New heat-activated gel could boost liver cancer therapy
NCT ID NCT07356531
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new gel that hardens at body temperature to block blood flow to liver tumors during chemoembolization. About 216 adults with liver cancer will receive either the new gel or standard gelatin sponge particles. The goal is to see if the new gel better controls tumor growth.
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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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About 216 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Expected to finish
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May 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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\) Aged 18 to 80 (inclusive), of either gender; * 2\) Subjects who have been diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (pathologically or clinically) according to the diagnostic criteria in the "Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines for Primary Liver Cancer (2024 Edition)" and require TACE treatment; * 3\) Subjects with stage Ⅱb and Ⅲa liver cancer according to the Chinese Liver Cancer Staging Classification (CNLC), as well as subjects with stage Ⅰa, Ⅰb, and Ⅱa liver cancer who are not suitable/willing for surgical resection, liver transplantation, and ablation therapy; * 4\) Subjects with at least one untreated intrahepatic tumor lesion (maximum diameter ≤10cm) that meets the mRECIST definition (diameter ≥1cm); * 5\) The subjects agree to participate in this study and sign the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\) Subjects whose target lesions have undergone local treatment (including but not limited to surgery, TACE, radiotherapy, hepatic artery infusion, ablation, etc.), or subjects whose target lesions require ablation/radiotherapy in combination with TACE treatment at the time of enrollment; * 2\) Subjects whose blood routine test results meet the following criteria: white blood cell count \<3.0×10\^9/L; platelet count \<50×10\^9/L, and this condition cannot be corrected (excluding subjects with hypersplenism or chemotherapy-induced bone marrow suppression); * 3\) Renal dysfunction: serum creatinine \>176.8 μmol/L or creatinine clearance rate \< 30 ml/min; * 4\) Uncorrectable coagulation dysfunction; * 5\) Uncorrectable hypercalcemia and respiratory acidosis; * 6\) Patients with systemic cachexia or multiple organ failure; * 7\) Patients with severe infections that cannot be effectively controlled and are not suitable for TACE treatment; * 8\) Complete obstruction of the main portal vein, insufficient collateral compensation of the portal vein, and inability to restore portal venous blood flow to the liver through portal veinoplasty; * 9\) Known contraindications or allergies to anthracycline chemotherapeutic drugs, calcium chloride injection, contrast media, and embolic materials; * 10\) Patients who are currently using cardiac glycosides; * 11\) Patients with target lesions who are at risk of ectopic embolism in the feeding artery (such as vascular access endangering normal areas, uncorrectable arteriovenous fistulas, and portal vein fistulas) or anatomical abnormalities that make them unsuitable for interventional procedures; * 12\) Patients who have been diagnosed with other malignant tumors within 2 years before randomization (except for basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, cervical or breast carcinoma in situ that have been resected radically); * 13\) Patients with diffuse or distant extensive metastasis of tumors, with an expected survival time of less than 90 days; * 14\) Pregnant/lactating women, or those who have family planning; * 15\) Subjects who have participated in other drug or medical device intervention clinical trials within 30 days before randomization; * 16\) Other subjects who were considered unsuitable for participation in this clinical trial by the researchers.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
15 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Guangxi Medical University
RECRUITINGNanning, Guangxi, 530012, China
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Anhui Provincial Hospital
RECRUITINGHefei, Anhui, 230002, China
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Anyang Tumor Hospital
RECRUITINGAnyang, Henan, 455001, China
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First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University
RECRUITINGGanzhou, Jiangxi, 341099, China
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Henan Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGZhengzhou, Henan, 450000, China
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Jilin Guowen Hospital
RECRUITINGGongzhuling, Jilin, 130028, China
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Lishui Central Hospital
RECRUITINGLishui, Zhejiang, 323020, China
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Peking University First Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100034, China
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Shanxi Bethune Hospital
RECRUITINGTaiyuan, Shanxi, '030032, China
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The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Guizhou Medical University
RECRUITINGGuiyang, Guizhou, 550008, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science & Technology
RECRUITINGLuoyang, Henan, 471023, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
RECRUITINGWenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
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The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University (Hebei Provincial Cancer Hospital)
RECRUITINGShijiazhuang, Hebei, '050010, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
RECRUITINGNanchang, Jiangxi, 330008, China
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Yichang Central People's Hospital
RECRUITINGYichang, Hubei, 443008, China
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