A Prospective, Single-Arm, Open-Label Clinical Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy Combined With Targeted Therapy and a PD-1 Inhibitor in Patients With Postoperative Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Microvascular Invasion

August 24, 2026 updated by: Zhai Wenlong
A Prospective, Single-Arm, Open-Label Clinical Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy Combined with Targeted Therapy and a PD-1 Inhibitor in Patients with Postoperative Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Microvascular Invasion

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

40

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

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

Study Contact

  • Name: Wenlong Zhai, MD
  • Phone Number: +86-371-66862231
  • Email: ven0371@126.com

Study Locations

    • Henan
      • Zhengzhou, Henan, China, 450052
        • The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou 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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age 18-80 years, male or female;
  2. Pathologically confirmed hepatocellular carcinoma, with complete resection of all tumor nodules and negative surgical margins;
  3. Microvascular invasion (MVI) grade ≥ 1
  4. No other history of tumors and no preoperative anticancer treatment.
  5. ECOG: 0-1;
  6. Baseline blood count tests and blood biochemistry must meet the following criteria:

    Hemoglobin ≥80 g/L;

    Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5×109/L;

    Platelet count ≥50×109/L;

    Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN);

    Total bilirubin ≤3 times ULN;

    Serum creatinine ≤1.5 times ULN;

    Albumin ≥28 g/L; prothrombin time (PT) ≤19.5 s;

    International normalized ratio (INR) ≤2.3

  7. Women of childbearing potential must agree to use contraception during the study and for 6 months after the study ends (e.g., intrauterine device, oral contraceptives, or condoms); serum or urine pregnancy test must be negative within 7 days before enrollment, and they must not be breastfeeding; men must agree to use contraception during the study and for 6 months after the study ends;
  8. Subjects voluntarily participate in this study, sign the informed consent form, are compliant, and cooperate with follow-up.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 1. Patients with any active autoimmune disease or a history of autoimmune disease (including, but not limited to: autoimmune hepatitis, interstitial pneumonia, uveitis, enteritis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, vasculitis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism; patients with vitiligo; patients whose childhood asthma has completely resolved and who require no intervention as adults may be included; asthma requiring bronchodilator intervention for medical management cannot be included);

    2. Pregnancy or lactation;

    3. Over 80 years old;

    4. Prior systemic chemotherapy or radiotherapy;

    5. Concomitant malignant pleural effusion or ascites;

    6. History of organ transplantation (including autologous bone marrow transplantation and peripheral stem cell transplantation);

    7. Concomitant infection requiring anti-infective treatment;

    8. Concomitant peripheral nervous system disease or a history of significant psychiatric disease and central nervous system disease;

    9. Diagnosis of other types of malignant tumors within 5 years, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer and carcinoma in situ of the cervix;

    10. Uncorrectable coagulation disorders;

    11. Significant ECG abnormalities or obvious clinical symptoms of heart disease, such as congestive heart failure (CHF), clinically significant coronary heart disease, difficult-to-control arrhythmias, and hypertension;

    12. History of myocardial infarction within 12 months, or cardiac function class III or IV;

    13. Severe liver disease (e.g., cirrhosis), kidney disease, respiratory disease, uncontrolled diabetes, or other systemic diseases;

    14. Individuals deemed unsuitable for inclusion by the investigator.

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: HAIC+Targeted Therapy +PD-1 Inhibitor

Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC): to be performed within 4-8 weeks after liver cancer surgery, as follows:

Oxaliplatin 65 mg/m², IA (intra-arterial), Day 1, 0-5 hours:

5-FU 1200 mg/m², IA, maintained for 23 hours.

After catheter removal, a pressure dressing for hemostasis for 6-12 hours is sufficient before discharge.

The above HAIC treatment will be repeated every 3-4 weeks for a total of 2 cycles.

Targeted drugs:

Including lenvatinib: oral administration according to body weight; body weight ≥60 kg, 8-12 mg QD; body weight <60 kg, 4-8 mg QD; donafenib: 80 mg BID; apatinib: 250 mg QD. The above targeted drugs will be appropriately adjusted according to the patient's tolerance to toxic side effects.

PD-1 inhibitors

: sintilimab 200 mg Q3W, ivgtt; camrelizumab 200 mg Q3W, ivgtt; tislelizumab 200 mg Q3W, ivgtt.

This study will follow participants for disease recurrence and disease-free survival for at least 2 years. After all participants complete treatment or the

Oxaliplatin and 5-Fluorouracil(5-FU)administeredvia hepatic artery infusion
Oraltargeted therapy administered daily
PD--1 inhibitor administered viaintravenous infusion

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Disease-free survival (DFS)
Time Frame: From the date of randomization until the date of first documented recurrence or death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 28 months.
Disease-free survival (DFS) is defined as the time from the date of randomization to the first documented tumor recurrence, metastasis, or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.
From the date of randomization until the date of first documented recurrence or death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 28 months.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Overall survival (OS)
Time Frame: From the date of randomization until death from any cause, assessed up to 28 months.
Overall survival (OS) is defined as the time from randomization to death from any cause. For subjects lost to follow-up before death, the time of last follow-up is generally used as the death time.
From the date of randomization until death from any cause, assessed up to 28 months.

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Safety endpoints
Time Frame: Through study completion, an average of 28 months.
Exposure to the investigational drug and the incidence, nature, and severity of adverse events (including serious adverse events) will be recorded.
Through study completion, an average of 28 months.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

August 30, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 31, 2028

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 31, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 7, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 24, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

August 27, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 27, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 24, 2026

Last Verified

August 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2025-KY-2003-002

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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