Conditions: Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Keywords: Sorafenib TACE DC bead Combination
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 307
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This study will look at whether our drug (sorafenib) in combination with chemotherapy delivered directly into your tumor using beads (DC Bead) will slow the progression of the disease. The beads used with the chemotherapy will slowly release the chemotherapy reducing the adverse effects that normally occur with chemotherapy.

Detailed description:
Safety issues will be reported in Adverse Event section. In addition to the secondary outcome measures, Biomarkers and Patient Report Outcome will also be analyzed as other variables.

Arms:
arm 1: Sorafenib was to be orally administered as 2 x 200 mg tablets bid (twice daily). Patients were then also treated with Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) performed with DC Bead (300 to 500 microns) and doxorubicin (150 mg) between 3 to 7 days after the first dose of sorafenib, TACE was also performed on Days 1 (+ 4 days) of cycle 1, 3, 7, 13 and then every 6 cycles thereafter (an optional TACE procedure could be performed between Day 1 of Cycle 7 and Cycle 13 and between Day 1 of Cycles 13 and 19, if deemed necessary by the Investigator.) arm 2: Placebo was to be orally administered as 2 tablets bid (twice daily). Patients were then also treated with TACE performed with DC Bead (300 to 500 microns) and doxorubicin (150 mg) between 3 to 7 days after the first dose of placebo, TACE was also performed on Days 1 (+ 4 days) of cycle 1, 3, 7, 13 and then every 6 cycles thereafter (an optional TACE procedure could be performed between Day 1 of Cycle 7 and Cycle 13 and between Day 1 of Cycles 13 and 19, if deemed necessary by the Investigator.)

Interventions: intervention 1: Sorafenib (Nexavar, BAY43-9006) intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 800 mg sorafenib (4 tablets) will be taken daily (400mg b.i.d. \[twice daily\], 2 tablets). Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) using DC Bead intervention 2: 4 tablets of placebo will be taken daily (2 tablets b.i.d). TACE using DC Bead

Protocol document: