Liver cancer patients: do pre-transplant drugs improve outcomes?
NCT ID NCT07418138
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked back at data from 484 liver cancer patients who had a liver transplant to see if taking certain cancer drugs (tyrosine kinase inhibitors) before the transplant helped them live longer or kept the cancer from coming back. The researchers checked survival rates, cancer recurrence, and liver function after surgery. The goal was to find out what factors affect patient outcomes after a liver transplant.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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484 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2015
- 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
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Who is studied
Adult patients (age 18 or older) who underwent LT using grafts from deceased donors between January 1st, 2015, and December 31st, 2024, were retrospectively identified using the China Liver Transplant Registry (CLTR) and clinical data in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age ≥ 18 years and ≤ 75 years; 2. HCC diagnosis confirmed through imaging and elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP); 3. Underwent liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. 4. Underwent primary (first-time) liver transplantation. 5. Availability of complete clinical and follow-up data for analysis. Exclusion Criteria: 1. age \<18 years or \>75 years; 2. living-donor liver transplantation or re-transplantation; 3. concurrent active malignancy other than HCC; 4. incomplete key baseline data or follow-up information.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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First Affiliated Hospital Xian Jiaotong University
Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, China
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