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Study of GC33 and Sorafenib in Combination in Advanced or Metastatic Liver Cancer (Hepatocellular Carcinoma)

A Phase I, Open-Label, Multi-center, Dose-escalation Study of the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of GC33 in Combination With Sorafenib (Nexavar®) in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC).

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00976170
Enrollment
42
Registered
2009-09-14
Start date
2009-09-30
Completion date
2014-09-30
Last updated
2014-10-03

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Conditions

Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Keywords

Advanced or metastatic HCC

Brief summary

This phase I trial is studying the safety and best dose of GC33 and Sorafenib in combination in patients with advanced or metastatic liver cancer.

Detailed description

This is a Phase I open-label dose escalation study of GC33 in combination with Sorafenib in patients with advanced or metastatic HCC. This study is designed to evaluate safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy. Enrollment will proceed until a maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and a recommended Phase II dose has been established.

Interventions

DRUGGC33(RO5137382)

IV administration at 6 escalating dose levels.

DRUGSorafenib

Oral administration at 400mg twice daily or 400mg once daily

Sponsors

Hoffmann-La Roche
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Chugai Pharmaceutical
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Signed written Institutional Review Board/Ethical Committee approved informed consent form. * Male or female ≥18 years old. * Life expectancy ≥3 months. * ECOG Performance Status of 0-1. * Histologically confirmed hepatocellular carcinoma. * Not a candidate for curative treatments. * Child-Pugh A * Hematological, Biochemical and Organ Function: * AST (SGOT): ≤5.0 × ULN, * ALT (SGPT): ≤5.0 × ULN, * Total Bilirubin: ≤1.5mg/dL, * Platelets: ≥100,000/μL, * Absolute Neutrophil Count: ≥1,500/μL, * Serum creatinine: ≤2.0 × ULN, * PT-INR: ≤2.0 * Ability to provide a tumor tissue sample either by: * A formalin fixed paraffin embedded block sample within 12 months prior to informed consent for HCC diagnosis * Undergo a biopsy to confirm HCC diagnosis * Measurable disease.

Exclusion criteria

* Child-Pugh B or C * Patient who have taken Sorafenib previously. * Difficulty or inability to swallow pills. * Pregnant or lactating women or women of child-bearing potential and men of childbearing potential not willing to use effective means of contraception. * Patients known to be positive for Human immunodeficiency virus infection. * Active infectious diseases requiring treatment except for hepatitis B and C. * Other malignancies within the last 5 years. * History of transplantation (organ, bone marrow transplantation, Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, etc.). * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.. * Patients with known brain metastases or other central nervous system disease/disorders. * Uncontrolled hypertension defined as systolic blood pressure \>150 mmhg or diastolic blood pressure \>90 mmHg, despite optimal medical management. * Non-tumor related thrombolic or embolic events such as a cerebrovascular accident including transient ischemic attacks within the past 6 months. * Pulmonary hemorrhage/bleeding event ≥ CTCAE Grade 3, any other hemorrhage/bleeding event ≥ CTCAE Grade 4 within 4 weeks of first dose of study drug. * Serious non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture. * Patients who received major surgery, local therapy for HCC, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormone-therapy, immunotherapy, or another investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to Day 1(6 weeks for nitrosoureas, mitomycin, and bevacizumab; 1 week for tumor biopsy). * Patients who received the following treatments within 2 weeks prior to Day 1: * Anticoagulant or thrombolytic agents for therapeutic purposes, * Systemic anti-viral therapy for hepatitis C and Interferon therapy for hepatitis B, * Blood transfusion including all blood products * Known history of hypersensitivity to similar agents. * Patients receiving any medications or substances that are inducers of CYP3A4 are ineligible: rifampin, St. John's wort, phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital and dexamethasone. * Any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol requirements and/or follow-up procedures; those conditions should be discussed with the patient before trial entry.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Toxicity evaluation in accordance with CTCAE v3.0Continuous
Dose limiting toxicity and maximum tolerated doseContinuous

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
RECIST criteria (version 1.0) for response evaluation by CT/MRI in target and non-target lesions of HCCevery 2 months
Repeat-dose pharmacokinetic behavior of GC33 and SorafenibContinuous

Countries

Taiwan, United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 11, 2026