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Filter by:This study was conducted to provide preliminary data for the main trial to compare efficacy between bipolar radiofrequency ablation (RFA) using twin internally cooled-wet electrodes and switching monopolar RFA using separable clustered electrodes in the treatment of recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after locoregional treatment.
This is a multi-center study to prospectively gather clinically-characterized plasma samples to determine the diagnostic performance characteristics (sensitivity and specificity) of the HCCBloodTest among patients with cirrhosis with and without HCC
Background: A most common liver cancer in adults is hepatocellular carcinoma. Other kinds of liver cancer happen when colorectal or pancreatic cancer spreads to the liver. Researchers want to study if a combination of drugs helps people with these cancers. The drugs are nivolumab, tadalafil, and vancomycin. Objective: To investigate if nivolumab given with tadalafil and vancomycin causes liver cancer to shrink. Eligibility: Adults ages 18 years and older with hepatocellular carcinoma or metastases to the liver from colorectal or pancreatic cancer for which standard treatment has not worked Design: Participants will be screened with: Medical and cancer history Review of symptoms and ability to perform normal activities Physical exam Heart test. Some participants may meet with a cardiologist and/or have another heart test. Scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis Blood and urine tests Tumor sample review. This can be from a previous procedure. Participants will receive the study drugs in 4-week cycles. In each cycle participants will: Get nivolumab through a small plastic tube in the arm on Day 1. Take tadalafil by mouth 1 time every day. Take vancomycin by mouth 4 times a day. They will take it every day for weeks 1 3, then not take it for week 4. Complete a medicine diary of dates, times, missed doses and symptoms. Throughout the study, participants will repeat screening tests and will give stool samples or rectal swabs. After their last cycle, participants will have 3 follow-up visits over 3 months. Then they will be contacted every 6 months by phone or email and asked about their general well-being. ...
This is a single-arm, prospective, multicenter, study. Individuals who are assessed for microwave (MW) ablation of HCC in accordance with their institution's standard of care (SOC), who meet study entry criteria and sign the informed consent, will be enrolled. The patients will be treated with MW ablation and afterwards followed for up to 36 months after the original ablation procedure to assess efficacy and safety. In addition to the final analysis after all enrolled patients complete the 36-month observation period, a summary of selected endpoints will be provided after all enrolled patients have completed each of the 1-month and 12-month visits. To provide sites with an opportunity to get equal experience in the use of the Certus system, there will 3 patients treated as part of a run-in phase. These patients will only be included in the safety set.
Background & Aim: Presence of microvascular invasion (mvi) in the explanted liver defines a higher risk of recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after liver transplantation (LT). The aim of this study is to evaluate pre LT selection models of HCC recurrence specifically in patients without mvi in the explanted liver. Methods: Three multicenter cohorts are going to be included: a Latin American, a French and an Italian cohort of consecutive adult patients with HCC a first LT performed during two different periods: 2005-2011 and 2012-2016. AFP model is going to be compared against Milan and San Francisco criteria according to each models accuracy and prediction of HCC recurrence among patients without microvascular invasion in the explanted liver considering these candidates as "Low-risk patients". Multivariate Cox regression analysis, with hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for 5-year recurrence is going to be done with Competing Risk Regression analysis and corresponding Subhazard Ratios (SHR).
Liver cancer (HCC) is the second cause of death related to cancer worldwide, with about 750,000 deaths from this cause in 2012. Although the early diagnosis of liver cancer increases the available treatment options, the methods currently used for screening are not sufficiently sensitive for this purpose. The investigators provide a high-performance and highly reliable in vitro platform that allows the identification and quantification of autoantibodies in serum for use as biomarkers of liver cancer, using an ELISA test (Yliver). The aim of the study is to demonstrate whether the Yliver test can be used as a biomarker for the early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma with a collection of samples from 58 patients diagnosed with HCC, 42 cirrhosis, 40 normal controls and the inclusion of 25-50 patients with chronic liver disease without cirrhosis.
Multi-center, Open-labeled, Non-randomized Study to Evaluate the Acute Technical Performance and Safety Profile of the VORTX Rx® for Ablation of Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors
This is an independent optional sub-study parallel to TARGET-HCC (NCT02954094). The purpose of Direct-Acting Antiviral-Post Authorization Safety Study (DAA-PASS) is to investigate the impact of exposure to direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) on early recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients following successful HCC treatment interventions.
Aim 1: The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial comparing two strategies to promote HCV screening, follow-up testing, and treatment among baby-boomers (i.e. persons born between 1945-1965): inreach with electronic medical record alerts and provider education vs. combination of inreach and provider education plus mailed outreach and patient navigation. Aim 2: The investigators will evaluate patient navigation strategies to promote follow-up testing and treatment evaluation among non-baby boomer Parkland patients (i.e. born before 1945 or after 1965) who are either: a) HCV antibody positive but have not completed follow-up viral load testing or b) HCV viral load positive and who have not completed in-clinic treatment evaluation.
Conventional transarterial chemoembolization with Doxorubicin (c-TACE) is the gold standard treatment for Hepato Cellular Carcinoma (HCC) stage B (BCLC) / stages A and B (Child-Pugh). Clinical recommendations for cTACE indicate that the doxorubicin solution may be reconstituted in either aqueous solution or iso-osmolar ionic iodinated contrast media. There is no consensus on which solvent should be used. Hence, the clinical evaluation of Lipiodol cTACE would benefit from a standardization in the reconstitution of the drug. In this study, the comparison of the kinetics of distribution of the drug within the tumor micro-environment is expected to allow for comparison of drug solvents. This pilot study aims at evaluating the kinetics of distribution of the drug within the tumor micro-environment, for the two main solvents used in reconstituting the drug, namely normal saline and contrast media. The kinetics of distribution in the tumor will be evaluated primarily through regular biopsy sampling, and secondary with confocal laser endomicroscopy.