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Adjuvant Immunotherapy With Toripalimab Following Curative-intent Ablation for Recurrent Hepatocarcinoma

Phase 2
Conditions
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Interventions
Procedure: Thermal ablation
Registration Number
NCT05240404
Lead Sponsor
Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Brief Summary

This phase II study is to evaluate the efficacy of the adjuvant immunotherapy after curative-intent ablation for recurrent hepatocarcinoma

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
116
Inclusion Criteria

HCC diagnosed as (i) the presence of risk factors including hepatitis B or C virus and liver cirrhosis, a serum a-fetoprotein (AFP) level greater than 200 IU/ml and a radiologically compatible feature with HCC in one or more CT/MRI/angiograms, or (ii) the presence of risk factors including hepatitis B or C virus and liver cirrhosis, a serum a-fetoprotein (AFP) level less than 200 IU/ml, and a radiologically compatible feature with HCC in two or more CT/MRI/angiograms or (iii) histological confirmation.

HCC patients who had recurrent or residual tumor after other treatments without evidence of extrahepatic metastasis the largest diameter of tumor should be less than 3cm, and the number of tumor ≤2 no previous treatment to target tumors by other forms of RT.

liver function of Child-Pugh class A or B7 (Child-Pugh score of ≤7). performance status of 0 to 2 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score.

WBC count ≥ 2,000/mm3; hemoglobin level ≥ 7.5 g/dL; platelet count ≥ 50,000/mm3; and adequate hepatic function (total bilirubin ≤ 3.0 mg/dL; AST and ALT < 5.0× upper limit of normal; no ascites).

no serious comorbidities other than liver cirrhosis. written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

HCC diagnosed as (i) the presence of risk factors including hepatitis B or C virus and liver cirrhosis, a serum a-fetoprotein (AFP) level greater than 200 IU/ml and a radiologically compatible feature with HCC in one or more CT/MRI/angiograms, or (ii) the presence of risk factors including hepatitis B or C virus and liver cirrhosis, a serum a-fetoprotein (AFP) level less than 200 IU/ml, and a radiologically compatible feature with HCC in two or more CT/MRI/angiograms or (iii) histological confirmation.

HCC patients who had recurrent or residual tumor after other treatments without evidence of extrahepatic metastasis the largest diameter of tumor should be less than 3cm, and the number of tumor ≤2 no previous treatment to target tumors by other forms of RT.

Liver function of Child-Pugh class A or B7 (Child-Pugh score of ≤7). Performance status of 0 to 2 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score.

WBC count ≥ 2,000/mm3; hemoglobin level ≥ 7.5 g/dL; platelet count ≥ 50,000/mm3; and adequate hepatic function (total bilirubin ≤ 3.0 mg/dL; AST and ALT < 5.0× upper limit.

Written informed consent.

Exlusion criteria:

Evidence of extrahepatic metastasis. Liver function of Child-Pugh class B8-9 and C (Child-Pugh score of >7). Previous history of other forms of RT adjacent to target tumors. Poor performance status of 3 to 4 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score.

Pregnant or breast feeding status. Previous history uncontrolled other malignancies within 2 years.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Arm BThermal ablationPatients with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma would be treated with curative-intent ablation and adjuvant immunotherapy with toripalimab.
Arm AThermal ablationPatients with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma would be treated with curative-intent ablation alone.
Arm BToripalimabPatients with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma would be treated with curative-intent ablation and adjuvant immunotherapy with toripalimab.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Disease-free survivalup to 3 years until study closed

Disease-free survival was defined as the interval from the date of randomization to date of detection new recurrent disease

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall survivalup to 3 years until study closed

Overall survival (OS) was defined as the interval from the date of randomization to death or study closed

Predictive BiomarkersUp to approximately 3 years

Tissue and blood biomarkers in including PD-L1 expression, tumor mutation burden defined as the number of non-inherited mutations per million bases of investigated genomic sequence

Number of participants with adverse eventsUp to approximately 3 years

Evaluation will be done using NCI-CTCAE (version 4.03).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Xiangya Hospital, Central South University

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Changsha, Hunan, China

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