Clinical trial NCT06928415: Efficacy and Safety of Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Bile Duct Tumor Thrombus: a Single-arm, Multicenter, Prospective Study (HCC-BDTT in LT)
Official title: Efficacy and Safety of Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Bile Duct Tumor Thrombus: a Single-arm, Multicenter, Prospective Study (HCC-BDTT in LT)
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Conditions: Liver Transplant
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Bile Duct Tumor Thrombus
Lead sponsor: Zhejiang University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-04-15
Enrollment: 130
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: HCC and BDTT patients in LT

Brief summary: The prognosis for patients diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma with bile duct tumor thrombus (BDTT-HCC) remains notably grim, as there are presently no universally accepted treatment guidelines in place to address this complex condition. Long-term outcomes of liver transplantation (LT) for BDTT-HCC are unclear, whether LT is a proper therapeutic option for BDTT-HCC patients remains to be determined. Therefore, we designed a clinical trial to evaluate survival of BDTT-HCC patients in LT. This is an open-labeled, single-arm, prospective, multicenter and real-world study designed to assess the survival outcomes of BDTT-HCC patients in LT. Patients will be enrolled based on histological confirmation of HCC with BDTT. The study will span a total of 4 years, including a 2-year enrollment phase and a subsequent 2-year follow-up period. We anticipate that LT will provide favorable survival benefits for BDTT-HCC patients, particularly in the key indicator recurrence-free survival (RFS) and improved quality of life. Upon successful completion of the trial, we will extend our monitoring over a longer follow-up time to accurately estimate important indicators such as overall survival (OS). We expect that this study will provide substantial evidence to refine treatment guidelines through thorough data analysis, ultimately contributing to better patient outcomes and advancing our understanding of the disease.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

(1) age between 18 and 70 years; (2) Postoperative pathological diagnosis of HCC with BDTT requiring LT; (3) the general condition can tolerate the operation; (4) written informed consent given by the patient; (5) patients without distant metastasis.

Exclusion Criteria:

(1) Those who did not undergo regular LT for various reasons, split LT, reduced-size LT, simultaneous transplantation, re-transplantation, multiple-organ recipients are excluded; (2) Additional surgical procedures such as pancreaticoduodenectomy were performed; (3) those with other diseases such as active pulmonary tuberculosis, coronary heart disease, renal insufficiency and so on, which affect the therapeutic effect; (4) Extensive abdominal metastasis was found during operation; (5) serious consequences or deaths caused by anesthesia accident during operation; (6) Postoperative death due to other diseases such as traffic accidents, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents; (7) With distant metastasis before operation.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Recurrence free survival rate
timeFrame: 2025.1.10-2029.1.10
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Overall survival rate
timeFrame: 2025.1.10-2029.1.10
Other outcomes:
measure: Tumor recurrence rate
timeFrame: 2025.1.10-2029.1.10
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