View clinical trials related to Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC).
Filter by:Researchers are studying a new potential treatment for liver cancer. To do this, researchers have developed a protein, called a monoclonal antibody, which can find and attach itself to another protein present on the surface of liver cancer cells. This can help the new treatment to specifically target cancer cells in the liver. In this study, researchers want to understand the distribution and processing of this monoclonal antibody in people with liver cancer. Researchers will use the following two forms of monoclonal antibody as study interventions during this study: - BAY3630942: This is the monoclonal antibody attached to a tracer. A tracer emits radiation that can help researchers track the monoclonal antibody in the body using imaging tests like PET/CT (positron emission tomography / computed tomography). All participants will receive a fixed dose of BAY3630942 during the study. - BAY3547922: This is the monoclonal antibody without the tracer. Participants may receive different amounts of BAY3547922 during the study. In this study, participants will not derive therapeutic benefit from receiving BAY3630942 or BAY3547922. However, this study may help researchers develop a new treatment for people with liver cancer and find a dose to be tested in future studies. The main purpose of this first-in-human study is to check how BAY3630942 distributes among different organs in the body and how much of the radiation it emits is absorbed by the organs based on the total dose of BAY3630942 and BAY3547922 given. For this, the researchers will: - measure the amount of BAY3630942 radiation found in different organs over time. - measure the amount of BAY3630942 radiation absorbed by different organs. - use the above information to estimate the amount of radiation that would be absorbed by the same organs from the new potential treatment. Researchers will also monitor the number and severity of medical problems participants have after receiving BAY3630942 and BAY3547922. These medical problems are also known as "adverse events". Doctors keep track of all medical problems that happen in studies, even if they do not think they might be related to the study interventions. The study participants will first receive BAY3547922 as an infusion into a vein followed by BAY3630942 as an injection into the same vein. Both interventions will be administered only once, on the same day. Each participant will be in the study for around 44 days with up to 7 visits to the study clinic which includes: - a visit up to 14 days before the start of the study to confirm if the participant can take part in the study. - up to 5 visits during the imaging intervention period. During this period, participants: - will receive the study interventions and have blood tests on the first visit, - will have imaging and blood tests on the next 3 visits. The tests scheduled for the second visit may be performed during the first visit. - may have blood tests on the last visit. - a follow-up visit to check their health after 30 days of receiving the study interventions. During the study, the doctors and their study team will: - check participants' health by performing tests such as blood and urine tests, and check heart health using an electrocardiogram (ECG) - track and study BAY3630942 using PET/CT imaging tests As the study interventions are not yet treatments for liver cancer, access to BAY3630942 and BAY3547922 after the end of the study will not be required.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the world. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the most common underlying cause of cirrhosis and HCC in the western world. The staging of the disease is done by combining blood tests and imaging tests. Ultrasound scanning, computed tomograph (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are methods based on identifying or significant change in the liver. Those changes are sometimes difficult to identify, especially when there are changes in liver structure resulting from disease, such as cirrhosis of the liver. In many cases it is also difficult to detect secondary scattering in anatomical tests, such as identifying a disease in normal size lymph nodes or early skeletal dissociation. Functional imaging is not based on structural changes, but on the ability to detect changes in the function and properties of the tissue, such as a change in the cell's metabolic consumption or the presence of proteins that characterize the tumor tissue.PET scans can show tumor cell activity (the cancer cells are more aggressive, get more sugar and therefore see more absorption in PET), detect small tumors and metastases outside the liver (because they do a whole body test). To complete this test, a CT scan is also performed on the same device (PET-CT scanner). There is a new material called prostate-specific mRNA that is marked with gallium isotope (Ga-68-PSMA). It is the substance that is absorbed into the cells of the blood vessels of the tumor. The Ga-68-PSMA is now widely used in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. The new researches also found the possibility of using Ga-68-PSMA in primary liver cancer in patients because of the over-expression of the antigen in the blood vessels. Therefore, the tests with Ga-68-PSMA and F-18-FDG will complement each other and will give a complete picture of the extent of the disease. Each patient has individual characteristics of the tumor, and according to the results it will be possible to adapt the test to the patient with the appropriate material for the disease and this will be effective for the decision to treat and follow up. At the end of the study it will be possible to offer the study participant the appropriate functional imaging test.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of Dendritic and Cytokine-induced Killer Cells (DC-CIK) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).