TACE Combined With Sintilimab and Bevacizumab for Unresectable HCC
Primary Purpose
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Non-resectable
Status
Unknown status
Phase
Phase 1
Locations
China
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
TACE combined with sintilimab and bevacizumab
Sponsored by

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Non-resectable
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Intermediate or advanced (Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage B or C) HCC with diagnosis confirmed by histology/cytology or clinically
- Disease not amenable to curative therapies but amenable to TACE
- At least one measurable untreated lesion
- No prior systemic therapy for HCC
- Child-Pugh score class 5-7
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 at enrollment
- Adequate organ and hematologic function
- Life expectancy of at least 3 months
- For women of childbearing potential and for men: agreement to remain abstinent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of fibrolamellar HCC, sarcomatoid HCC, or mixed cholangiocarcinoma and HCC
- Diffuse HCC
- Portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) involves the main trunk and contralateral branch or upper mesenteric vein
- Inferior vena cava tumor thrombus
- Metastatic disease that involves major airways or blood vessels
- Symptomatic, untreated or progressing central nervous system metastasis
- Uncontrolled tumor-related pain
- Patients who received prior systemic therapy, immunotherapy, TACE, transcatheter arterial radioembolization (TARE), transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE), hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) or radiation therapy for HCC
- Treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents
- Use of herbal therapies or traditional Chinese medicines with anti-cancer activity within 2 weeks
- History of malignancy other than HCC within 5 years prior to screening, except for malignancies with a negligible risk of metastasis or death
- Uncontrolled ascites, hydrothorax or pericardial effusion
- Prior esophageal and/or gastric varices bleeding within 6 months prior to initiation of study treatment
- Prior life-threatening blood loss or grade 3/4 gastrointestinal bleeding requiring blood infusion, endoscopic or surgical intervention within 3 months
- Untreated or incompletely treated esophageal and/or gastric varices with bleeding or high-risk for bleeding
- History of gastrointestinal (GI) perforation and/or fistula in the past 6 months
- history of GI obstruction (including incomplete intestinal obstruction requiring parenteral nutrition), extensive bowel resection (partial colectomy or extensive small bowel resection, complicated by chronic diarrhea), Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis or long-term chronic diarrhea
- History of hepatic encephalopathy
- History of organ and stem cell transplantation
- Long-term daily treatment with a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)
- Use of immunosuppressive drugs in the past 4 weeks, excluding the routes of topical glucocorticoids or physiological doses of systemic glucocorticoids (ie no more than 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent). Temporary use of glucocorticoids for dyspnea symptoms such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is allowed
- History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial pneumonia, drug-induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis
- Active tuberculosis
- Active severe infection; use of antibiotics within 2 weeks prior to injection of sintilimab
- Autoimmune disease or immune deficiency
- Inadequately controlled hypertension; history of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy
- Bleeding diathesis or significant coagulopathy
- Serious, non-healing or dehiscing wound, active ulcer, or untreated bone fracture
- underwent major surgery (craniotomy, thoracotomy or open surgery) within 4 weeks; non-recovery from side effects of these procedure
- History of venous thromboembolism in the past 6 months, but implantable IV ports or catheter-derived thrombosis, superficial venous thrombosis, or thrombosis after conventional anticoagulant therapy are excluded
- Current or recent use of aspirin or treatment with dipyramidole, ticlopidine, clopidogrel, or cilostazol
- uncontrolled metabolic disorder, non-malignant organ or systemic disease or secondary carcinomatous reaction, with high medical risk and/or uncertainty of life expectancy evaluation
- Other acute or chronic diseases, mental illness, or abnormal laboratory test results that may lead to the following outcomes: increase the risk of participating in study or study drug administration, or interfere with the interpretation of the study results and considered by investigator as "NOT" eligible to participate in this study
- Female patients who are pregnancy or breastfeeding
Sites / Locations
- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Label
TACE-Sin-Bev
Arm Description
TACE combined with sintilimab and bevacizumab.
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Adverse Events (AEs)
Number of patients with AE, treatment-related AE (TRAE), immune-related AE (irAE), AE of special interest (AESI), serious adverse event (SAE), assessed by NCI CTCAE v5.0.
Progression free survival (PFS) assessed by investigators according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 and immune-related RECIST (irRECIST).
The time from initiation of treatment until the first occurrence of disease progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.
Secondary Outcome Measures
Overall survival (OS)
The time from initiation of treatment until the date of death from any cause.
Objective response rate (ORR) assessed by investigators according to RECIST 1.1 and irRECIST.
The percentage of patients who had a best overall tumor response rating of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR).
Disease control rate (DCR) assessed by investigators according to RECIST 1.1 and irRECIST.
The percentage of patients who had a tumor response rating of CR, PR, or stable disease (SD).
Duration of response (DOR) assessed by investigators according to RECIST 1.1 and irRECIST.
The time from the first occurrence of a documented objective response to disease progression (PD) or death.
PFS assessed by investigators according to Modified RECIST (mRECIST).
The time from initiation of treatment until the first occurrence of disease progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.
ORR assessed by investigators according to mRECIST.
The percentage of patients who had a best overall tumor response rating of CR or PR.
DCR assessed by investigators according to mRECIST.
The percentage of patients who had a tumor response rating of CR, PR, or SD.
DOR assessed by investigators according to mRECIST.
The time from the first occurrence of a documented objective response to PD or death.
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT04592029
First Posted
October 13, 2020
Last Updated
September 21, 2021
Sponsor
Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT04592029
Brief Title
TACE Combined With Sintilimab and Bevacizumab for Unresectable HCC
Official Title
Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization Combined With Sintilimab and Bevacizumab for Unresectable Intermediate and Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Prospective Study
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
September 2021
Overall Recruitment Status
Unknown status
Study Start Date
September 27, 2020 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2022 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2022 (Anticipated)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
4. Oversight
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.
No
Data Monitoring Committee
No
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
This study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) combined with sintilimab and bevacizumab in patients with unresectable intermediate or advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Detailed Description
This is a Phase Ib study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of TACE combined with sintilimab and bevacizumab in patients with unresectable intermediate or advanced HCC.
36-39 subjects with unresectable intermediate or advanced HCC will be enrolled in the study.
This study includes dose escalation and dose expansion stage. 6-9 subjects will be enrolled in dose escalation stage for the safety evaluation. Then, sintilimab 200mg/kg IV. every three weeks (q3w) + the select specific dose of bevacizumab 7.5mg/kg (group 1) or 15mg/kg (group2) IV q3w, expand to 36 patients (18 patients each group) for the further safety and efficacy study.
Sintilimab and bevacizumab will be started at 3-7 days after the first TACE. TACE will be repeated if clinically indicated based on the evaluation of follow-up laboratory and imaging examination. And the study treatment of sintilimab and bevacizumab will last up to 24 months, or until disease progresses, intolerable toxicity, withdrawal of informed consent, loss of follow-up, death, or other circumstances that require termination of treatment, whichever occurs first.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Non-resectable
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Phase 1
Interventional Study Model
Single Group Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
N/A
Enrollment
36 (Actual)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
TACE-Sin-Bev
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
TACE combined with sintilimab and bevacizumab.
Intervention Type
Drug
Intervention Name(s)
TACE combined with sintilimab and bevacizumab
Intervention Description
Sintilimab and bevacizumab are administered at 3-7 days after the first TACE. The study includes dose escalation and dose expansion stage. 6-9 subjects will be enrolled in dose escalation stage for the safety and efficacy evaluation. Then, Sintilimab 200mg/kg IV. q3w+ select specific dose of bevacizumab (7.5mg/kg or 15 mg/kg IV. q3w), expand to 36-39 patients for the further safety and efficacy study. The study treatment of sintilimab and bevacizumab lasts up to 24 months. TACE can be repeated when indicated clinically.
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Adverse Events (AEs)
Description
Number of patients with AE, treatment-related AE (TRAE), immune-related AE (irAE), AE of special interest (AESI), serious adverse event (SAE), assessed by NCI CTCAE v5.0.
Time Frame
24 months
Title
Progression free survival (PFS) assessed by investigators according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 and immune-related RECIST (irRECIST).
Description
The time from initiation of treatment until the first occurrence of disease progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.
Time Frame
24 months
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Overall survival (OS)
Description
The time from initiation of treatment until the date of death from any cause.
Time Frame
24 months
Title
Objective response rate (ORR) assessed by investigators according to RECIST 1.1 and irRECIST.
Description
The percentage of patients who had a best overall tumor response rating of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR).
Time Frame
24 months
Title
Disease control rate (DCR) assessed by investigators according to RECIST 1.1 and irRECIST.
Description
The percentage of patients who had a tumor response rating of CR, PR, or stable disease (SD).
Time Frame
24 months
Title
Duration of response (DOR) assessed by investigators according to RECIST 1.1 and irRECIST.
Description
The time from the first occurrence of a documented objective response to disease progression (PD) or death.
Time Frame
24 months
Title
PFS assessed by investigators according to Modified RECIST (mRECIST).
Description
The time from initiation of treatment until the first occurrence of disease progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.
Time Frame
24 months
Title
ORR assessed by investigators according to mRECIST.
Description
The percentage of patients who had a best overall tumor response rating of CR or PR.
Time Frame
24 months
Title
DCR assessed by investigators according to mRECIST.
Description
The percentage of patients who had a tumor response rating of CR, PR, or SD.
Time Frame
24 months
Title
DOR assessed by investigators according to mRECIST.
Description
The time from the first occurrence of a documented objective response to PD or death.
Time Frame
24 months
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Intermediate or advanced (Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage B or C) HCC with diagnosis confirmed by histology/cytology or clinically
Disease not amenable to curative therapies but amenable to TACE
At least one measurable untreated lesion
No prior systemic therapy for HCC
Child-Pugh score class 5-7
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 at enrollment
Adequate organ and hematologic function
Life expectancy of at least 3 months
For women of childbearing potential and for men: agreement to remain abstinent
Exclusion Criteria:
Diagnosis of fibrolamellar HCC, sarcomatoid HCC, or mixed cholangiocarcinoma and HCC
Diffuse HCC
Portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) involves the main trunk and contralateral branch or upper mesenteric vein
Inferior vena cava tumor thrombus
Metastatic disease that involves major airways or blood vessels
Symptomatic, untreated or progressing central nervous system metastasis
Uncontrolled tumor-related pain
Patients who received prior systemic therapy, immunotherapy, TACE, transcatheter arterial radioembolization (TARE), transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE), hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) or radiation therapy for HCC
Treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents
Use of herbal therapies or traditional Chinese medicines with anti-cancer activity within 2 weeks
History of malignancy other than HCC within 5 years prior to screening, except for malignancies with a negligible risk of metastasis or death
Uncontrolled ascites, hydrothorax or pericardial effusion
Prior esophageal and/or gastric varices bleeding within 6 months prior to initiation of study treatment
Prior life-threatening blood loss or grade 3/4 gastrointestinal bleeding requiring blood infusion, endoscopic or surgical intervention within 3 months
Untreated or incompletely treated esophageal and/or gastric varices with bleeding or high-risk for bleeding
History of gastrointestinal (GI) perforation and/or fistula in the past 6 months
history of GI obstruction (including incomplete intestinal obstruction requiring parenteral nutrition), extensive bowel resection (partial colectomy or extensive small bowel resection, complicated by chronic diarrhea), Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis or long-term chronic diarrhea
History of hepatic encephalopathy
History of organ and stem cell transplantation
Long-term daily treatment with a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)
Use of immunosuppressive drugs in the past 4 weeks, excluding the routes of topical glucocorticoids or physiological doses of systemic glucocorticoids (ie no more than 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent). Temporary use of glucocorticoids for dyspnea symptoms such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is allowed
History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial pneumonia, drug-induced pneumonitis, or idiopathic pneumonitis, or evidence of active pneumonitis
Active tuberculosis
Active severe infection; use of antibiotics within 2 weeks prior to injection of sintilimab
Autoimmune disease or immune deficiency
Inadequately controlled hypertension; history of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy
Bleeding diathesis or significant coagulopathy
Serious, non-healing or dehiscing wound, active ulcer, or untreated bone fracture
underwent major surgery (craniotomy, thoracotomy or open surgery) within 4 weeks; non-recovery from side effects of these procedure
History of venous thromboembolism in the past 6 months, but implantable IV ports or catheter-derived thrombosis, superficial venous thrombosis, or thrombosis after conventional anticoagulant therapy are excluded
Current or recent use of aspirin or treatment with dipyramidole, ticlopidine, clopidogrel, or cilostazol
uncontrolled metabolic disorder, non-malignant organ or systemic disease or secondary carcinomatous reaction, with high medical risk and/or uncertainty of life expectancy evaluation
Other acute or chronic diseases, mental illness, or abnormal laboratory test results that may lead to the following outcomes: increase the risk of participating in study or study drug administration, or interfere with the interpretation of the study results and considered by investigator as "NOT" eligible to participate in this study
Female patients who are pregnancy or breastfeeding
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Kangshun Zhu, Dr.
Organizational Affiliation
Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
City
Guangzhou
State/Province
Guangdong
ZIP/Postal Code
510260
Country
China
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