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CompletedNCT03963206CLERANCEUpdated Dec 1, 2025

Cabozantinib toLERANCE Study in HepatoCellular Carcinoma (CLERANCE)

A Phase 4 interventional study of Cabozantinib group in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, sponsored by Hospices Civils de Lyon. Completed at 18 sites in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-01.

Sponsored by Hospices Civils de Lyon · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
110
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common tumor (the 8th leading cause of cancer in France) and has a poor prognosis. It is the 3rd leading cause of cancer deaths in the world. In the early stages (low tumor mass), HCC can be treated for curative purposes by surgical resection, percutaneous ablation or liver transplantation. When the tumor mass is larger (> 3 nodules) but remains confined to the liver, the standard treatment is hepatic intra-arterial chemoembolization (TACE). In the event of failure of the latter or if the tumor dissemination progresses in the portal venous system or in the form of metastases, the systemic treatments are then indicated.

In 1st line, the reference treatment is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (ITK) Sorafenib.

Cabozantinib obtained the European and French authorization (AMM) in November 2018 for its use in case of failure of Sorafenib in patients with HCC.

The main objective is the evaluation of the safety of Cabozantinib administered to patients with intermediate HCC ineligible for chemoembolization or advanced HCC after failure of Sorafenib and possibly another systemic anticancer line.

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Conditions studied

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Keywords

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma
  • Cabozantinib
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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 enrollment of 110 is above the median of 55 across 2,298 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Hepatocellular.

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Lead sponsor

Hospices Civils de Lyon is the lead sponsor of 1,826 studies on the registry; 439 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Major patient (age ≥ 18 years).
  • Patient with a histologically proven HCC, or by radiology if cirrhotic liver (according to international recommendations).

Patient with stage B BCLC classification after failure or impossibility of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), or advanced stage C having already received one to two systemic lines, including one by Sorafenib.

  • eastern cooperative oncology group score of 0 or 1 (ECOG).
  • Child-Pugh A5 or A6 score.
  • Disease evaluable by RECIST v1.1 and mRECIST.
  • Hemoglobin> 8.5g / dL.
  • Platelets> 60 giga / L.
  • neutrophils> 1.2 giga / L.
  • ALAT and ASAT \<5N
  • Patient having a normal magnesium level
  • Clearance with creatinine> 40ml / min (by the MDRD formula).
  • For patients who have had radiotherapy on the liver: a wash out of at least one month before the start of the treatment under study must be respected.
  • For patients who have had a radioembolization a wash out of at least three months before the beginning of the treatment under study must be respected.
  • Patient who agreed to participate in the study and signed the informed consent.
  • Patient affiliated to a social security scheme.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient with another cancer not cured or whose complete remission has been obtained for less than 2 years compared to the date of inclusion in CLERANCE.
  • Patients eligible for surgical resection or radiofrequency ablation or liver transplantation or TACE according to international recommendations.
  • Patient who has already had more than two lines of systemic treatment for his HCC (tyrosine kinase inhibitor, intravenous cytotoxic chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hormonal therapy for HCC).
  • Patient who has never received Sorafenib in his previous systemic line (s).
  • Patient who has already received a c-MET inhibitor.
  • Patient with chronic viral B infection known not treated with a nucleoside / nucleotide analogue.
  • Patients infected with HIV known (even if it is viro-suppressed by anti-retroviral treatments).
  • Patients with or at risk for severe bleeding (a gastroscopy should be performed every two years if the patient doesn't have varicose veins and every year if the patient has varicose vein).
  • Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, peritonitis, diverticulitis, appendicitis)
  • Patient with galactose intolerance or Lapp lactase deficiency, or glucose or galactose malabsorption syndrome.
  • Patients with tumor infiltration of the digestive tract with risk of fistulation
  • Patients with recent digestive surgery (\<1 month) or not yet fully healed.
  • Patients with QTcF> 480 ms on inclusion ECG.
  • Known hypersensitivity to Cabozantinib or to any of the excipients.
  • Pregnant or nursing woman.
  • Patient of childbearing age without mechanical contraception.
  • Patient placed under safeguard of justice (tutelage or curatorship).
  • Patient not benefiting from social security.
  • Patient participating in another interventional research in progress or including an exclusion period still in progress at pre-inclusion (except interventional research with minimal risks and constraints that do not interfere with the judgment criteria of the study according to the judgment of the coordinating investigator).

Chronic active C infection is not a contraindication. Treatment with direct antiviral agents is left to the discretion of each investigator, but the viremic or cured status of each patient should be mentioned.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
110 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    Cabozantinib group

    patients will receive Cabozantinib (within the framework of its MA) (an ECG is added)

    Drug: Cabozantinib group

Interventions

  • DrugCabozantinib group

    The patient starts at 60 mg / day at a distance from meals In the event of intolerance to this dose of 60 mg; specific adapted measures will be taken according to the recommendations of the good practices of use of Cabozantinib within the framework of its MA. If the symptomatic treatments are not enough, each investigator can adapt the dose of Cabozantinib reducing it to 40 or even 20 mg / day Cabozantinib will be continued for as long as radiological and / or clinical benefit is observed for the patient (no progression of the disease) or until the occurrence of unacceptable toxicity.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. survival of the patient after start of treatment

    Overall Survival (OS) defined as the time (in months) between the start of treatment with Cabozantinib and the date of death from all causes; patients who are alive or lost to follow-up at the time of the analysis will be censored on the last follow-up date

    Time frame: Year 1

Secondary outcomes

  1. dosage modification for adverse effect

    Incidence of changes in the dose of Cabozantinib for adverse effect during treatment (including daily dose reductions, dose spacings, discontinuation and permanent cessation of treatment for intolerance).

    Time frame: Year 1

  2. Daily median dose of Cabozantinib

    Daily median dose of Cabozantinib calculated between the start of treatment with Cabozantinib and the day of final cessation (including death)

    Time frame: Year 1

  3. Number of patients with each dose of Cabozantinib

    calculation of the number of patients with a dose of Cabozantinib 60 mg, 40 mg or 20 mg at the end of treatment or at the end of the study.

    Time frame: Year1

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Study locations

18 sites
  • CHU Amiens Picardie - Hôpital Sud
    Amiens, France
  • CHU Jean Minjoz
    Besançon, France
  • Hôpital Avicenne
    Bobigny, France
  • Centre Hospitalier de Boulogne sur mer
    Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
  • Centre hospitalier universitaire Côte de nacre
    Caen, France
  • Hôpital Beaujon
    Clichy, France
  • CHRU de Lille-Hôpital Claude Huriez
    Lille, France
  • CHU Dupuytren
    Limoges, France
  • Hospices Civils de Lyon - Hôpital de la Croix Rousse
    Lyon, 69004, France
  • APHM - Timone
    Marseille, France
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier
    Montpellier, France
  • APHP - Hôpital St Antoine
    Paris, France
  • Hôpital haut- lévêque
    Pessac, France
  • Hôpital Robert Debré - CHU de Reims
    Reims, France
  • CHRU Rennes site pontchaillou
    Rennes, France
  • CHU de St Etienne
    Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France
  • CHU Toulouse PURPAN
    Toulouse, France
  • Hôpital Brabois adulte - CHU de Nancy
    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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References and documents

Publications

  • P Merle - Cabozantinib toLERANCE Study in HepatoCellular Carcinoma - Liver Cancer (Publication in progress)

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 1, 2025, 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
NCT03963206
Lead sponsor
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 24, 2019
Start date
Sep 9, 2019
Primary completion
Oct 7, 2021
Completion
Oct 7, 2021
Last update
Dec 1, 2025

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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