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Evaluation of the Interest to Combine a CD4 Th1-inducer Cancer Vaccine Derived From Telomerase and Atezolizumab Plus Bevacizumab in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma

A Phase 2 interventional study of Atezolizumab and Bevacizumab in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon. Recruiting at 14 sites in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-16.

Sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Sep 2022; still recruiting 4 years later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
105
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The TERTIO trial will propose to determine the clinical interest and immunological efficacy of a treatment combining the CD4 helper T-inducer cancer anti-telomerase vaccine (UCPVax) with anti-PD-L1 therapy (atezolizumab) and bevacizumab in unresectable HCC by evaluation of the objective response rate at 6 months (randomized phase II, 10 centers, 105 patients)

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Conditions studied

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Keywords

  • CD4 Th1-inducer cancer vaccine
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In context

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

3,182 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; 953 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 105 is above the median of 55 across 2,298 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Hepatocellular.

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Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon is the lead sponsor of 439 studies on the registry; 97 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

Eligibility criteria

Main inclusion Criteria:

  1. Signed informed consent
  2. Histologically confirmed hepatocellular carcinoma
  3. Locally advanced, metastatic, or unresectable disease
  4. Patient who had not previously received systemic anti-cancer treatment
  5. Age ≥ 18 years
  6. Measurable disease defined according to mRECIST guidelines (Note: Previously irradiated lesions can be considered as measurable disease only if disease progression has been unequivocally documented at that site since radiation.)
  7. Patients who have received previous chemoembolization, radioembolization and/or radiotherapy should have recovered from any treatment related toxicity, to a level of ≤ grade 1 (according to National Cancer Institute [NCI] common terminology criteria for adverse events, version 5 (CTCAE v5) with the exception of Grade 2 alopecia
  8. Performance status \< 2
  9. Child-Pugh Class A status
  10. BCLC C stage or BCLC B stage not eligible to loco-regional therapy according to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging system

Main exclusion Criteria:

Non-eligible to a clinical trial:

  1. Patients previously exposed to anti-tumor immunotherapy as anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-CTLA4 agent or any immune therapy.
  2. Diagnosis of additional malignancy within 3 years prior to the inclusion with the exception of curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin and/or curatively resected in situ cervical or breast cancer
  3. Patient with any medical or psychiatric condition or disease, which would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study
  4. Current participation in a study of an investigational agent or in the period of exclusion
  5. Patient under guardianship, curatorship or under the protection of justice

    Cancer-specific exclusion criteria:

  6. Know fibrolamellar HCC, sarcomatoid HCC, or mixed cholangiocarcinoma and HCC
  7. Uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, ascites or symptomatic fistula
  8. Uncontrolled tumor-related pain: exposing patients to risk of exposure to corticoids or iterative hospitalizations. Symptomatic lesions amenable to palliative radiotherapy should be treated prior to inclusion. Patients should be recovered from the effects of radiation. There is no required minimum recovery period
  9. Known active central nervous system metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Subject with previously treated brain metastases and with radiological and clinical stability are allowed

    Non-eligible to treatment:

  10. History of encephalopathy
  11. Prior bleeding event due to untreated or incompletely treated esophageal and/or gastric varices within 6 months prior to randomization
  12. Inadequate organ functions: known cardiac failure of unstable coronaropathy, respiratory failure, or uncontrolled infection or another life-risk condition
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
105 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Experimental Arm (Arm A)

    Atezolizumab + Bevacizumab + UCPVax

    Drug: Atezolizumab · Drug: Bevacizumab · Drug: UCPVax

  • Other
    Control Arm (Arm B)

    Atezoliumab + Bevacizumab

    Drug: Atezolizumab · Drug: Bevacizumab

Interventions

  • DrugAtezolizumab

    1200 mg IV every 3 weeks until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity

  • DrugBevacizumab

    15 mg/kg IV every 3 weeks until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity

  • DrugUCPVax

    UCPVax vaccine (combined with Montanide ISA51 as adjuvant) at 0.5 mg subcutaneously

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. objective response rate (ORR)

    addition of complete response (CR) and partial response (PR) rates, evaluated by mRECIST criteria

    Time frame: at 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. overall survival (OS)

    delay from the date of randomization to death from any cause.

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 2 years

  2. progression-free-survival (PFS)

    delay from the date of randomization to the disease progression or death from any cause whichever occurs first

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 2 years

  3. disease control rate (DCR)

    addition of complete response (CR), partial response (PR), and stable disease (SD) rates, evaluated by RECIST criteria v1.1 and imRECIST

    Time frame: at 6 months

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Study locations

11 of 14 sites recruiting
  • CHU de Besançon
    Besançon, France
    • Christophe BORG, Pr · Contact
    Recruiting
  • CH William Morey
    Chalon-sur-Saône, France
    • Pierre Verdier-Davioud, Dr · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Hôpital Henri Mondor
    Créteil, France
    • Hélène REGNAULT, Dr · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Centre Georges François Leclerc
    Dijon, France
    • François GHIRINGHELLI, Pr · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté
    Montbéliard, France
    • Serge FRATTE, Dr · Contact
    Recruiting
  • CHU de Montpellier
    Montpellier, France
    • Eric ASSENAT, Pr · Contact
    Recruiting
  • CH de Mulhouse
    Mulhouse, France
    • Stephanie HUSSON-WETZEL, Dr · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest
    Nantes, France
    • Amélie MALLET, Dr · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • Centre Hospitalier Paris St Joseph
    Paris, France
    • Eric RAYMOND, Pr · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • Groupe Hospitalier Paris Salpetrière
    Paris, France
    • Manon ALLAIRE, Dr · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Hôpital BEAUJON
    Paris, France
    • Mohamed BOUATTOUR, Dr · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Institut Mutualiste Montsouris
    Paris, France
    • Emilie SOULARUE, Dr · Contact
    Recruiting
  • CHU de Poitiers
    Poitiers, France
    • Valentin ROLLE, Dr · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • Hôpital Paul Brousse
    Villejuif, France
    • Pascal HAMMEL, Dr · Contact
    • Olivier ROSMORDUC, Dr · Contact
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Vienot A, Jacquin M, Rebucci-Peixoto M, Pureur D, Ghiringhelli F, Assenat E, Hammel P, Rosmorduc O, Stouvenot M, Allaire M, Bouattour M, Regnault H, Fratte S, Raymond E, Soularue E, Husson-Wetzel S, Di Martino V, Muller A, Clairet AL, Fagnoni-Legat C, Adotevi O, Meurisse A, Vernerey D, Borg C. Evaluation of the interest to combine a CD4 Th1-inducer cancer vaccine derived from telomerase and atezolizumab plus bevacizumab in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a randomized non-comparative phase II study (TERTIO - PRODIGE 82). BMC Cancer. 2023 Jul 29;23(1):710. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-11065-0. PubMed 37516867 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 16, 2026, 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
NCT05528952
Lead sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Collaborators
GERCOR - Multidisciplinary Oncology Cooperative Group, PRODIGE
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 6, 2022
Start date
Sep 27, 2022
Primary completion
Mar 27, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 27, 2030 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 16, 2026

Study contacts

Borg Christophe, Pr
Contact
xtoph.borg@gmail.com
+33 3 81 47 99 99
Angélique VIENOT, Dr
Contact
a3vienot@chu-besancon.fr

Oversight

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