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RECRUITING
NCT05809869
PHASE2

Immunotherapy and Radioembolisation for Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most intractable primary malignancies in the hepatobiliary and pancreatic tract with a poor overall survival worldwide. Unfortunately, the vast majority of hepatocellular carcinoma patients suffer from advanced unresectable or metastatic disease at diagnosis. Currently targeted therapy alone, or in combination with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor antagonist, is the standard first-line treatment for metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. On the other hand, there is growing evidence suggesting that radiation therapy (external or internal) with or without immune checkpoint inhibitors can produce or even augment abscopal effect in which the tumours away from the radiation field also show significant tumour shrinkage. The underlying mechanism of eliciting abscopal effect includes the increased antigen presentation by the myeloid cells within the tumour stroma leading to enhanced tumour cell killing. Previous case reports showed that radiation therapy alone can induce abscopal effect in mice and human models. However, a robust and concrete evidence of abscopal effect with combinational immune checkpoint inhibitors and radioembolisation or external radiation therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma is still lacking. This study investigates the efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors and radioembolisation as first-line treatment for previously untreated metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma.

Official title: A Phase 2 Study on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Radioembolisation for Previously Untreated Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

25

Start Date

2023-02-15

Completion Date

2026-06-30

Last Updated

2023-04-12

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

DRUG

Durvalumab

Durvalumab 1500mg intravenous infusion on week 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 and 25 for a total of 7 cycles

DRUG

Tremelimumab

Tremelimumab 300mg intravenous infusion on week 1 only.

RADIATION

Yttrium-90 radioembolisation

Yttrium-90 radioembolisation on week 2 only.

Locations (1)

Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Mary Hospital

Hong Kong, Hong Kong