Status:

UNKNOWN

Safety Study of Sorafenib Following Combined Therapy of Radiation and TACE for Liver Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Fudan University

Conditions:

Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Patients with liver cancer will receive interventional therapy plus radiotherapy. Maintenance Sorafenib will be taken after the completion of radiotherapy. Hypothesis of the current study is that Sora...

Detailed Description

Patients with solitary lesion (bigger than 5 cm in diameter) histologically or cytologically confirmed HCC receive TACE (1-3 cycles) plus 3DCRT/IMRT 4-6 weeks later. Maintenance Sorafenib will be admi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age of equal or older than 18 years and not over 75 years with a life expectancy of at least 12 weeks;
  • Karnofsky performance status (KPS) of ≥70;
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed HCC;
  • BCLC stage B, solitary lesion (bigger than 5 cm in diameter) with tumor burden less than 50% of total liver volume;
  • Liver function of Child-Pugh A;
  • Technically unresectable, medically inoperable, or surgery declined by the patient;
  • Normal renal function and adequate bone marrow reservation;
  • Signed informed consent must be obtained prior to any study specific procedure.

Exclusion

  • Presence of intrahepatic and/or extrahepatic metastases
  • Previous received systemic therapy for liver cancer;
  • History of radiotherapy to the liver;
  • Indistinct tumor boundary on CT/MRI images;
  • Previous or concurrent malignancies, with the exception of adequately treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin or in situ carcinoma of the cervix or superficial bladder tumors \[Ta, Tis and T1\];
  • History of cardiac disease: congestive heart failure \> NYHA class 2, active CAD, cardiac arrythmias requiring anti-arrhythmic therapy or uncontrolled hypertension within the last 12 months;
  • Concurrent uncontrolled medical conditions;
  • Pregnancy or breast feeding;
  • Investigational drug therapy outside of this trial during or within 4 weeks of study entry;
  • Psychiatric or medical unstable conditions that compromise the patient's ability to give informed consent.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00999843

Start Date

October 1 2009

End Date

October 1 2012

Last Update

October 22 2009

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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China, 200032