Liver cancer showdown: which combo causes less harm?
NCT ID NCT07277192
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 562 people with advanced liver cancer to compare two treatment combinations: one using HAIC (chemotherapy directly into the liver) plus immunotherapy and targeted drugs, and the other using TACE (a procedure that blocks blood flow to the tumor) plus the same drugs. The main goal was to see which approach caused less liver injury and helped patients live longer. Results help doctors choose the safer, more effective option for managing this serious disease.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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562 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- 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
Intermediate-to-Advanced HCC who received HAIC/TACE combined with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors combined with anti-angiogenic drugs (both PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors and targeted drugs
- 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: * Patients voluntarily join this study and sign the informed consent form; * Aged ≥ 18 years, both male and female; * Patients with pathologically or clinically confirmed BCLC stage B or C hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who were diagnosed between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2022; * Receiving treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors combined with anti-angiogenic drugs (both PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors and targeted drugs are only approved post-market medications, including but not limited to those with HCC indications); * Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) or hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) completed within 3 months after the first systemic treatment or within 1 month before the first systemic treatment; * Having at least one measurable intrahepatic lesion, with intrahepatic lesions being the main tumor burden. (According to RECIST v1.1, the measurable lesion has a spiral CT scan long diameter ≥ 10 mm or enlarged lymph node short diameter ≥ 15 mm). Exclusion Criteria: * Pathologically/histologically confirmed cholangiocarcinoma, combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma, sarcomatoid hepatocellular carcinoma, or fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma; * Patients with a history of other malignant tumors within the past 3 years or concurrent malignant tumors (except cured basal cell carcinoma of the skin and cervical in situ carcinoma); * Concomitant use of other antitumor therapeutic agents, such as antitumor traditional Chinese medicines and proprietary Chinese medicines; * Patients who do not meet the definition of combination therapy; * Incomplete medical information, such as lack of post-treatment imaging evaluation; * Patients with immunodeficiency or those who have undergone organ/bone marrow transplantation; * Patients deemed unsuitable to participate in this study by the investigator.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China
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