New drug combo may reboot treatment for advanced liver cancer
NCT ID NCT07184424
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at 24 patients with advanced liver cancer whose disease got worse after standard treatment with lenvatinib and an immunotherapy drug. Researchers added a third drug, lenalidomide, to see if it could help control the cancer again. The goal was to measure how long patients lived without their cancer growing and overall survival. This is a small, early study, so results are not yet proven.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- lenalidomide
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could give doctors a new way to control advanced liver cancer when standard treatments stop working.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early study with only 24 patients and no comparison group. The results may not apply to everyone, and adding a drug can increase side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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24 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2023
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- 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.
- 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: * Age ≥ 18 years old; * Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who previously received lenvatinib and PD-1 inhibitors and whose tumors progressed on imaging (enhanced MRI, enhanced CT, or PET-CT) were treated with lenalidomide; * Expected survival period exceeding 3 months; * Patients with a history of other malignant tumors who have been disease-free for more than 2 years after initial treatment (such as non-melanoma skin cancer or cervical carcinoma in situ); * Participants of childbearing age agreed to use contraception during the study period; Exclusion Criteria: * Fibrous plate layer or sarcomatoid HCC or mixed type HCC-ICC; * Currently participating in and receiving other experimental treatments; * Previously underwent solid organ transplantation, diagnosed with immunodeficiency; * Bleeding from esophageal or gastric varices within 3 months prior to enrollment; * Hepatic encephalopathy in the past 6 months, or obvious ascites at enrollment; * Active infection requiring systemic treatment; * CTCAE grading Platelet count \< 50 × 10⁹/L or neutrophil count \< 1 × 10⁹/L * Pregnant or breastfeeding women; * Patients with myocardial ischemia or myocardial infarction graded CTCAE grade II or higher, or uncontrolled arrhythmia; * Patients who have previously used pomalidomide or thalidomide; * Patients who have previously received CTLA-4 in combination with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors; * Other situations deemed unsuitable for participation in this trial by researchers;
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital
Beijing, China
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