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Status unknownNCT03591705Updated Sep 22, 2021

TACE-HAIC vs. HAIC for Potentially Resectable HCC

An interventional study of TACE-HAIC and HAIC in Potentially Resection and Hepatocellular Carcinoma, sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-09-22.

Sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Sep 2021), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
240
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most commonly malignant tumors around the world. Hepatic resection or liver transplantation is the radical method to cure the disease. However, due to large tumors, surgical treatment is suitable for early-stage and well-reserved liver function patients. Therefore, in clinical practice, transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a preferential and standard treatment of potentially resectable HCC.

EACH trial opened the door to FOLFOX-based system chemotherapy for advanced HCC patients. Recently, investigators have showed that hepatic arterial infusion of FOLFOX-based chemotherapy (HAIC) was safe and efficient for HCC patients. Several clinical studies showed that HAIC bring better tumor response rate that the conditional TACE. The combination of TACE with HAIC (TACE-HAIC), theoretically can significantly increase the local doses of chemotherapeutic agents in the liver, reduce the viability of HCC cells and increase the hepatectomy rate. However, this hasn't been verified in clinical application. To identify a more effective and safety way for treating potentially resectable HCC patients, this study is designed to compare the safety and efficacy between HAIC and TACE-HAIC for those patients.

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Conditions studied

  • Potentially Resection
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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In context

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

3,182 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; 954 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 240 is above the median of 55 across 2,298 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Hepatocellular.

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Lead sponsor

Sun Yat-sen University is the lead sponsor of 1,644 studies on the registry; 602 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18-75 years
  • The diagnosis of HCC was based on the diagnostic criteria for HCC used by the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
  • Diagnosed as potentially resectable with consensus by the panel of liver surgeons
  • stage BCLC A/B, without extra-hepatic involvement
  • No previous anti-HCC treatment
  • Eastern Co-operative Group performance status 2 or less
  • Liver function: Child's A or B (score \< 7)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Evidence of hepatic decompensation including ascites, gastrointestinal bleeding or hepatic encephalopathy
  • underlying serve cardiac or renal diseases
  • Known or suspected allergy to the investigational agent or any agent given in association with this trial
  • Patients ineligible for hepatic artery embolization
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
240 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    TACE-HAIC

    hepatic artery chemo-lipiodolization with EADM, followed by FOLFOX-based chemotherapy artery infusion

    Drug: TACE-HAIC

  • Active comparator
    HAIC

    FOLFOX-based chemotherapy hepatic artery infusion

    Drug: HAIC

Interventions

  • DrugTACE-HAIC

    transcatheter arterial chemo-lipiodolization with EADM 30mg/m2, followed by hepatic artery infusion Oxa 85 mg/m2, CF 400 mg/m2, 5-Fu 400 mg/m2, 5-Fu 1200mg/m2 infusion 23h.

  • DrugHAIC

    hepatic artery infusion Oxa 85 mg/m2, CF 400 mg/m2, 5-Fu 400 mg/m2, 5-Fu 1200mg/m2 infusion 23h.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. progression-free survival

    Time to progression, last follow-up or death after random assignment to TACE-HAIC or HAIC

    Time frame: 6-12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. overall survival

    time to death or last follow-up after random assignment to TACE-HAIC or HAIC

    Time frame: 6-12 months

  2. Downstage hepatectomy rate

    The hepatectomy rate after TACE-HAIC or HAIC

    Time frame: 6-12 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
    Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 22, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03591705
Lead sponsor
Sun Yat-sen University
Responsible party
Yunfei Yuan (Professor, Sun Yat-sen University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 19, 2018
Start date
Jul 6, 2018
Primary completion
Dec 30, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 30, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 22, 2021

Study contacts

Jiliang Qiu
Contact
qiujl@sysucc.org.cn
+862087342654
Yunfei Yuan
principal investigator · Sun Yat-sen University

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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