hepatocellular carcinoma
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosed by histologial examination or by imaging modalities 2) Less than or equal to 3 lesions, 30 mm or less in diameter 3) No extra-hepatic metastasis 4) No vascular invasion 5) Patients in Child-Pugh Class A or B 6) Male or female aged 20 years or older at the time of informed consent and younger than 90 years old 7) Patients with an ECOG Performance Status (PS) score of 0 or 1 8) No prior chemotherapy 9) Adequate organ function a) Neutrophil>=1500 /mm3 b) Hb>= 8.5 g/dL c) PLT>= 50000 /mm3 d) T-Bil<= 2.0 mg/dL e) AST<= within 5 times of normal limit ALT<= within 5 times of normal limit f) Cre<= within 1.5 times of normal limit 10) Written informed consent 11) Life expectancy of at least 6 months
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with histologically diagnosed mixed hepatocellular carcinoma or sarcomatoid carcinoma 2) History of any therapy to hepatocellular carcinoma 3) Patients unsuitable for RFA 4) Patients unsuitable for administration of CDDP 5) Patients who have simultaneous malignancies 6) Patients who have severe complications 7) Ascites or pleural effusion unresponsible to therapy 8) Patients inadequate in the investigator's judgement
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Recurrence free survival | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence of adverse events Time to treatment failure with RFA Evaluation of treatment effect with tumor markers | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Okayama university hospital Department of gastroenterology