Delivering a Diuretic Into the Liver Artery Followed by Plugging up the Artery to Starve Out Liver Cancer Cells
Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma focused on measuring Bumetanide, Diuretic, Transarterial Embolization (TAE), 17-141
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients with diagnoses of HCC according to European Association for the Study of Liver disease (EASL) criteria for diagnosis (See Appendix 1). Regional lymphadenopathy will be allowed.
- Any virus status accepted (e.g. Hepatitis C etc.)
- Any prior liver treatment
- Patients within unresectable HCC
- At least 18 years old
- ECOG performance status 0 or 1
- Radiographically measurable disease per mRECIST 1.1
- Meets standard of care to undergo embolization
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women who are pregnant or lactating
- Documented hypersensitivity to bumetanide or sulfonamides
- Patients with resectable HCC
High risk for post-embolization hepatic failure:
°Child's C cirrhosis
°> 80% liver involvement by tumor
Contraindication to angiography/embolization including:
- Patients cannot receive contrast:
- Severe allergic reaction to contrast despite premedication
- Poor renal function not on dialysis
- Other, based on judgment of the investigator
- ECOG score 2
- Main portal vein tumor thrombus
- BCLC D = patients with distant metastasis
Sites / Locations
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent and follow-up only)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent and follow-up only)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent and follow-up only)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent and follow-up only)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Bumetanide
Three escalating doses of bumetanide will be used: 0.01 mg/kg (level 1), 0.02 mg/kg (level 2) and 0.04 mg/kg (level 3) in a standard 3+3 design. Starting with level 1, three patients will first be enrolled at each level.