A Phase 1 interventional study of Durvalumab and Tremelimumab in Resectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Hepatocellular Cancer, sponsored by Jiping Wang, MD, PhD. Active, not recruiting at 3 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-13.
Sponsored by Jiping Wang, MD, PhD · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment
The goal of this research study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of tremelimumab and durvalumab with or without Selective Internal Yttrium-90 Radioembolization (SIRT) in participants with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who will undergo liver surgery.
The names of the interventions involved in this study are:
This is a Phase 1, open-label, randomized research study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of tremelimumab and durvalumab with or without Selective Internal Yttrium-90 Radioembolization (SIRT) in participants with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who will undergo liver surgery.
Participants will be randomized into one of two treatment groups: Durvalumab + Tremelimumab versus Durvalumab + Tremelimumab + SIRT. Randomization means that a participant is put into a group by chance. Radioembolization is a combination of radiation therapy and a procedure called embolization to treat cancer. SIRT blocks tumor blood supply by injecting radioactive particles into the hepatic artery and delivers internal radiotherapy on the tumor.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved Durvalumab as treatment for HCC but it has been approved for other uses.
The U.S. FDA has not approved tremelimumab as a treatment option for HCC.
The research study procedures include screening for eligibility, study treatment including evaluations, radiology scans of the liver, blood tests, electrocardiograms, and follow up visits.
Participation in this study is expected to last about 18 months with long-term follow up for a maximum of 3 years.
It is expected that about 20 people will take part in this research study.
AstraZeneca, a pharmaceutical company, is supplying the study drugs, tremelimumab and durvalumab. Sirtex Medical Inc., a medical device company, is supplying the Yttrium-90 resin Microsphere beads.
3,180 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; 953 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 20 is below the median of 55 across 2,298 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Hepatocellular.
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Participants must have adequate organ and marrow function as defined below:
Calculated Creatinine Clearance (CL) > 40 mL/min by the Cockcroft-Gault Formula (Cockcroft Gault 1976):
Exclusion Criteria:
Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders (including inflammatory bowel disease [e.g., colitis or Crohn's disease], diverticulitis [with the exception of diverticulosis], systemic lupus erythematosus, Sarcoidosis syndrome, or Wegener syndrome [granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Graves' disease, rheumatoid arthritis, hypophysitis, uveitis, etc.]). The following are exceptions to this criterion:
Known active infection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
--Patients positive for HIV are allowed on study, but HIV-positive patients must have:
Current or prior use of immunosuppressive medication within 14 days before the first dose of study agent. The following are exceptions to this criterion:
-Participants will be randomized into the treatment group in a 1:1 ratio and will receive interventions as outlined: Neoadjuvant Treatment: * Cycle 1: * Day 1 of 28 Day Cycle: Pre-determined dose of Durvalumab and Tremelimumab * Day 28 of 28 Day cycle: Pre-determined dose of Durvalumab * Participants will undergo surgery on day 49 of Cycle 1. Surgery will be performed per institutional standard of care. Adjuvant Treatment: --Cycles 1 (28 days postoperatively) - 13: ---Day 1 of 28 Day Cycle: Pre-determined dose of Durvalumab
Drug: Durvalumab · Drug: Tremelimumab
-Participants will be randomized into the treatment group in a 1:1 ratio and will receive interventions as outlined: Neoadjuvant Treatment: * Cycle 1: * Day 3 of 28 Day Cycle: Pre-determined dose of Durvalumab and Tremelimumab * Day 31 of 28 Day Cycle: Pre-determined dose of Durvalumab * Day 1 of 28 Day Cycle: Yttrium-90 * Participants will undergo surgery on Day 52 of Cycle 1. Surgery will be performed per institutional standard of care. Adjuvant Treatment: --Cycles 1 (28 days postoperatively) - 13: ---Day 1 of 28 Day Cycle: Pre-determined dose of Durvalumab
Drug: Durvalumab · Drug: Tremelimumab · Device: SIRT
Intravenous infusion
Also known as: Imjudo, MEDI4736
Intravenous infusion
Also known as: Imfinzi
SIR (Selective Internal Radiation) Sphere resin microspheres, radioactive particles delivered via injection into an artery.
Also known as: Selective Internal Yttrium-90 Radioembolization
Number of Participants with Adverse Events
Defined as All grade 3-5 adverse events (AE) with treatment attribution of possibly, probably or definite based on CTCAEv5 as reported on case report forms were counted. Rate is the proportion of treated participants experiencing at least one treatment-related grade 3-5 AE of any type during the time of observation.
Time frame: up to 18 months
Best Radiologic Response
Defined as best radiologic response on treatment and evaluated per RECIST 1.1 criteria.
Time frame: up to 15 months
Best Pathological Response
Defined as the best pathological response based on evaluation of the surgical sample defined per protocol for gross and microscopic evaluation.
Time frame: up to 65 days
Median Overall Survival (OS)
Calculated via the Kaplan-Meier method and defined as the time from study entry to death or censored at date last known alive.
Time frame: up to 3 years
Median Progression-Free Survival (PFS)
Calculated via the Kaplan-Meier method and defined as the duration between randomization and documented disease progression or death, or is censored at time of last disease assessment.
Time frame: up to 3 years
CD8+/CD4+T Cells Level
Comparison between pre-treatment and post-treatment via paired t-test and Wilcoxon signed rank test and Fisher's exact test.
Time frame: up to 3 years
Dendritic Cells Level
Comparison between pre-treatment and post-treatment via paired t-test and Wilcoxon signed rank test and Fisher's exact test.
Time frame: up to 3 years
Cytokines Level
Comparison between pre-treatment and post-treatment via paired t-test and Wilcoxon signed rank test and Fisher's exact test. IL-1b, IL-2, IL-6, TNFa, IFNg, CCL2, IL-8, IL-18, CXCL9, CXCL10 will be measured by cytokine bead array and reported as picrograms per mL (pg/mL).
Time frame: up to 3 years
Number of Participants with Surgical Complications
Surgical complications will be defined by postoperative occurrences and defined according National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) criteria.
Time frame: up to 30 days
Plan to share: Yes — The Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center encourages and supports the responsible and ethical sharing of data from clinical trials. De-identified participant data from the final research dataset used in the published manuscript may only be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement. Requests may be directed to: \[contact information for Sponsor Investigator or designee\]. The protocol and statistical analysis plan will be made available on Clinicaltrials.gov only as required by federal regulation or as a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap
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