Hepatocellular CarcinomaTACENCT00820157
Cytoreductive Surgery and Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) Versus TACE for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
A study testing Cytoreductive Surgery and TACE in people with Hepatocellular Carcinoma, run by Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital at 1 site in China.
Trial summary
The aim of this study is to compare the surgical outcomes of cytoreductive surgery followed by Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) with TACE alone in patients with MNHCC so as to establish a treatment standard for MNHCC. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 70 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- What is being tested?
- Cytoreductive Surgery and TACE
- Type of treatment
- Surgery or procedure
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 120 participants
- Where
- 1 siteChina
- Study dates
- Nov 2008to Dec 2012
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 70 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Male or female patients > 18 years and <=70 years of age.
- at least 2 radiologic imaging showing characteristic features of HCC or one radiologic imaging associated with AFP >400 or cytologic/histologic evidence.
- tumor number >3 and <=5,maximum diameter >5cm and <=15cm;without evidence of radiologically definable vascular invasion or extrahepatic metastasis.
- Criteria of liver function: Child A-B level, serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal value,alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase ≤ 2 times the upper limit of normal value.
- No dysfunction in major organs; Blood routine, kidney function, cardiac function and lung function are basically normal.
- Hb ≥90g/L,WBC ≥3.000 cells/mm³,platelets ≥80.000 cells/mm³
- Patients who can understand this trial and have signed information consent
Who cannot join
- Patients with apparent cardiac, pulmonary, cerebral and renal dysfunction,which may affect the treatment of liver cancer.
- Patients with other diseases which may affect the treatment mentioned.
- Patients with a medical history of other malignant tumors.
- Subjects participating in other clinical trials.
- Extrahepatic metastasis, portal vein or other major vascular involvement.
- liver function:Child C.
- no pathological evidence of HCC.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
China1 site
Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200438
About this study
Official title: A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Cytoreductive Surgery Followed by Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization (TACE) Versus TACE Alone for Multinodular Hepatocellular Carcinoma (MNHCC)
The aim of this study is to compare the surgical outcomes of cytoreductive surgery followed by Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) with TACE alone in patients with MNHCC so as to establish a treatment standard for MNHCC.
Read the detailed description
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the world's most common malignancies, especially in East-Asian countries. Hepatic resection has been accepted as the only means of cure for patients with HCC. The results of hepatic resection for early-stage HCC are favorable.Nevertheless, the role of surgical resection for multinodular HCC (MNHCC) is less well-defined.The presence of multiple tumors has been shown to be one of the most significant independent factors to influence cumulative survival rates in HCC after hepatic resection.Using the BCLC criteria,liver transplantation provides an alternative curative treatment option for MNHCC with size ≤ 5 cm in diameter and tumor number <3，but MNHCC beyond these criteria usually receive palliative therapy.
For MNHCC which not suitable for curative treatment, non-surgical and surgical interventions are available for palliative care.Cytoreductive surgery has the potential to increase the quality and quantity of survival in patients with advanced HCC. Cytoreductive surgery is carried out with partial hepatectomy,cryosurgery,microwave coagulation therapy(MCT),or absolute alcohol injection.It has been shown to prolong survival and provide good symptomatic relief in patients with good surgical risks in non-randomized studies.Cytoreductive surgery aims at removal or destruction of all macroscopic tumours, allowing microscopic foci to persist while preserving as much of the functional liver tissue as possible. The development of effective local ablative therapy (LAT), such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA) therapy, facilitates reduction of the tumour burden even further during the operation.Cytoreductive surgery can also be followed by other non-surgical treatments,such as regional therapy or systemic therapy, to deal with the residual disease or micrometastases.
The aim of this study is to compare the surgical outcomes of cytoreductive surgery followed by TACE with TACE alone in patients with MNHCC so as to establish a treatment standard for MNHCC.
- Conditions
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Being tested
- Cytoreductive Surgery, TACE
- Keywords
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Chemoembolization, Therapeutic, Cytoreductive
- Medical subject headings
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Cytoreductive SurgeryProcedure or surgery
Also called Cytoreductive group
Cytoreductive Surgery followed by TACE for MNHCC
TACEProcedure or surgery
Also called TACE group
TACE alone or TACE followed by downstage resection for MNHCC
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Cytoreductive Surgery | Active comparator | Cytoreductive Surgery followed by TACE Receives: Procedure: Cytoreductive Surgery |
| TACE | Experimental | TACE alone Receives: Procedure: TACE |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
the overall survival rate of each group
Measured: 3 years
Secondary outcomes (1)
the disease-free survival rate of each group
Measured: 3 years
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted12 Jan 2009 (estimated)
- Study startNov 2008
- Primary completionNov 2010
- Study completionDec 2012
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Hepatocellular CarcinomaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 120 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, ShenFeng, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital
- Investigators
- Weiping Zhou, M.D., Study chair, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00820157
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- EHBH-RCT-2008-021
- Acronym
- TACE
- Status last verified
- Aug 2013
- First submitted
- 8 Jan 2009
- Last updated
- 13 Aug 2013
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 13 Aug 2013. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Cytoreductive Surgery Followed by Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization (TACE) Versus TACE Alone for Multinodular Hepatocellular Carcinoma (MNHCC)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00820157
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- TACE / EHBH-RCT-2008-021
- Conditions
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Keywords
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Chemoembolization, Therapeutic, Cytoreductive
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 120 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Nov 2008
- Primary completion
- Nov 2010 (actual)
- Study completion
- Dec 2012 (actual)
- First posted
- 12 Jan 2009 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The aim of this study is to compare the surgical outcomes of cytoreductive surgery followed by Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) with TACE alone in patients with MNHCC so as to establish a treatment standard for MNHCC.
Detailed description
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the world's most common malignancies, especially in East-Asian countries. Hepatic resection has been accepted as the only means of cure for patients with HCC. The results of hepatic resection for early-stage HCC are favorable.Nevertheless, the role of surgical resection for multinodular HCC (MNHCC) is less well-defined.The presence of multiple tumors has been shown to be one of the most significant independent factors to influence cumulative survival rates in HCC after hepatic resection.Using the BCLC criteria,liver transplantation provides an alternative curative treatment option for MNHCC with size ≤ 5 cm in diameter and tumor number <3，but MNHCC beyond these criteria usually receive palliative therapy.
For MNHCC which not suitable for curative treatment, non-surgical and surgical interventions are available for palliative care.Cytoreductive surgery has the potential to increase the quality and quantity of survival in patients with advanced HCC. Cytoreductive surgery is carried out with partial hepatectomy,cryosurgery,microwave coagulation therapy(MCT),or absolute alcohol injection.It has been shown to prolong survival and provide good symptomatic relief in patients with good surgical risks in non-randomized studies.Cytoreductive surgery aims at removal or destruction of all macroscopic tumours, allowing microscopic foci to persist while preserving as much of the functional liver tissue as possible. The development of effective local ablative therapy (LAT), such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA) therapy, facilitates reduction of the tumour burden even further during the operation.Cytoreductive surgery can also be followed by other non-surgical treatments,such as regional therapy or systemic therapy, to deal with the residual disease or micrometastases.
The aim of this study is to compare the surgical outcomes of cytoreductive surgery followed by TACE with TACE alone in patients with MNHCC so as to establish a treatment standard for MNHCC.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Cytoreductive Surgery | Active comparator | Procedure: Cytoreductive SurgeryCytoreductive Surgery followed by TACE |
| TACE | Experimental | Procedure: TACETACE alone |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 70 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Male or female patients > 18 years and <=70 years of age.
- at least 2 radiologic imaging showing characteristic features of HCC or one radiologic imaging associated with AFP >400 or cytologic/histologic evidence.
- tumor number >3 and <=5,maximum diameter >5cm and <=15cm;without evidence of radiologically definable vascular invasion or extrahepatic metastasis.
- Criteria of liver function: Child A-B level, serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal value,alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase ≤ 2 times the upper limit of normal value.
- No dysfunction in major organs; Blood routine, kidney function, cardiac function and lung function are basically normal.
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Patients with apparent cardiac, pulmonary, cerebral and renal dysfunction,which may affect the treatment of liver cancer.
- Patients with other diseases which may affect the treatment mentioned.
- Patients with a medical history of other malignant tumors.
- Subjects participating in other clinical trials.
- Extrahepatic metastasis, portal vein or other major vascular involvement.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Cytoreductive SurgeryAlso: Cytoreductive groupCytoreductive Surgery followed by TACE for MNHCC | Procedure or surgery | Cytoreductive Surgery |
| TACEAlso: TACE groupTACE alone or TACE followed by downstage resection for MNHCC | Procedure or surgery | TACE |
Primary outcome
the overall survival rate of each group
Time frame: 3 years
1 secondary outcome
the disease-free survival rate of each group
Time frame: 3 years
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 13 Aug 2013.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Weiping Zhou, M.D. study chair
Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Cytoreductive Surgery and TACE in people with Hepatocellular Carcinoma, run by Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital at 1 site in China.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Aug 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
the overall survival rate of each group (time frame: 3 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Aug 2013.