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RecruitingNCT06109454Updated May 10, 2024

Observation on the Therapeutic Effect of Huaier Granules in the Adjuvant Treatment of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer After Radical Surgery

An observational study in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, sponsored by Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-05-10.

Sponsored by Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Sep 2025, 1 year 1 month ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Mar 2024; still recruiting 2 years 7 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
240
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is a multicenter, prospective, and observational clinical study aimed at exploring whether the 3-year DFS in the Huaier group is not inferior to the control group receiving standard platinum dual-drug chemotherapy.

Read the detailed description

This study is a small sample observational study, mainly exploring whether the 3-year DFS of the Huaier group is not inferior to the control group receiving standard platinum dual drug chemotherapy. Therefore, this study will conduct a small sample exploratory analysis. It is expected to include 240 non-small cell lung cancer patients who have been diagnosed with stage Ⅱ-ⅢA and are eligible for surgery at selected research centers from April 2023 to July 2025. Among them, 120 patients in the Huaier Granule group refused to undergo adjuvant chemotherapy due to reasons such as intolerance or disagreement, and agreed to receive Huaier Granule monotherapy as an adjuvant treatment; There are 120 patients in the control group, all of whom plan to receive standard chemotherapy as an adjuvant treatment plan (including platinum based dual-drug combination chemotherapy).

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Conditions studied

  • Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Keywords

  • Huaier granule
  • Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Efficacy
  • Safety
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In context

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

6,641 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; 1,665 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 240 is above the median of 164 across 974 observational studies indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung.

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Lead sponsor

Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute is the lead sponsor of 23 studies on the registry; 12 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

The study population is resectable stage Ⅱ-ⅢA non-small cell lung cancer patients.

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Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years old ≤ age ≤ 75, regardless of gender.
  • Confirmed as non-small cell lung cancer by histopathology, with pathological staging of stage Ⅱ-ⅢA.
  • Received radical R0 resection of lung cancer within 2 months before enrollment, and did not receive any postoperative adjuvant therapy or preoperative neoadjuvant therapy.
  • ECOG(Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group)score:0-2.
  • The patient voluntarily participated in the study, agreed to cooperate with the researcher for data collection, and signed an informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known to be allergic to the components of Huaier granules or avoid or use Huaier granules with caution (Huaier group).
  • Those who have difficulty swallowing, complete or incomplete gastrointestinal obstruction, active gastrointestinal bleeding, perforation, and other causes of difficulty in taking oral medication.
  • Non-small cell lung cancer patients who plan to receive targeted therapy, immunotherapy, chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy, radiotherapy, synchronous radiotherapy and chemotherapy during the study period.
  • The patient has a history of other new malignant tumors within 5 years.
  • The expected survival time of the patient is less than half a year.
  • Surgical complications that have not recovered or are accompanied by severe infections after radical resection of lung cancer.
  • Pregnant or lactating women or planned pregnancy preparation.
  • The patient has received other traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations with anti-tumor effect in the past one month (including but not limited to compound cantharidin capsule, cinobufagin capsule, Kangai injection, Brucea javanica injection, etc., the specific instructions shall prevail).
  • The patient suffers from severe mental illness or other reasons that the researcher deems unsuitable to participate in this study.
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Study design

Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
240 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Huaier Granule

    The subjects voluntarily gave up postoperative adjuvant therapy, including chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and radiation therapy, and agreed to take Huaier granules.

    Drug: Huaier granule

  • Control

    The subjects received standard platinum dual-drug chemotherapy.

    Other: Control

Interventions

  • The subjects voluntarily gave up postoperative adjuvant therapy, including chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and radiation therapy, and agreed to take Huaier granules.The subjects took Huaier granules orally, one bag (10g) per time, three times a day. Until the end of the study, intolerable toxicity, withdrawal from the study for any reason or death, or when the researcher determines that there is no further benefit, whichever occurs first. Please refer to the drug manual for specific usage. It is recommended that patients start taking Huaier granules 1-2 weeks after surgery.

    Also known as: Z20000109(NMPA Approval Number)

  • OtherControl

    The subjects received standard platinum dual drug chemotherapy.The subjects were treated with carboplatin injection (300mg/m2, intravenous injection, first day) combined with pemetrexed disodium (pathological type: adenocarcinoma, intravenous injection, 500mg/m2) or albumin bound paclitaxel (pathological type: squamous cell carcinoma, 260mg/m2, intravenous injection, first day) every three weeks, with a maximum of four cycles.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 3-year disease-free survival (DFS) rate

    The proportion of participants who did not experience disease recurrence or death within 3 years after undergoing lung cancer radical surgery.

    Time frame: start of treatment until 3-year follow-up

Secondary outcomes

  1. 1-year or 2-year DFS rate

    The proportion of participants who did not experience disease recurrence or death within 1 or 2 years after undergoing lung cancer radical surgery

    Time frame: start of treatment until 1-year or 2-year follow-up

  2. 1-year, 2-year or 3-year overall survival (OS) rate

    The proportion of subjects who survived within 1 year, 2 years or 3 years after undergoing radical lung cancer surgery among all subjects.

    Time frame: start of treatment until 1-year, 2-year or 3-year follow-up

  3. 1-year, 2-year or 3-year local recurrence free survival (LRFS) rates

    The proportion of subjects who did not experience local recurrence of lung cancer within 1 year, 2 years or 3 years after undergoing radical lung cancer surgery.

    Time frame: start of treatment until 1-year, 2-year or 3-year follow-up

  4. 1-year, 2-year or 3-year distant metastasis free survival (DMFS) rates

    The proportion of subjects who did not experience distant metastasis within 1 year, 2 years, or 3 years after undergoing lung cancer radical surgery

    Time frame: start of treatment until 1-year, 2-year or 3-year follow-up

  5. Quality of Life Score (SF-36 Scale)

    The Health Survey Short Form\[(SF-36 Scale (Chinese Version) \]developed by the US Medical Bureau research team was used for evaluation. The scale has 36 items and aims to evaluate the health and functional status of multiple age groups, different diseases, and control populations.Note that all items are scored so that a high score defines a more favorable health state. In addition, each item is scored on a 0 to 100 range so that the lowest and highest possible scores are 0 and 100, respectively.

    Time frame: start of treatment until 3-year follow-up

  6. The incidence and severity of adverse events (AE) and severe adverse events (SAE)

    The definitions and severity grading of AE and SAE can refer to the corresponding descriptions in the definition and evaluation section of AE. The incidence rate is defined as the proportion of subjects who have experienced AE and SAE to the corresponding total population.

    Time frame: start of treatment until 3-year follow-up

Other outcomes

  1. Changes in peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulations

    Observe and describe the changes in peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulations from baseline, peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulations include but are not limited to CD3+T, CD4+T, and CD8+T.

    Time frame: start of treatment until 3-year follow-up

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute
    Shenyang, Liaoning 110801, China
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 10, 2024, 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
NCT06109454
Lead sponsor
Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute
Collaborators
LinkDoc Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd., Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Responsible party
Hongxu Liu (professor, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 31, 2023
Start date
Mar 21, 2024
Primary completion
Sep 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 2028 (estimated)
Last update
May 10, 2024

Study contacts

Hongxu Liu, PhD
Contact
hxliu@cmu.edu.cn
+8618040097698
Hongxu Liu, PhD
principal investigator · Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute

Oversight

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