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A prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of polyvinyl alcohol embolization microspheres for transarterial chemoembolization of primary liver cancer

A prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of polyvinyl alcohol embolization microspheres for transarterial chemoembolization of primary liver cancer

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2300069229
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2023-03-10
Start date
2023-03-10
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-05-29

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Conditions

Primary liver cancer

Interventions

Experimental group:Polyvinyl alcohol embolization microspheres (Huihe Medical) and chemotherapy drug
Control group:Embosphere and chemotherapy drug

Sponsors

Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 85 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18-85 years; No gender limit; 2. Patients with CNLC Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa who need transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) therapy and are not suitable for or refuse surgical resection, liver transplantation, and ablation, and patients with stage IIIb primary liver cancer who are expected to benefit from TACE therapy to control the growth of intrahepatic tumors; 3. Child-Pugh A or B (less than 10 points); 4. Performance status (PS) score of ECOG 0~2; 5. The patient had at least one measurable tumor lesion without embolization (maximum diameter of the target lesion <=10cm); 6. Those who agree to participate in the clinical trial and voluntarily sign the informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients whose target lesions had received embolization therapy, whose target lesions had received other local treatments besides TACE (including but not limited to surgery, radiotherapy, hepatic arterial perfusion, radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation or percutaneous ethanol injection) within 1 month, or who had received first TACE therapy for target lesions combined with ablation/radiotherapy after inclusion; 2. The proportion of tumor in total liver volume was >=70%; 3. Patients with distant extensive metastasis or other malignant tumors; 4. The expected survival time is less than 3 months; 5. Cachexia or multiple organ failure; 6. Severe liver dysfunction (Child-Pugh grade C), including jaundice, hepatic encephalopathy, refractory ascites, or hepatorenal syndrome; 7. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) > 5 times the upper limit of normal or >250U/L, and >=2 times the upper limit of normal after 1 week of liver protection and antiviral treatment; 8. Renal dysfunction: patients with serum creatinine > 2mg/dL; 9. Leukocyte and platelet decreased significantly, leukocyte < 3.0×10^9/L, platelet < 50×10^9/L (except for hyperplenism and chemotherapeutic myelosuppression); 10. Bleeding and thrombotic tendency: patients with known hereditary or acquired bleeding and thrombotic tendency (e.g., hemophiliacs, uncorrectable coagulation disorders, thrombocytopenia, hyperplenism, etc.), active peptic ulcer or gastrointestinal bleeding within 30 days; Arteriovenous thrombosis occurred in the past 6 months (until enrollment); 11. Patients with active hepatitis or severe infection who cannot be treated with TACE simultaneously; 12. Patients with complete obstruction of the main portal vein and unable to restore portal blood flow through compensatory collateral branches of the portal vein; 13. The target focal blood supply arteries cannot be treated with TACE or have the risk of embolization (vascular access endangers normal areas, arteriovenous fistula, portal fistula, etc.); 14. Patients who predicted that the target lesion would require more than three TACEs; 15. Uncontrolled diabetes; 16. Patients with known severe allergy to contrast agents, iodine contrast agents or embolic materials; 17. Pregnant/lactating patients, or those who plan to give birth; 18. Patients who are participating in clinical trials of other drugs or devices and have not been in the group or have been in the group for less than 1 month; 19. Patients without the ability to make independent decisions or with mental illness; 20. Other patients deemed unsuitable for this clinical trial by the investigator.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Objective response rate (ORR) 1 month after the last TACE -mRECIST evaluation;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Objective response rate of target lesion 1 month after the first TACE and 3 months after the last TACE;Disease control rate of target lesions 1 month after the first TACE, 1 month after the last TACE, and 3 months after the last TACE-mRECIST evaluation;Treatment effect (TE) on target lesions 1 month after the first TACE, 1 month after the last TACE, and 3 months after the last TACE;Success rate of embolization of target lesions;All-cause mortality;Tumor-related mortality;Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) response rate;Overall survival (OS);Progression-free survival;Time to progression, TTP;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYan Zhiping

Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University

yan.zhiping@zs-hospital.sh.cn+86 21 6404 1990

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026