Old gout drug tested as new hope for advanced liver cancer

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: (A). Primary hepatic malignancy including hepatocellular carcinoma, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma, poorly differentiated or undifferentiated primary hepatic malignancy. 1. Diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: Patient has at least one of the following criteria: (1) positive for hepatocellular carcinoma evidenced by cytology or pathology, (2) serum alpha-fetoprotein level \> 400 ng/mL and has evidence of hepatocellular carcinoma on contrast-enhanced computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. 2. Diagnosis of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Patient has at least one of the following criteria: (1) evidenced by cytology or pathology, (2) serum CA19-9 level \> 10 times of normal upper limit and has evidence on contrast-enhanced computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging, and no evidence of extrahepatic original malignancy. 3. Diagnosis of hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma: concomitantly fit at least one of the items described in (a) and (b) 4. Diagnosis of poorly differentiated or undifferentiated primary hepatic malignancy: Patient fits all of the following criteria: (1) evidenced of malignancy other than hepatocellular carcinoma, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma or hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma by cytology or pathology, (2) no evidence of extrahepatic original malignancy (B). Primary hepatic malignant tumors unable to receive curative treatment indicate that the malignancy can not be completely eliminated by operative resection, liver transplantation or local abrasion therapy. Patient also needs to fit at least one of the following criteria: (1) evidence of distant metastasis or large vessels (intrahepatic first branch portal vein, portal main trunk, major hepatic vein or inferior vena cava) invasion, (2) unable to be controlled by transcatheter arterial chemoembolization including appearance of new rather than incompletely treated nodules within 3 months of chemoembolization, or chemoembolization fails (C). The performance status of the patient based on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) belongs to 0 or 1 and the calculated Child score is below 8 points. Exclusion Criteria: 1. . life-threatening hemorrhage at the present time 2. . life-threatening bacterial, fungal or viral infection (not included hepatitis B and C virus) at the present time 3. . extrahepatic original malignancy unable to be controlled 4. . serum creatinine level \> 1.5 mg/dL. 5. . Patient must receive long-term statin or fibrates drugs. The doses of these medications can not be altered. 6. . Patient has white blood cell count \< 1500/µL, platelet count \< 30000/µL or hemoglobin \< 9.0 gm/dL after medication. 7. . Pregnant woman or plan to be a pregnant woman 8. . allergy to colchicine or has history of severe side effects caused by colchicine 9. . Patient has received systemic chemotherapy within 2 months before enrollment or plans to receive systemic chemotherapy in the future. 10. . Patient is under or plans to receive other clinical trial testing drug. 11. . Patient has severe malfunction of vital organs and can not participate in this study justified by the member of the research team. 12. . Patient is under or plans to receive Chinese traditional medicine or herb drugs. 13. . Patient is under or plans to receive hospice care. 14. . Patient took other clinical trial testing drug within 3 months before enrollment. 15. . Patient can not quit drug abuse or heavy alcohol drinking.