City
      • Contact: Jianfei Tu

Participation Criteria

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:

• Understood and signed an informed consent form.
• Age ≥ 18 and ≤ 75 years old, male or female.
• Has histologically- or cytologically-confirmed diagnosis of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.
• Has Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Stage C disease, or BCLC Stage B disease not amenable to locoregional therapy or refractory to locoregional therapy, and not amenable to a curative treatment approach.
• Child-Pugh class A and B (≤7 points).
• Has not received any systematic treatment for HCC.
• Has a performance status of 0 or 1 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Score.
• Life expectancy ≥ 3 months.
• Has at least one measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1.
• Has adequate organ function as defined in the protocol.
• Female participants of childbearing potential should have a negative pregnancy within 7 days before the randomization. Male and female participants should agree to use an adequate method of contraception during the experiment and 1 year after the last administration of the test drugs.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Histologically or cytologically documented fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, sarcoma-like hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, etc.
• Diagnosed additional malignancy within 3 years prior to the first dose of trial, with the exception of curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin,curatively resected in situ cervical or non-muscle invasive bladder cancers.
• Has received locoregional therapy or surgery within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of trial treatment; received palliative radiotherapy or herbal medicine within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of trial treatment;
• Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
• HBV-DNA>2000 IU/mL or 10^4 copy/mL; HCV-RNA>10^3 copy/mL.
• Has had esophageal or gastric variceal bleeding within the last 6 months.
• Portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) involves both the main trunk and contralateral branch or upper mesenteric vein. Inferior vena cava tumor thrombus.
• Other obvious hemorrhagic tendency or evidence on important coagulation disorder.
• Serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
• Inability to swallow tablets, malabsorption syndrome or any other condition that affects gastrointestinal absorption.
• Serious, uncured wound, active ulcer or untreated bone fracture.
• Uncontrolled pericardial effusion, uncontrolled pleural effusion or clinically obvious moderate peritoneal effusion at screening.
• Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 2 years.
• Has received a major surgery within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of tiral treatment.
• Has received system treatment with corticosteroids (dose >10mg/day prednison or other therapeutic hormones) within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of trial treatment.
• Has a history of non-infectious pneumonitis that required steroids or has current pneumonitis.
• Has known active tuberculosis (Bacillus tuberculosis)
• Has a history of testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), or stem cell transplantation or organ transplantation.
• Co-infection of HBV and HCV.
• Any serious acute and chronic infection within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of trial treatment, or infection requiring systemic antibacterial, antifungal or antiviral therapy within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of trial treatment.
• Has participated in other anticancer drug clinical trials within 4 weeks.
• Has received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment.
• According to the judgement of the investigators, there are other factors that may lead to the termination of the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Experimental: HX008+Bevacizumab; Participants receive HX008 200 mg intravenous (IV) every 3 weeks (Q3W) plus bevacizumab 15 mg/kg, IV, Q3W.	Drug: HX008; 200 mg administered as IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.; Drug: Bevacizumab; 15 mg/kg administered as IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.; Other Names: AVASTIN®
EXPERIMENTAL: Experimental: HX008+Lenvatinib; Participants receive HX008 200 mg intravenous (IV) every 3 weeks (Q3W) plus lenvatinib 12 mg (for participants with screening body weight ≥60 kg) or 8 mg (for participants with screening body weight <60 kg) orally once a day (QD).	Drug: HX008; 200 mg administered as IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.; Drug: Lenvatinib; Administered orally once a day during each 21-day cycle; Other Names: LENVIMA®

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Objective Response Rate (ORR)	ORR was defined as the percentage of participants who have a complete response (CR) or a partial response (PR), per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as assessed by investigators.	Up to approximately 15 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Disease Control Rate (DCR)	DCR was defined as the percentage of participants who have a CR or a PR or a stable disease (SD), per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as assessed by investigators.	up to approximately 15 months
Duration of Response (DOR)	DOR was defined as the time from the first documented evidence of a response of CR or PR, per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as assessed by investigators.	up to approximately 15 months
Progression-free Survival (PFS)	PFS was defined as the time from randomization to the first documented disease progression per RECIST 1.1 assessed by investigators or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.	up to approximately 15 months
Overall Survival (OS)	OS was defined as the time from the date of beginning of HX008 administration until date of death from any cause.	up to approximately 20 months
Time to Disease Progression (TTP)	TTP is defined as the time from randomization to the first documented disease progression per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by investigators.	up to approximately 15 months
Number of participants with adverse events (AEs)	An AE is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a pharmaceutical product temporally associated with the use of study treatment, whether or not considered related to the study treatment	up to approximately 20 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Taizhou Hanzhong biomedical co. LTD

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): January 7, 2021
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): April 30, 2022
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): October 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 2, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 2, 2021
• First Posted (ACTUAL): February 5, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): February 5, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 2, 2021
• Last Verified: February 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Adenocarcinoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Digestive System Neoplasms; Liver Diseases; Liver Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Angiogenesis Inhibitors; Angiogenesis Modulating Agents; Growth Substances; Growth Inhibitors; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Bevacizumab; Lenvatinib
• Other Study ID Numbers: HX008-II-HCC-01

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No