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A Study Combining Personalized Neoantigen-based Dendritic Cell Vaccine With Microwave Ablation for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

A Study to Assess the Safety, Feasibility, and Immunogenicity of Personalized Neoantigen-based Dendritic Cell Vaccine in Combination With Microwave Ablation to Treat Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03674073
Enrollment
24
Registered
2018-09-17
Start date
2018-10-15
Completion date
2023-07-07
Last updated
2026-08-27

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Conditions

Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Liver Cancer, Adult

Keywords

Neoantigen, Vaccine, Dendritic Cell, Personalized, Liver cancer

Brief summary

This is a single-center, open-label, non-randomized, parallel-group phase 1 study evaluating a personalized neoantigen-based dendritic cell vaccine following microwave ablation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. After receiving information on both treatment options, eligible participants selected, according to their preference, either microwave ablation followed by Neo-DC vaccination or microwave ablation alone

Interventions

BIOLOGICALNeoantigen Vaccines

HCC (3cm≤D ≤5 cm, fewer than three tumors) patients were treated with Microwave Ablation and 7 courses of neoantigen-based DC vaccines.The first neoantigen-based DC vaccine injection will take place up to 30 days following the completion of Microwave Ablation. The day of the first vaccine injection will be referred to as Day 1.The schedule of vaccination is Day 1, Day 8, Day 15, Day 22, Day 50, Day78, Day106.

PROCEDUREMicrowave Ablation

ALL the HCC patients will be treated by Microwave Ablation.

Sponsors

Chinese PLA General Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER
Likang Life Sciences Holdings Limited
CollaboratorUNKNOWN

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

1. Histologically confirmed patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma, HKLC Stage IIa. 2. Age is greater than 18 years old, male or female. 3. The tumor size is 3cm-5cm, and the lesions are \<3. 4. ECOG score \< 2, Child-Pugh classification A or B. 5. The participants freely sign informed consent;

Exclusion criteria

1. Pregnant or breast-feeding; psychiatric problems, addiction, or any other disorder that prevented informed consent; 2. Portal vein thrombosis or extrahepatic metastases; 3. White blood cell count \<2 x 10e9/L, platelet count \<40 x 10e9/L, serum creatinine \>110 mol/L, aspartate aminotransferase \>3 times upper limit, serum bilirubin \> 2.5 times upper limit, prothrombin time\> 19 seconds. 4. Active uncontrolled infection; 5. Concurrent systemic corticosteroid treatment 6. Primary immunodeficiency or systemic autoimmune disease; being treated with immunosuppressive drugs for other diseases; 7. Clinically significant ischemic heart disease or cardiac failure; 8. The investigator believes that there are other reasons that are not suitable for inclusion.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Safety of neoantigen-based DC vaccine as measured by the number of subjects experiencing each type of adverse event according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v4.0.1 years

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Immunogenicity of the neoantigen-based DC vaccine as measured by the frequency of antigen -specific T cells using ELISPOT analysis and ICS analysis.2 years
Number of participants alive at 2 years2 years
Progression-free survival at 2 years2 years

Countries

China

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORPing Liang, Doctor

Chinese PLA General Hospial

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Aug 28, 2026