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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02281266
Other study ID # ZDX-2014-05
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase Phase 4
First received October 15, 2014
Last updated November 20, 2014
Start date January 2015
Est. completion date October 2018

Study information

Verified date November 2014
Source Fudan University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority China: Ethics Committee
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Efficacy and safety of Thymalfasin adjuvant therapy in HBV-related HCC after curative resection.


Description:

Multi-center, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Adjuvant Thymalfasin Therapy in Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Curative Resection.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 360
Est. completion date October 2018
Est. primary completion date June 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years to 70 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

Inclusion criteria during perioperative period

- Male or female patients with age between 18-70 years.

- Life expectance = 3 months.

- Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma confirmed by Histological or Cytological examination.

- Hepatitis B history with current HBsAg positive and/or HBV DNA positive

- Will undergo hepatic curative resection.

- Tumor feature a. with cancer embolus b. a solitary nodule measuring between 3-8 cm or 2 nodule, a total combined measurement between 3-8 cm

- East Cooperative Oncology Group performance score of 0-2

- Normal liver function or sufficient liver function, defined as Chlid's-Pugh A

Inclusion criteria at baseline post-operation (4weeks ± 7days post-operation)

- No documented evidence of disease recurrence with computed tomography (CT) scan and CT angiography.

- Grade A of Chlid's-Pugh score

- hematological test white blood cell (WBC)>3.5X109/L, red blood cell (RBC)>30%, platelet count (PLT)>50,000/Ul, neutrophil (NEU)>1.0X109/L, Cr<1.5 mg/dl

- signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any anti-cancer therapy, including liver transplant, transarterial Chemo-embolization (TACE), image-guided tumor ablation, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, molecular targeted therapy and immunotherapy, etc. prior to the liver surgery procedure.

- Taking the hepatotoxic drug or immunosuppressant drug.

- Invasion of portal vascular and its first branch, hepatic duct and its first branch, inferior vena cava and hepatic vein.

- Organ transplant recipient.

- Extra-hepatic organs and lymph node metastasis.

- Uncontrolled Hypertension, unstable angina within 3 months, congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II or greater), history of myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to randomization and severe arrhythmia need to be treated.

- History of malignancy other than a successfully treated non-metastatic cutaneous squamous cell or basal cell carcinoma and/or localized carcinoma in situ of the cervix

- Known human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection

- hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection

- History of stroke or transient ischemic attack within 6 months prior to randomization

- Active or untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastasis

- History of clinically significant drug or alcohol abuse

- Prior treatment with immunomodulator (e.g. interferon, Thymalfasin) or traditional Chinese medicine within 30 days prior to randomization

- Know postoperative complications (e.g. infection, bleeding, bile leak) at baseline

- Known allergic reaction to the investigational product and its excipient.

- Female subjects who are pregnant or breast-feeding or considering becoming pregnant during the study.

- The investigator considers the subject, for any reason, to be unacceptable for study participation.

- Participating in other clinical trials of the drug or medical device within 30 days prior to randomization.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Procedure:
curative resection

Drug:
thymalfasin
1.6mg twice a week, 12 months
nucleoside analog (suggest to use entecavir)


Locations

Country Name City State
China Zhongshan Hospital Shanghai Shanghai

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Jia Fan SciClone Pharmaceuticals

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Recurrence-free Survival 2-year No
Secondary Recurrence-free Survival (RFS) 1-year No
Secondary Overall survival (OS) 1-year No
Secondary Overall survival (OS) 2-year No
Secondary Mean recurrence time up to 2 years No
Secondary Tumor sample immune cell counts immune cell counts includes T cell counts(CD3, CD4, CD8), Treg count(FoxP3), Th17 cell count(IL-17), natural killer(NK) cell count(CD56), neutrophil count(CD66b), Mf count(CD68), dendritic cell(DC) count (CD1a,CD83), MVD(CD31) tumor sample will be collected at baseline and when relapse No
Secondary incidence and types of Adverse Events (AE) and serious adverse event (SAE) AE and SAE will be reported. The number of patients with AE and the number of patients with SAE will be calculated. 2-year Yes
Secondary number of patients with abnormal laboratory value, vital signs and ECG result The number of patients with abnormal laboratory value, vital signs and ECG result during the study will also be calculated. 2-year Yes