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CompletedNCT05307926Updated Sep 7, 2022

Postoperative Adjuvant Therapy of HCC Based on PD-1

An observational study in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and RFS, sponsored by Chen Xiaoping. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-09-07.

Sponsored by Chen Xiaoping · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
573
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

For the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, liver resection is still one of the optimal options, but the recurrence rate is as high as 70% five years after the operation, and the prognosis of patients with high-risk recurrence factors such as portal vein tumor thrombus and microvascular invasion is even worse, so it is particularly urgent to find effective postoperative adjuvant treatment. The role of PD-1 inhibitors in preventing the postoperative recurrence of HCC requires further study.

Read the detailed description

We conducted a prospective cohort study comparing the efficacy of PD-1-based adjuvant therapy and transarterial chemoembolization in patients with high-risk factors for recurrence undergoing radical surgery. After surgery, patients received the appropriate adjuvant therapy according to the type of high-risk recurrence factor. Patients with high-risk factors for recurrence who received PD-1-based adjuvant therapy were included in the exposure cohort; patients with high-risk factors for recurrence who received 1 TACE adjuvant therapy were included in the control cohort. The primary endpoint of this study was disease-free survival, and the overall survival and adverse events were considered as the second endpoint.

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Conditions studied

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • RFS

Keywords

  • PD-1
  • Disease-free survival rate
  • adjuvant therapy
  • Lenvatinib
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In context

Carcinoma

6,741 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma; 1,161 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 573 is above the median of 149 across 1,175 observational studies indexed under Carcinoma.

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Lead sponsor

Chen Xiaoping is the lead sponsor of 17 studies on the registry; 5 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
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients had HCC and underwent radical liver resection (R0), postoperative pathology confirmed that they were associated with high-risk factors for recurrence. Depending on the type of recurrence factor, they were treated with appropriate postoperative adjuvant therapy. Patients who received PD-1-based adjuvant therapy or TACE adjuvant therapy were included in this prospective cohort study.

Inclusion criteria

    1. In patients with HCC who received R0 resection, there was no bile duct invasion, extrahepatic invasion, and distant metastasis of lung, bone, and brain
    1. Patients with high-risk factors for tumor recurrence (tumor diameter ≥ 5cm, multiple tumors, tumor rupture, AFP ≥ 400 ng/dl, microvascular invasion, portal vein thrombosis, and poorly differentiated) and received PD-1-based adjuvant therapy or TACE adjuvant therapy after the surgery
    1. Aged18-75
    1. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performing status of 0-1
    1. Child-Pugh grade A or B
    1. The patient knows, and informed consent was obtained

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

    1. Any history of other malignant tumors or recurrent HCC
    1. Any preoperative treatment for HCC including local and systemic therapy
    1. Any acute active infectious diseases, active or history of autoimmune disease, or immune deficiency
    1. Any persistent serious surgery-related complications
    1. Any persistent serious surgery-related complications; esophageal and/or gastric variceal bleeding within 6 months
    1. Inability or refusal to comply with the treatment and monitoring
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
573 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No
Biospecimen retention
Samples with dna

Groups and cohorts

  • PD-1 based therapy cohort

    Patients who received PD-1 inhibitors or PD-1 inhibitors plus Lenvatinib therapy 2-4 weeks after the operation were included in the PD-1-based therapy cohort.

    Drug: PD-1 inhibitors

  • TACE cohort

    Patients who received 1 TACE about a month after the operation were included in the control cohort.

    Procedure: TACE

Interventions

  • DrugPD-1 inhibitors

    For patients with PVTT, they received adjuvant therapy of PD1 (200mg intravenously every 3 weeks for a total of 18cycles) plus Lenvatinib (8mg orally once a day for 1 year) 2-4 weeks after surgery; for patients with other high-risk factors for recurrence, they PD-1(200mg intravenously every 3 weeks for a total of 9cycles) monotherapy 2-4 weeks after surgery.

    Also known as: Lenvatinib

  • ProcedureTACE

    Patients with high-risk factors for recurrence received 1 TACE about a month after surgery.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Disease-free survival

    The primary outcomes of this study include disease-free survival

    Time frame: From date of inclued in this research until the date of first documented recurrence or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 60 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Survival

    The secondary outcomes of this study include overall survival

    Time frame: From date of inclued in this research until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 60 months.

  2. Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Safety and Tolerability]

    The primary outcomes of this study include the incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events \[Safety and Tolerability\]

    Time frame: 12months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 7, 2022, 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
NCT05307926
Lead sponsor
Chen Xiaoping
Responsible party
Chen Xiaoping (Professor, Tongji Hospital) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Apr 1, 2022
Start date
Feb 1, 2019
Primary completion
Jul 30, 2022
Completion
Aug 20, 2022
Last update
Sep 7, 2022

Study contacts

xiaoping Dr Chen
study chair · Tongji Hospital

Oversight

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