A Phase 2 interventional study of NRT6003 Injection in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, sponsored by Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-18.
Sponsored by Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
This is a prospective, open-label, single-arm, investigator-initiated study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of NRT6003 Injection, a yttrium-90 carbon microsphere product, administered by selective internal radiation therapy in previously treated patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Eligible participants will undergo protocol-specified screening assessments, hepatic vascular evaluation, 99mTc-MAA hepatic arterial perfusion imaging, and dosimetry assessment before treatment. Participants who meet the eligibility criteria and are considered suitable for selective internal radiation therapy will receive a single transarterial administration of NRT6003 Injection. Safety follow-up will be conducted for 12 months after treatment, and tumor response will be assessed using mRECIST and RECIST v1.1.
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1. Age 18 years or older, male or female, with body weight greater than 30 kg. 2. Clinically, radiologically, and/or diagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma. 3. Previously treated with TACE, and/or HAIC, and considered by the investigator to be able to tolerate yttrium-90 carbon microsphere radioembolization. 4. score ≤7, performance status \<2, and >3 months. 5. Disease confined to the liver after systemic assessment. 6. At least one according to and v1.1. 7. Adequate residual normal liver volume and adequate bone marrow, hepatic, renal, and coagulation function. 8. For participants with portal vein tumor thrombus, eligibility must be confirmed by the investigator based on hepatic angiography and 99mTc-MAA hepatic arterial perfusion imaging. 9. Suitable for SIRT based on hepatic vascular evaluation and 99mTc-MAA assessment. 10. Willing to use effective as required by the protocol. 11. Able to understand and comply with the study requirements and willing to provide written .
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Extrahepatic , including regional lymph node metastasis. 2. Uncontrolled biliary obstruction or recent biliary infection within 6 months before . 3. Prior internal or external radiotherapy to the liver or upper abdomen. 4. Anticancer therapy within 30 days before NRT6003 treatment, or small-molecule targeted therapy within 14 days before treatment. 5. Known allergy, intolerance, or to any study-related drug, contrast agent, anesthetic agent, or . 6. Severe pulmonary dysfunction. 7. Untreated or inadequately treated esophageal or gastric varices considered by the investigator to have a high bleeding risk. 8. Uncontrolled disease or infection that may affect study safety or efficacy, as judged by the investigator. 9. Positive antibody test. 10. 99mTc-MAA imaging or hepatic angiography showing inadequate coverage of target intrahepatic lesions, uncorrectable gastrointestinal shunting, or estimated single-session lung absorbed dose >30 Gy. 11. Pregnant or breastfeeding women. 12. Any other condition that, in the investigator's opinion, makes the participant unsuitable for this study.
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The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).
Your pathology report is the document that shows this.
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.
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.
The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.
The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.
The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.
Versions of RECIST adapted to particular cases. iRECIST is for immunotherapy, where a tumour can look bigger for a while before it shrinks, so growth has to be confirmed on a later scan. mRECIST usually means the version for liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma), which measures only the part of a tumour that still has a blood supply.
The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.
“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.
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.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.
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.
Histologically or cytologically confirmed
The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).
Your pathology report is the document that shows this.
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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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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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Life expectancy
The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.
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Measurable disease
The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.
The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
iRECIST and mRECIST
Versions of RECIST adapted to particular cases. iRECIST is for immunotherapy, where a tumour can look bigger for a while before it shrinks, so growth has to be confirmed on a later scan. mRECIST usually means the version for liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma), which measures only the part of a tumour that still has a blood supply.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
RECIST
The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.
“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Metastases
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
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Contraindication
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
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Excipients
The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.
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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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Participants will receive one session of transarterial selective internal radiation therapy with NRT6003 Injection, a yttrium-90 carbon microsphere product, after hepatic vascular evaluation, 99mTc-MAA simulation, and individualized dosimetry assessment.
Drug: NRT6003 Injection
NRT6003 Injection contains yttrium-90 carbon microspheres and is administered by transarterial infusion for selective internal radiation therapy. Participants will receive one treatment session only. The administered activity will be determined based on hepatic vascular assessment, 99mTc-MAA simulation, lung shunting assessment, and individualized dosimetry.
Also known as: Yttrium-90 Carbon Microspheres, Y-90 Carbon Microspheres, Selective Internal Radiation Therapy, SIRT, Transarterial Radioembolization, TARE
Objective Response Rate (ORR) as Assessed by mRECIST
Objective response rate is defined as the proportion of participants who achieve a best overall response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) after treatment with NRT6003 Injection. Tumor response will be assessed according to modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (mRECIST) at protocol-defined imaging assessment time points.
Time frame: Up to 12 months after NRT6003 administration
Incidence, Type, and Severity of Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events
Safety will be assessed by the incidence, type, severity, seriousness, and relationship to study treatment of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs). Adverse events will be graded according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0 (NCI-CTCAE v5.0).
Time frame: From hepatic vascular evaluation through 12 months after NRT6003 administration
Objective Response Rate (ORR) as Assessed by RECIST v1.1
Objective response rate is defined as the proportion of participants who achieve a best overall response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) after treatment with NRT6003 Injection. Tumor response will be assessed according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) at protocol-defined imaging assessment time points.
Time frame: Up to 12 months after NRT6003 administration
Disease Control Rate (DCR) as Assessed by mRECIST and RECIST v1.1
Disease control rate is defined as the proportion of participants who achieve complete response (CR), partial response (PR), or stable disease (SD) after treatment with NRT6003 Injection. DCR will be assessed and summarized separately according to modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (mRECIST) and Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1) at protocol-defined imaging assessment time points.
Time frame: Up to 12 months after NRT6003 administration
Duration of Response (DoR) as Assessed by mRECIST and RECIST v1.1
Duration of response is defined as the time from the first documented complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) to the first documented disease progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first. DoR will be assessed and summarized separately according to modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (mRECIST) and Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1).
Time frame: From first documented response up to 12 months after NRT6003 administration
Progression-Free Survival (PFS) as Assessed by mRECIST and RECIST v1.1
Progression-free survival is defined as the time from NRT6003 administration to the first documented disease progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first. Disease progression will be assessed and summarized separately according to modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (mRECIST) and Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1).
Time frame: Up to 12 months after NRT6003 administration
Progression-Free Survival in the Treated Area as Assessed by mRECIST and RECIST v1.1
Progression-free survival in the treated area is defined as the time from NRT6003 administration to the first documented disease progression within the treated area or death from any cause, whichever occurs first. Progression in the treated area will be assessed and summarized separately according to modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (mRECIST) and Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1).
Time frame: Up to 12 months after NRT6003 administration
Surgical Resection Rate After SIRT
Surgical resection rate is defined as the proportion of participants who undergo surgical resection during the follow-up period after NRT6003 Injection radioembolization. R0/R1 resection status and pathological findings may be summarized when surgical specimens are available.
Time frame: Up to 12 months after NRT6003 administration
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Studies of the drug tested here: Yttrium Y 90 Carbon Microspheres NRT6003
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