New cocktail therapy targets liver cancer that resists immunotherapy
NCT ID NCT07157306
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial is testing a combination of three drugs—gecacitinib, donafenib, and a PD-1 inhibitor—as a second-line treatment for people with advanced liver cancer that did not respond to initial immunotherapy. The study will enroll 35 participants and measure how well the treatment shrinks tumors and controls the disease, while also tracking side effects. The goal is to see if this drug cocktail can offer a new option when standard immunotherapy stops working.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Gecacitinib, donafenib, and a PD-1 inhibitor (a type of immunotherapy)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new second-line treatment option for people with advanced liver cancer whose disease worsened after initial immunotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 35 participants, so results may not apply widely. The combination of three drugs also raises the risk of side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 35 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
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.
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- 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: 1. Age and gender: \>18 years old and≤75 years old, both men and women. 2. All subjects must have Hepatocellular Carcinoma confirmed by pathological or clinical diagnosis. 3. Patients with viable and measurable target lesion per RECIST 1.1. 4. Patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC) who experienced disease progression after first-line therapy containing immune checkpoint inhibitors. 5. Patients who are expected to live more than 3 months. 9.ECOG PS 0-1. 10.Child-Pugh ≤7. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, sarcomatoid hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma confirmed by histology or cytology. 2. History of malignant tumor, excluding the following cases: 1. Malignant tumor that was curatively treated more than 5 years prior to study entry and has not recurred since then; 2. Successful radical resection of basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, superficial bladder carcinoma, preinvasive cervix carcinoma, and other preinvasive cancers. 3. Diffuse tumor lesion. 4. Preexisting or history of hepatic encephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome or liver transplantation. 5. Clinically uncontrolled ascites or pleural effusion. 6. Received treatment with a JAK inhibitor previously . 7. Clinically severe gastrointestinal bleeding within 6 months of the start of treatment or any life-threatening bleeding events within 3 months of the start of treatment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital
Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300060, China
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