NCT05535998

TACE-HAIC Combined With TKIs and Immunotherapy Versus TACE Alone for Hepatocellular Carcinoma With PVTT

TACE-HAIC Combined With Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy Versus TACE Alone for Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus: A Propensity Score Matching Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 743 (actual)
• Sponsor: Yunfei Yuan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is characterized with vascular invasion, particularly of the portal vein, resulting in portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) in 10%-40% of HCC patients at the time of HCC diagnosis. The prognosis of these patients is extremely poor.Treatment efficacy and safety using a combined therapy (TACE-HAIC combined with TKIs and PD-1 inhibitors) were compared with TACE alone in treatment of HCC patients with PVTT.

Conditions

• Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	TACE-HAIC	The TACE-HAIC which was performed using 30 mg/m2 of epirubicin mixed with 2-5 mL lipiodol, followed by pure lipiodol. Then, a catheter was placed and fixed in the tumor feeding artery for the FOLFOX-based chemotherapy infusion at the following dosage: 85 mg/m2 of oxaliplatin infusion for 2 hours; leucovorin, 400 mg/m2 infusion for 2 hours; 400 mg/m2 of 5-FU bolus; and 2400 mg/m2 of continuous 5-FU infusion for 46 hours or 1200mg/m2 of continuous 5-FU infusion for 23 hours, respectively. Repeated TACE-HAIC was performed at intervals of 3-4 weeks.
PROCEDURE	TACE	TACE was performed using 30 mg/m2 of epirubicin, 200 mg/m2 of carboplatin, and 4mg/m2 of MMC, mixed with 2-5 mL lipiodol. Up to 20 mL of additional pure lipiodol were injected into the tumor-feeding artery until stasis of blood flow was observed in the target artery. Repeated TACE was performed at intervals of 3-4 weeks.
DRUG	Targeted therapy	The TKI therapy used in this study were lenvatinib (12 mg/d for bodyweight ⩾ 60 kg or 8 mg/d for bodyweight \<60 kg), sorafenib (400 mg twice a day) or apatinib (250-500 mg orally once daily). Administration of lenvatinib, apatinib or sorafenib was started on the first post-TACE day, and continually administered until disease progression developed or serious treatment-related toxicity occurred.
DRUG	PD-1 inhibitors	PD-1 inhibitors were intravenously administered on the first post-TACE day as follows: camrelizumab 200 mg or sintilimab 200 mg or toripalimab 240 mg or tislelizumab 200 mg, every 3-4 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-01
• Primary completion: 2021-09-30
• Completion: 2022-06-30
• First posted: 2022-09-10
• Last updated: 2022-09-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China