Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma, Hepatocellular"

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major health problem worldwide, and most cases are inoperable because of late presentation and underlying cirrhosis. It represents the fifth most common tumor in the world and the third most frequent cause of mortality amongst patients with cancer. Due to the worldwide difficulties in finding liver for transplantation, hepatic resection (HR) represents the main stay of curative treatment for patients with HCC. Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is widely used as alternative treatments for unresectable HCC or for patients not eligible to be operated on . TACE also could be an adjuvant therapy for resectable HCC patients after hepatectomy, which could prevent recurrence and improve long-term survival .

The main objective of the project is to bring the existing radio frequency ablation (RFA) model for liver cancer treatment (Project IMPPACT, Grant No. 223877, completed in February 2012) into clinical practice. Therefore the project will pursue the following objectives: i) to prove and refine the RFA model in a small clinical study; ii) to develop the model into a real-time patient specific RFA planning and support system for Interventional Radiologists (IR) under special consideration of their clinical workflow needs; iii) to establish a corresponding training procedure for IR's; iv) to evaluate the clinical practicality and benefit of the model for use in the routine workflow in a user survey and expert forum.

Rheumatoid arthritis(RA) is a disorder with altered immunologic function and increased risk of developing malignancies, while studies examining the association between hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and RA remain lacking. The investigators aimed to investigate the risk of HCC between participants with and without RA.

Since the first report of laparoscopic resection of a benign hepatic tumor by Professor H. Reith in 1991, the laparoscope has been widely used in liver disease. Based on its advantages in laparoscopic vision and amplification, laparoscopic hepatectomy (LH) has been well recognized globally. Generally speaking, for lesions located in the left, front or lower part of the liver, corresponding to Couinaud segments II, III, IVb, V and VI, an LH surgery is recommended; however, for lesions located in segments VII and VIII, the surgery is high technically difficult due to poor exposure. Therefore,the investigators employ the left lateral position plus jackknife position to better expose lesions in these segments, hoping to reduce surgical time and bleeding in LH.

This study aimed to analyze the outcomes of loco-regional treatment prior Living Donor Liver Transplantation in patients with HCC.

This study aims to compare the diagnostic accuracy of Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) for diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with that of gadoxetic acid-enhanced liver magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using non-invasive diagnostic criteria (American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD or Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) v2018 and Korean Liver Cancer Study Group- National Cancer Center Korea (KLCSG-NCC) v2018).

The primary objective of this study is to obtain de-identified, clinically-characterized whole blood specimens for use in developing and evaluating the performance of new biomarker assays for detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

This study aims to investigate whether statin therapy can help prevent recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in transplant recipients who had liver transplantation for HCC. Multiple logistic regression analysis will be performed to evaluate the association between statin therapy and the risk of HCC recurrence after LT.

CEUS LI-RASD apply to lesion visible at precontrast ultrasound but not the lesion invisible. Fusion imaging can use to invisible lesions at precontrast ultrasound in clinical practice. Thus, our aim is to explore the application value of CEUS LI-RADS in contrast-enhanced fusion imaging for focal liver lesions that are not visible on conventional ultrasound in high-risk patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

To explore biomarkers predictive of clinical response to sorafenib in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma using the Prometheus Platform To analyze expression and activation status of receptor tyrosine kinases in signal transduction pathways in FNA samples and circulating tumor cells. To identify negative predictive markers to sorafenib. To elucidate signal transduction pathway attributable to sorafenib resistance. To monitor changes in the RTK activation status during sorafenib treatment using circulating tumor cells. To analyze correlation between the quantity of circulating tumor cells and circulating endothelial cell precursors and treatment response to sorafenib.