NCT06397235

DEB-TACE+RALOX-HAIC vs DEB-TACE for Large HCC

DEB-TACE in Combination With or Without RALOX-based HAIC for Unresectable Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 130 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of transarterial chemoembolization with drug-eluting beads (DEB-TACE) combined with hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) with oxaliplatin and raltitrexed (RALOX-HAIC) versus DEB-TACE alone for unresectable large hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Detailed description

This is a multicenter randomized study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of DEB-TACE plus RALOX-HAIC (DEB-TACE+HAIC) compared with DEB-TACE alone for unresectable large HCC (\>7cm). 130 patients with unresectable large HCC (\> 7cm) will be enrolled in this study. The patients will receive either DEB-TACE+HAIC or DEB-TACE using an 1:1 randomization scheme. In the DEB-TACE+HAIC arm, the microcatheter will be reserved at the main hepatic tumor-feeding artery and chemotherapy drugs (RALOX-based regimen) will be intra-arterially administered though the microcatheter. In the DEB-TACE arm, patients will be treated with DEB-TACE alone. The treatments can be repeated on demand (at a 4-week interval usually) based on the evaluation of follow-up laboratory and imaging examination by the multidisciplinary team. During follow-up, the potential resectability of the tumor will be assessed by the multidisciplinary team (MDT). Once the tumors become resectable, curative surgical resection will be recommended for the patients. The primary end point of this study is progression-free survival (PFS). The secondary endpoints are tumor response (objective response rate and disease control rate), overall survival (OS) , and adverse events (AEs).

Conditions

• Hepatocellular Carcinoma Non-resectable

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	DEB-TACE+HAIC	CalliSpheres (100-300 µm) loaded with pirarubicin for transarterial chemombolization: Typically, one vial of the beads was loaded with 60 mg pirarubicin. If blushed tumors is still visible after the embolization with one vial of beads, regular microspheres (8spheres) with diameters of 100-700 μm are additionally injected. RALOX-based regimen for hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy: oxaliplatin, 85 mg/m2 infusion for 2 hours; Raltitrexed, 3 mg/m2 infusion for 0.5 hour.
DRUG	DEB-TACE	CalliSpheres (100-300 µm) loaded with pirarubicin for transarterial chemombolization: Typically, one vial of the beads was loaded with 60 mg pirarubicin. If blushed tumors is still visible after the embolization with one vial of beads, regular microspheres (8spheres) with diameters of 100-700 μm are additionally injected.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-01
• Primary completion: 2027-04-30
• Completion: 2028-04-30
• First posted: 2024-05-02
• Last updated: 2025-02-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China