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A Phase II Study of Concurrent Nivolumab and External Beam Radiation Therapy for Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Who Have Vascular Invasion with or without Sorafenib-Experience in an HBV-endemic Area

A Phase II Study of Concurrent Nivolumab and External Beam Radiation Therapy for Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Who Have Vascular Invasion with or without Sorafenib-Experience in an HBV-endemic Area

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0004483
Enrollment
50
Registered
2019-11-28
Start date
2020-01-30
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-08-19

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Drug : Nivolumab 3mg/kg IV is administered as 30-minute IV infusion every 2 weeks. External beam radiotherapy begins 7 days (? 3 days) after the first dose of nivolumab. The study drug is continued u

Sponsors

National Cancer Center
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with HCC meeting all of following criteria; (1) Signed written informed consent (2) Age ? 20 (3) Histological diagnosis of HCC (4) Having at least one typical enhanced measurable index lesion (in the liver) by dynamic CT or dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (5) Presence of vascular invasion on dynamic CT or dynamic MRI ? an intraluminal filling defect adjacent to the primary tumor in portal vein, hepatic vein, and/or inferior vena cava ? an enhancement of the filling defect on arterial phase and a washout on portal/delayed phases. (6) Sorafenib naïve or sorafenib experienced (7) Child-Pugh class A (8) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0-1 (9) Life expectancy of at least 16 weeks (10) Adequate hematologic and hepatic function (should be obtained within 14 days prior to screening: ? Hemoglobin = 9.0 g/dL ? Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) = 1,000/mm3 ? Platelet count = 50,000/µL ? Total bilirubin 2.8 g/dL ? Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) = 5 × upper limit of normal ? Prothrombin time in INR = 1.8 × upper limit of normal ? Serum creatinine = 1.5 mg/dL (11) Women of childbearing potential and men must agree to use highly efficient contraception since signing of the IC form until at least 5 months (women) and 7 months (men) after the last study drug administration.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Receipt of 2 or more prior systemic therapies for advanced HCC. Additional prior systemic therapies used as adjuvant or local therapy are allowed. (2) Any type of anticancer agent (including investigational) within 2 weeks before enrollment (3) Having active brain metastasis or leptomeningeal metastasis (4) Moderate to severe or intractable ascites (5) A history or presence of hepatic encephalopathy (6) Presence of active bacterial infection (7) Untreated active chronic hepatitis B (8) History of portal hypertension with bleeding within the past 6 months (9) Prior liver transplant (10) Uncontrolled severe medical comorbidity (11) Other malignant disease (a history of treated malignancy -other than HCC- is allowable if the patient’s malignancy has been in complete remission, off chemotherapy and without additional surgical intervention, during the preceding two years) (12) Current or past history of hypersensitivity to nivolumab

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Progression-free survival (PFS), Safety

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Overall survival (OS), Time to progression (TTP), Objective response rate, Disease control rate (DCR), Time to local progression (TLP)

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactHyesun Youn

National Cancer Center

taikoo3@ncc.re.kr+82-31-920-0741

Outcome results

None listed

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