A Study Evaluating Atezolizumab, With or Without Bevacizumab, in Patients With Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Child-Pugh B7 and B8 Cirrhosis

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of atezolizumab and bevacizumab, or atezolizumab alone, as first-line treatment in participants with unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with Child-Pugh B7 or B8 cirrhosis.

This is a Phase II, open-label, multicohort, multicenter study in participants with unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who have Child-Pugh B7 or B8 liver cirrhosis and have received no prior systemic therapy in this treatment setting. The study is designed to non-comparatively evaluate the safety and efficacy of atezolizumab plus bevacizumab (Cohort A) or atezolizumab monotherapy (Cohort B) in this population.

Eligibility Criteria:
General Inclusion Criteria:

* Locally advanced or metastatic and/or unresectable HCC with diagnosis confirmed by histology/cytology or clinically by American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) criteria in cirrhotic patients
* Disease that is not amenable to curative surgical and/or locoregional therapies
* No prior systemic treatment (including systemic investigational agents) for locally advanced or metastatic and/or unresectable HCC
* Measurable disease (at least one untreated target lesion) according to RECIST v1.1
* ECOG Performance Status of 0-2 within 7 days prior to initiation of study treatment
* Child-Pugh B7 or B8 cirrhosis at screening and within 7 days prior to study treatment
* Adequate hematologic and end-organ function
* Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks
* Female participants of childbearing potential must be willing to avoid pregnancy and egg donation

General Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnancy or breastfeeding
* Prior treatment with CD137 agonists or immune checkpoint blockade therapies
* Treatment with investigational therapy within 28 days prior to initiation of study treatment
* Treatment with locoregional therapy to liver within 28 days prior to initiation of study treatment, or non-recovery from side effects of any such procedure
* Treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents
* Treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medication
* Treatment with a live, attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment
* Inadequately controlled hypertension
* Active or history of autoimmune disease or immune deficiency
* History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia, drug-induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest computed tomography (CT) scan
* Patients who have a known concurrent malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment, who have not completely recovered from treatment, or who have a significant malignancy history that, in the opinion of the investigator, should preclude participation.
* Known fibrolamellar HCC, sarcomatoid HCC, other rare HCC variant, or mixed cholangiocarcinoma and HCC
* Symptomatic, untreated, or actively progressing central nervous system (CNS) metastases
* Prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplantation
* Listed for liver transplantation
* Co-infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV)
* Untreated or incompletely treated esophageal and/or gastric varices with bleeding or that are at high risk for bleeding
* A prior bleeding event due to esophageal and/or gastric varices within 6 months prior to initiation of study treatment
* Grade ≥3 hemorrhage or bleeding event within 6 months prior to initiation of study treatment
* History of hepatic encephalopathy requiring hospitalization or treatment escalation within 6 months prior to study treatment, or any continued symptoms of encephalopathy despite medical management
* History, planned, or recommended placement of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)
* History of ascites requiring therapeutic paracentesis over the last 3 months
* History of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis within last 12 months