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CompletedNCT05864105Updated Jul 9, 2026

PM8002 in Combination With Chemotherapy as First Line Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

A Phase 2 interventional study of PM8002 and FOLFOX regimen in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, sponsored by Biotheus Inc.. Completed at 9 sites in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-09.

Sponsored by Biotheus Inc. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year after the study started (first participant enrolled Apr 2022, registered May 2023).
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
35
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a multicenter, single-arm, open-label phase II study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of PM8002 in combination with chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of subjects with inoperable HCC.

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PM8002 is a Bispecific Antibody Targeting PD-L1 and VEGF.

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Conditions studied

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Keywords

  • PD-L1/VEGF
  • FOLFOX-4
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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 35 is below the median of 55 across 2,298 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Hepatocellular.

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Lead sponsor

Biotheus Inc. is the lead sponsor of 17 studies on the registry; 7 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  1. Voluntary participation in clinical study; fully understand the study and sign informed consent voluntarily; willing to follow and able to complete all test procedures;
  2. Male or female aged >= 18 years;
  3. HCC diagnosed by pathology or clinical;
  4. BCLC stage C or B (unresectable or/and not suitable for local therapy);
  5. Child-Pugh score \<= 7;
  6. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Histological diagnosis of fibrolamellar HCC, sarcomatoid HCC, or mixed cholangiocarcinoma and HCC;
  2. Symptomatic CNS metastases, not suitable for the study assessed by investigator;
  3. Evidence of major coagulopathy or other obvious risk of bleeding;
  4. Unable to accept enhanced imaging examination (CT or MRI) for any reason;
  5. History of severe allergic disease, severe allergy to drugs or known allergy to any component of the drug in this study;
  6. Human immunodeficiency virus infection or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome;
  7. Known history of allogeneic organ transplantation or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation;
  8. Known history of alcohol abuse, psychotropic drug abuse or drug abuse;
  9. Patients with psychiatric disorders or poor compliance;
  10. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding;
  11. The condition of the subject, as determined by the investigator, may increase the risk of after study treatment, or may cause confusion about the interpretation of the toxic reaction and AE;
  12. Other conditions lead to inappropriate to participate in this study as judged by the investigator.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
35 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    PM8002+FOLFOX-4

    PM8002 20mg/kg Q2W day 1: oxaliplatin \[85 mg/m2, 2-h infusion\] plus leucovorin \[200 mg/m2, 2-h infusion\], followed by 5-fluorouracil \[400 mg/m2, intravenous bolus; 600 mg/m2, 22-h infusion\]; day 2: leucovorin \[200 mg/m2, 2-h infusion\], followed by 5-fluorouracil \[400 mg/m2, intravenous bolus; 600 mg/m2, 22-h infusion\]

    Biological: PM8002 · Drug: FOLFOX regimen

Interventions

  • BiologicalPM8002

    PM8002 20mg/kg Q2W

  • DrugFOLFOX regimen

    day 1: oxaliplatin \[85 mg/m2, 2-h infusion\] plus leucovorin \[200 mg/m2, 2-h infusion\], followed by 5-fluorouracil \[400 mg/m2, intravenous bolus; 600 mg/m2, 22-h infusion\]; day 2: leucovorin \[200 mg/m2, 2-h infusion\], followed by 5-fluorouracil \[400 mg/m2, intravenous bolus; 600 mg/m2, 22-h infusion\]

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Objective Response Rate

    Objective response rate (ORR) is the proportion of subjects with complete response (CR) or partial response (PR), based on RECIST v1.1.

    Time frame: Up to approximately 2 years

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Study locations

9 sites
  • Anhui Provincial Hospital
    Hefei, Anhui, China
  • Fujian Cancer Hospital
    Fuzhou, Fujian, China
  • The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
    Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
  • Henan Cancer Hospital
    Zhengzhou, Henan, China
  • The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
    Changsha, Hunan, China
  • The First Hospital of Jilin University
    Changchun, Jilin, China
  • Cancer Hospital of The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
  • Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
  • Jinhua Municipal Centeral Hospital Medical Group
    Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — The data will be published or presented for publications (poster, abstract, articles or papers) or any presentations.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 9, 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
NCT05864105
Lead sponsor
Biotheus Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 18, 2023
Start date
Apr 22, 2022
Primary completion
Jul 24, 2025
Completion
Jul 24, 2025
Last update
Jul 9, 2026

Study contacts

Jieer Ying
principal investigator · Zhejiang Cancer Hospital

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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