Hepatocellular Carcinoma RecurrentTARGET-HCCNCT07118202
TheraBionic P1 Device in Subjects With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
A study testing TheraBionic P1 in people with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrent, run by Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute at 6 sites in United States.
Trial summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the TheraBionic P1 device given to patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who have no standard of care options can affect patients survival. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 22 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrent
- What is being tested?
- TheraBionic P1
- Type of treatment
- Medical device
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 198 participants
- Where
- 6 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- 20 Oct 2025to 31 Aug 2028
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
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 22 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (defined as a liver tumor not eligible for local therapies given the extent of disease or a livor tumor that recurred after local therapy)
- Patients who have failed at least two lines of therapy* or who are no longer eligible for any line of standard therapy or who are intolerant to at least two lines of therapy.
- Patients with evaluable disease
- Patients must be ≥ 22 years old and must be able to understand and sign an informed consent.
- Female patients of childbearing potential and their partners and male patients must agree to use adequate contraception during the period of study treatment.
- Patients with a life expectancy of at least 3 months
Who cannot join
- Patients with known active secondary malignancy, unless, in the opinion of the investigator, it is unlikely to interfere with the safety and efficacy of the endpoints
- Patients taking any other investigational drugs
- Patients with active oral mucosal inflammation, ulceration, or other pathology that could interfere with the use of the device
- Patients receiving calcium channel blockers and any agent blocking L-type of T-type Voltage Gated Calcium Channels, e.g., amlodipine, nifedipine, ethosuximide, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), etc. unless their medical treatment is discontinued to prior to treatment on study. Patients must agree to abstain from using calcium channel blockers and any agent blocking L-type or T-type voltage gated calcium channels for the duration of treatment on study.
- Patients who are breastfeeding. If a breastfeeding participant would like to be part of this study, breastfeeding must be discontinued.
- Patients that do not agree to be followed according to the study protocol or have cognitive or physical inability to use the device for the prescribed period and frequency (three 60-minute treatments in the morning, middle of the day, and evening)
- Patients with a known severe (e.g., anaphylactic) allergy to nickel
Trial locations and contacts
6 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
6 sites in 1 country
United States6 sites, 6 recruiting
- Recruiting
Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Bay Region
Bay City, Michigan, 48706
1-989-667-2370
- Recruiting
Karmanos Cancer Institute
Detroit, Michigan, 48201
Anthonly F Shields, M.D., 313-576-8735, shieldsa@karmanos.org
- Recruiting
Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Flint
Flint, Michigan, 48532
1-810-342-3800
- Recruiting
Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Greater Lansing
Lansing, Michigan, 48910
1-517-975-9500
- Recruiting
Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Lapeer Region
Lapeer, Michigan, 48446
810-667-4994
- Recruiting
Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Central Michigan, Morey Cancer Center
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, 48858
1-989-772-6811
About this study
Official title: TheraBionic P1 Device for Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Who Fail First and Second Line Therapy
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the TheraBionic P1 device given to patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who have no standard of care options can affect patients survival. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- will the TheraBionic P1 device affect overall survival in advance HCC
- the long term safety and tolerability of the TheraBionic P1 device
- assessment of how the disease responded to the TheraBionic P1 device
- Conditions
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrent
- Being tested
- TheraBionic P1
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
TheraBionic P1Device
Amplitude-modulated electromagnetic fields will be self-administered and given continuously to patients in three 60-minute treatments per day, administered in the morning, middle of the day, and in the evening
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| TheraBionic P1 device | Experimental | Self administered Amplitude-modulated electromagnetic fields three times daily Receives: Device: TheraBionic P1 |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Overall Survival
Overall survival assessment will be recorded in days and will represent the period starting at the date of treatment initiation and finishing at the date of patient death from any cause.
Living patients at the time of analysis will have the date of last contact (consultation visit or phone contact) used to define overall survival
Measured: From start of treatment until death, up to 24 months
Secondary outcomes (9)
PROMIS Measures of Pain Interference
National Institutes of Health Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures of Pain Interference short form 4a. PROMIS scores can range from 0 to 100; scales are calibrated using a T-score metric with a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10. A higher score indicates more pain interference (poorer health). 4 items
Measured: From Start of Treatment to the end of treatment up to 12 months
Patient-reported outcomes (PRO)
Patient-reported outcomes (PRO) measures will assess the trajectory of patient rated tolerability of treatment (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy items regarding bother of side effects, one item), patient-rated symptomatic adverse events (11 Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events item library items)
Measured: From Start of Treatment to the end of treatment up to 12 months
PROMIS Measures of Pain Intensity
NIH Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures of Pain Intensity short form 1a. PROMIS scores can range from 0 to 100; scales are calibrated using a T-score metric with a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10. A higher score indicates more pain intensity (poorer health). 1 item
Measured: From Start of Treatment to the end of treatment up to 12 months
ECOG Performance Status
(ECOG)Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status scale to measure functional status and ability to carry out activities of daily living. A system used to assess how a patient's cancer or other serious illness affects their daily living abilities. It's a 6-point scale (0-5) where lower scores indicate better function and higher scores indicate more limitations
Measured: From Start of Treatment to the end of treatment up to 12 months
Disease Control Rate
Disease control will be defined as the percentage of patients who are alive and have documented response status of complete response (CR), partial response (PR) or stable disease (SD) at 4 months and 6 months from the date of enrollment.
Measured: From enrollment up to 6 months
Duration of overall response
Measured from the time measurement criteria are first met for CR/PR (whichever is first recorded) until the first date that recurrent or progressive disease is objectively documented (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded on study).
The duration of overall complete response is measured from the time measurement criteria are first met for CR until the first date that recurrent disease is objectively documented. Duration of stable disease: Stable disease is measured from the start of the treatment until the criteria for progression are met, taking as reference the smallest measurements recorded since the treatment started
Measured: From start of treatment up to 24 months
Time to Progression (TTP)
Time-to-radiological progression assessment will be recorded in days and will represent the period starting at the date of treatment initiation and finishing at the date of radiological assessment documenting tumor progression. Patients who initiate post-study anticancer therapy or die without documented progression will be censored at that time point.
Measured: Start of treatment to death from any cause up to 24 months
Progression-free survival (PFS)
Progression-free survival assessment will be recorded in days and will represent the period starting at the date of treatment initiation and finishing at the later of the date of documentation of radiologic tumor progression, date of last follow-up on study treatment or death, whichever comes first. Patients who initiate post-study antitumor therapy prior to radiologic progression will be censored for PFS at that date.
Measured: Start of treatment to progression of disease, last follow-up on study or death, whichever comes first up to 24 months
PROMIS Measures of Physical Function
National Institutes of Health Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures of physical function short form 4a. PROMIS scores can range from 0 to 100; scales are calibrated using a T-score metric with a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10. A higher score indicates less physical function (poorer health). 4 items
Measured: From Start of Treatment to the end of treatment up to 12 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted12 Aug 2025
- Study start20 Oct 2025
- Primary completion31 Aug 2028 (estimated)
- Study completion31 Aug 2028 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Hepatocellular Carcinoma RecurrentStudies 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
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 198 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- THERABIONIC INC.
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Anthony F. Shields, MD PhD, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Investigators
- Anthony F Shields, M.D., Principal investigator, Wayne State University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07118202
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2024-074
- Other IDs
- TR79005KCI00019, AM-001
- Acronym
- TARGET-HCC
- Status last verified
- Apr 2026
- First submitted
- 5 Aug 2025
- Last updated
- 13 Apr 2026
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- Yes
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 13 Apr 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- TheraBionic P1 Device for Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Who Fail First and Second Line Therapy
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07118202
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- TARGET-HCC / 2024-074
- Conditions
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrent
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 198 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer InstituteUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- THERABIONIC INC.
- Study start
- 20 Oct 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 Aug 2028 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 31 Aug 2028 (estimated)
- First posted
- 12 Aug 2025 (actual)
- 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 goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the TheraBionic P1 device given to patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who have no standard of care options can affect patients survival. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- will the TheraBionic P1 device affect overall survival in advance HCC
- the long term safety and tolerability of the TheraBionic P1 device
- assessment of how the disease responded to the TheraBionic P1 device
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| TheraBionic P1 device | Experimental | Device: TheraBionic P1Self administered Amplitude-modulated electromagnetic fields three times daily |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 22 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (defined as a liver tumor not eligible for local therapies given the extent of disease or a livor tumor that recurred after local therapy)
- Patients who have failed at least two lines of therapy* or who are no longer eligible for any line of standard therapy or who are intolerant to at least two lines of therapy.
- Patients with evaluable disease
- Patients must be ≥ 22 years old and must be able to understand and sign an informed consent.
- Female patients of childbearing potential and their partners and male patients must agree to use adequate contraception during the period of study treatment.
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Patients with known active secondary malignancy, unless, in the opinion of the investigator, it is unlikely to interfere with the safety and efficacy of the endpoints
- Patients taking any other investigational drugs
- Patients with active oral mucosal inflammation, ulceration, or other pathology that could interfere with the use of the device
- Patients receiving calcium channel blockers and any agent blocking L-type of T-type Voltage Gated Calcium Channels, e.g., amlodipine, nifedipine, ethosuximide, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), etc. unless their medical treatment is discontinued to prior to treatment on study. Patients must agree to abstain from using calcium channel blockers and any agent blocking L-type or T-type voltage gated calcium channels for the duration of treatment on study.
- Patients who are breastfeeding. If a breastfeeding participant would like to be part of this study, breastfeeding must be discontinued.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TheraBionic P1Amplitude-modulated electromagnetic fields will be self-administered and given continuously to patients in three 60-minute treatments per day, administered in the morning, middle of the day, and in the evening | Device | TheraBionic P1 device |
Primary outcome
Overall Survival
Time frame: From start of treatment until death, up to 24 months
Overall survival assessment will be recorded in days and will represent the period starting at the date of treatment initiation and finishing at the date of patient death from any cause. Living patients at the time of analysis will have the date of last contact (consultation visit or phone contact) used to define overall survival
9 secondary outcomes
PROMIS Measures of Pain Interference
Time frame: From Start of Treatment to the end of treatment up to 12 months
Patient-reported outcomes (PRO)
Time frame: From Start of Treatment to the end of treatment up to 12 months
PROMIS Measures of Pain Intensity
Time frame: From Start of Treatment to the end of treatment up to 12 months
ECOG Performance Status
Time frame: From Start of Treatment to the end of treatment up to 12 months
Disease Control Rate
Time frame: From enrollment up to 6 months
Duration of overall response
Time frame: From start of treatment up to 24 months
Time to Progression (TTP)
Time frame: Start of treatment to death from any cause up to 24 months
Progression-free survival (PFS)
Time frame: Start of treatment to progression of disease, last follow-up on study or death, whichever comes first up to 24 months
PROMIS Measures of Physical Function
Time frame: From Start of Treatment to the end of treatment up to 12 months
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 13 Apr 2026.
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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.
Anthony F Shields, M.D. principal investigator
Wayne State University
6 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing TheraBionic P1 in people with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrent, run by Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute at 6 sites in United States.
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 6 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Apr 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 6 sites in United States. 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?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Anthony F Shields, M.D. (313-576-8735, shieldsa@karmanos.org), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Overall Survival (time frame: From start of treatment until death, up to 24 months). 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 Apr 2026.