A Phase 3 interventional study of Aprepitant in combination with granisetron and dexamethasone and Granisetron and dexamethasone in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, sponsored by Guangxi Medical University. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-01-23.
Sponsored by Guangxi Medical University · Phase 3, Interventional, and Prevention
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Among 34 studies in Carcinoma, Hepatocellular by Guangxi Medical University — 6 open to participants now, 7 under way, 4 of them phase 3. Carcinoma, Hepatocellular · Guangxi Medical University.
Among the 34 studies in Carcinoma, Hepatocellular by Guangxi Medical University, this one is the 4th largest by planned enrollment of the 29 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 2 that started in 2024, is one of 13 in phase 3, and was the 28th registered.
3,650 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; 1,062 are open to participants now.
Browse Carcinoma, Hepatocellular studies →6 of the 34 studies in Carcinoma, Hepatocellular by Guangxi Medical University are open now, in 1 country. Recruiting first, the newest first:
Guangxi Medical University · Sites in China
Ages 18–70
Guangxi Medical University · Sites in China
Ages 18–75 · Healthy volunteers
Guangxi Medical University · Sites in China
Ages 18–75
Guangxi Medical University · Sites in China
Ages 18–75
Guangxi Medical University · Sites in China
Ages 18–70
By country, each count listing its studies:
Of the 737 Carcinoma, Hepatocellular studies recruiting now, 382 (52%) set no upper age limit and 249 (34%) stop at 75 or younger; 31 take children under 18; 31 take healthy volunteers.
This study: 18 Years to 75 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.
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34 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.
A study in two phases is counted once above. Listed by phase, each with its combined phases: Phase 2 13 · Phase 3 19
First in 2013; this study’s year is marked. 2 started in 2024.
By drug class, each counting the studies that test any of its medicines:
This study's planned enrollment of 300 is above the median of 54 across 2,619 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Hepatocellular.
Median enrollment 100 across the 29 interventional studies, 600 across the 5 observational. Of the 5 that completed or were terminated, 0 (0%) have results posted.
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Guangxi Medical University is the lead sponsor of 71 studies on the registry; 14 are open to participants now.
2 of the studies in Carcinoma, Hepatocellular by Guangxi Medical University that are under way reach primary completion within a year, 1 of them phase 3. Phase 3 first, then by date:
| Study | Primary completion |
|---|---|
| NCT05062837Phase 3Guangxi Medical UniversityHepatectomy Combined With Camrelizumab and Apatinib in CNLC Stage IIIb HCC | 2026-12-30 |
| NCT06405321Guangxi Medical UniversityConversion or Neoadjuvant Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 2026-12-31 |
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Among the 34 studies in Carcinoma, Hepatocellular by Guangxi Medical University, from their registry updates:
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This study aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of aprepitant combined with granisetron and dexamethasone versus granisetron and dexamethasone in the prevention of nausea and vomiting in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) receiving hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC).
FOLFOX regimen include oxaliplatin and 5-Fu. Oxaliplatin has a moderate emetic potential and 5-Fu has a low emetic potential according to European guideline for the prevention of nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The Guideline recommend that patients receiving moderately emetogenic chemotherapy receive a three-drug regimen of 5-HT3, dexamethasone, and NK1-RA (aprepitant, fosaprepitant, netupitant or rolapitant). However, HAIC treatment is not through peripheral or central venous infusion of chemotherapy drugs as in other cancers, but through hepatic artery infusion of chemotherapy drugs. Chemotherapy drugs are mainly concentrated in the liver and belong to local chemotherapy, rather than systemic chemotherapy through the venous system. Therefore, although the HAIC regimen includes oxaliplatin and 5-Fu, two chemotherapeutic drugs that may cause vomiting, the literature on whether three-drug regimen is also needed to prevent vomiting has been less publicly reported. In order to further determine whether three-drug regimen is necessary, this project intends to conduct a multi-center, randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of aprepitant combined with granisetron and dexamethasone versus granisetron and dexamethasone in preventing nausea and vomiting in HCC patients receiving HAIC treatment. The results of this project will provide a reference for improving the quality of life of HCC patients during HAIC treatment, the compliance of follow-up treatment and saving medical resources.
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A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
A score of how well the liver works in people with liver disease such as cirrhosis: class A is mild, B moderate and C severe.
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.
It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.
Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.
A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.
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Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
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Cancer deposits in the brain from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body (CNS metastases include the spinal cord).
Studies differ: some leave out any brain metastases, some accept ones treated and stable for some weeks. Check what this study allows.
ECOG performance status
A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
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Child-Pugh class
A score of how well the liver works in people with liver disease such as cirrhosis: class A is mild, B moderate and C severe.
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Hemoglobin (Hb)
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
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Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)
The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.
It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.
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Platelets
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
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Bilirubin
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
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ULN (upper limit of normal)
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
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ALT and AST (liver enzymes)
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
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Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
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HIV
The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.
Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.
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Immunosuppression
A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.
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Corticosteroids (steroids)
Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
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Brain metastases
Cancer deposits in the brain from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body (CNS metastases include the spinal cord).
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Patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma will receive aprepitant in combination with granisetron and dexamethasone during the therapeutic process of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy.
Drug: Aprepitant in combination with granisetron and dexamethasone
Patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma will receive granisetron and dexamethasone during the therapeutic process of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy.
Drug: Granisetron and dexamethasone
Drug pages: Aprepitant · Granisetron · Dexamethasone
Patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma will receive aprepitant in combination with granisetron and dexamethasone during the therapeutic process of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy.
Drug pages: Granisetron · Dexamethasone
Patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma will receive granisetron and dexamethasone during the therapeutic process of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy.
Complete response rate
Complete response rate during the first cycle defined as no emetic episodes, no rescue medication use during the first cycle of HAIC therapy.
Time frame: 3 weeks
No study locations are listed for this record.
Plan to share: No — Data available on request due to privacy/ethical restrictions.
Start is estimated for Jul 2024; primary completion for Dec 2024, 5 months later.
Of 86 non-industry phase 3 interventional studies under Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, half reached primary completion within 70 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 49 and three quarters within 109. This study's planned 5 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 138 studies reached it within 56 months; a quarter within 43 and three quarters within 83.
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Studies of the drugs tested here: Aprepitant · Granisetron · Dexamethasone
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