Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma, Hepatocellular"

A multicentric, open-label, single-arm prospective study to assess the efficacy and safety of tislelizumab combined with TACE as first-line treatment in patients with unresectable BCLC stage C HCC.

Evaluate safety and immunogenicity of peptide cancer vaccine in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who developed recurrence after surgical resection and refractory to the available institutional standard of care lines of treatment .

A Phase I Clinical Study of CT0181 cells in Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma

The purpose of this study is to assess the difference of safety and efficacy about PD-1 Antibody and Lenvatinib Plus transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) on downstaging hepatocellular carcinoma with BCLC B/C.

This is a single arm, nonrandomized, single center clinical study to investigate the safety and efficacy of regorafenib combined with PD-1 inhibitor therapy for second-line treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

This phase Ib trial tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of tumor treating fields therapy in combination with either cabozantinib or nab-paclitaxel and atezolizumab in treating patients with solid tumors involving the abdomen or thorax that have spread to other parts of the body (advanced). Tumor treating fields therapy on this study utilizes NovoTTF systems that are wearable devices that use electrical fields at different frequencies that may help stop the growth of tumor cells by interrupting cancer cells' ability to divide. Cabozantinib is in a class of medications called kinase inhibitors. It works by blocking the action of an abnormal protein that signals tumor cells to multiply. This helps slow or stop the spread of tumor cells. Chemotherapy drugs, such as nab-paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as atezolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving tumor treating fields therapy in combination with either cabozantinib, or with nab-paclitaxel and atezolizumab may help control advanced solid tumors involving the abdomen or thorax.

Immunotherapy can safely downstage patients and achieve durable systemic disease control to improve clinical outcomes in HCC patients undergoing liver transplant.

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common malignancy in the world. Major hepatectomy (resection of > 3 liver segments) is needed if tumor is close to major blood vessels within liver. Despite low mortality, open major hepatectomy (OMH) is associated with high tumor recurrence rate, and short survival. Immunosuppression due to surgical stress and blood transfusion, and dissemination of tumor cells because of tumor manipulation all contribute to tumor recurrence. Laparoscopic major hepatectomy (LMH) is a newly developed minimally invasive technique for HCC. Apart from less wound problems and shorter recovery time than open surgery, LMH may have potential oncological benefits of prolonging survival. These could be related to the reduced intraoperative blood loss, less immunosuppression due to surgical stress, and less tumor manipulation. Hence, LMH could be a better treatment option than OMH for HCC. Objectives: To compare the long-term oncological outcome between laparoscopic and open major hepatectomy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma To achieve the comparison under the study design of multi-center randomized trial involving 5 high-volume centers in Asia-Pacific region Primary outcome is 2-year recurrence-free survival. Secondary outcome as intraoperative blood loss, blood transfusion, 30-day and hospital mortality, postoperative morbidities according Clavien-Dindo classification, hospital stay, quality of life, overall and recurrence-free survival rates up to 5 years after surgery To compare the perioperative changes in stress-related cytokines, which help to clarify the stress response and immunosuppression and their correlations with overall and recurrence-free survival rates Hypothesis: Laparoscopic major hepatectomy is associated with less surgical stress, less immunosuppression and thus less tumor recurrence and better survival than open major hepatectomy. Study design: This is an open-labelled prospective randomized trial involving 106 patients in each treatment arm (Total number of patients recruited: 212). The study will involve 5 surgery centers in Asia-Pacific region (2 centers in Hong Kong, 3 centers in Mainland China Foshan, Shanghai and Sichuan). Subjects: Patients with HCC undergone major hepatectomy. Recruitment centres involved: Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Surgery, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong Department of Surgery, West China Medical School of Sichuan University Department of Biliary Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital & Institute, Second Military Medical University Department of Surgery, The First People's Hospital of Foshan Intervention: Consented patient will be randomized 1:1 to one of the two treatment arms: Laparoscopic group: LMH Open group: OMH The randomization schedule will be generated by the Clinical Trials Centre (CTC) of principle investigator's center, prior to the start of the study. Main outcome measure: The primary objective is to test the hypothesis that LMH is associated with less surgical stress, less immunosuppression and thus less tumor recurrence and better survival than OMH. The primary outcome measure is 2-year recurrence-free survival. Data analysis: Statistical plan and data monitoring Statistical analysis will be performed using SPSS version 11.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Ill). The 2-year recurrence-free survival (primary outcome) will be evaluated by Kaplan-Meier method and compared by the log-rank test between studied groups. Expected results: The result of this study provides level 1 evidence on the best treatment option for HCC, which needs major hepatectomy. Such information will influence the evidence-based policy in professional practice in the management algorithm for HCC. Since postoperative complications and tumor recurrence are substantial after OMH, potential benefits of LMH tested in this study will help to alleviate these problems.

This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and how well nivolumab, fluorouracil, and interferon alpha 2b work for the treatment of fibrolamellar cancer (liver cell cancer) that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Chemotherapy drugs, such as fluorouracil, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Interferon alpha 2b may help stimulate the immune system to fight cancer. Giving nivolumab, fluorouracil, and interferon alpha 2b may work better in treating unresectable fibrolamellar cancer compared to fluorouracil and interferon alpha 2b alone.

The study, entitled "RCT study of laparoscopic middle hepatic venous guidance versus conventional ananatomical hemihepatectomy", was designed to compare the efficacy of two different ananatomical hemihepatectomy procedures under laparoscopy.