Clinical trial NCT02584556: Adjuvant Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization Versus Adjuvant Systemic Chemotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Official title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Radical Hepatectomy With Adjuvant Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization Versus Adjuvant Systemic Chemotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Phase: PHASE2
PHASE3
Conditions: Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Lead sponsor: Guangxi Medical University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2015-10-22
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to determine that adjuvant systemic chemotherapy is superior to adjuvant transcatheter arterial chemoembolization(TACE) in prolonging recurrence free survival（RFS） in patients after radical resection of hepatocellular carcinoma.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. a preoperative diagnosis of HCC with no previous treatment;
2. compensated cirrhosis with Child-Pugh class A, B or no cirrhosis;
3. multiple tumors more than 5 cm or tumor involving a major branch (the Wrstor second branch) of the portal or hepatic vein(s) on preoperative investigations, and on intraoperative ultrasonography and gross examination of the liver during operation;
4. on exploration and intraoperative ultrasonography, the tumor with multiple lesions localized in right or left hemiliver,or the main tumor localized in one lobe only with a small solitary lesion in contralateral lobe, or tumor involving a major branch (the Wrst or second branch) of the portal or hepatic vein(s), which could be safely resected without grossly remaining tumors, and the patient was judged to have well preserved liver function to survive the operation.
5. Adequate organ and marrow function, with neutrophil count≥1.5X10e9/L, platelet count≥75×10e9/L, AST or ALT﹤2.5×upper limit of normal (ULN), total bilirubin\<1.5×ULN, international normalized ratio \<1.5;normal baseline left ventricular ejection fraction_lower limit of normal for the institution. Patients with AST and ALT\<5 ×ULN could be recruited if total bilirubin was in the normal range.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. documented allergy to study drugs; any previous TACE or systemic chemotherapy treatment before random assignment;
2. concomitant use of any other anticancer therapy, including interferon alfa and herbal medicine approved by the local authority to be used as anticancer medicine (except palliative radiotherapy to a nontarget lesion);
3. CNS metastasis;
4. Other serious illness or medical condition.

Primary outcomes:
measure: recurrence free survival
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Overall survival
timeFrame: 3 months and 24 months
measure: Time to Recurrence
timeFrame: 6 months and 12 months
measure: Time to Recurrence within liver
timeFrame: 3 months and 12 months
measure: Time of tumor distant metastasis
timeFrame: 3 months and 12 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Affiliated Tumor Hospital, Guangxi Medical University
name: Lequn Li, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Zhong C, Guo RP, Li JQ, Shi M, Wei W, Chen MS, Zhang YQ. A randomized controlled trial of hepatectomy with adjuvant transcatheter arterial chemoembolization versus hepatectomy alone for Stage III A hepatocellular carcinoma. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2009 Oct;135(10):1437-45. doi: 10.1007/s00432-009-0588-2. Epub 2009 May 1.
citation: Peng BG, He Q, Li JP, Zhou F. Adjuvant transcatheter arterial chemoembolization improves efficacy of hepatectomy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and portal vein tumor thrombus. Am J Surg. 2009 Sep;198(3):313-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.09.026. Epub 2009 Mar 12.
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