Liver cancer treatments under Real-World scrutiny
NCT ID NCT07814014
First seen Sep 10, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers at a single center are observing about 1,000 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who receive systemic therapies. The study tracks overall survival, progression-free survival, and tumor response using standard imaging criteria. It also checks whether hepatitis C drugs clear the virus in patients who have both active hepatitis C and liver cancer while on systemic therapy.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If the study succeeds, it could show how well systemic therapies and hepatitis C drugs work in everyday liver cancer patients, not just in controlled trials.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study at one center, so its findings may not apply to other hospitals or patient groups. It cannot prove that any treatment causes better outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with HCC that are recruited to the tropical medicine inpatient department and outpatient clinics and are submitted to the inclusion and exclusion criteria from June 2022 to November 2024.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * patient with HCC * Child-Pugh class A, B7 * Performance state 0-1 (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG scale). * Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage C or BCLC stage B with diffuse, infiltrative or extensive bilobar involvement or BCLC stage B with tumor progression after TACE. Exclusion Criteria: * patient with other tumor than HCC * Child-Turcotte-Pugh score B (8,9) and C. * Patients eligible for treatment other than systemic therapy according to Barcelona Clinic liver cancer.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mansoura University Hospitals
RECRUITINGAl Mansurah, Dakahlia Governorate, 35516, Egypt
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