Conditions: Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Keywords: Advanced liver cancer RATIONALE-208
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 249
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This study investigated the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of the anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody BGB-A317 in participants with previously treated hepatocellular unresectable carcinoma.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: 200 milligrams once every 3 weeks

Interventions: intervention 1: Tislelizumab
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Administered intravenously

Protocol document:
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