New combo therapy shows promise for Tough-to-Treat liver cancer
NCT ID NCT04567615
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a combination of two drugs, relatlimab and nivolumab, in 266 adults with advanced liver cancer who had not received immunotherapy before but whose cancer worsened after other treatments. The goal was to see if the combination could shrink tumors or control the disease. While not a cure, the approach aims to give patients more time and better control over their cancer.
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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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266 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2021
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- 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 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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Key Inclusion Criteria: * Must have a diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) based on histological confirmation * Must have advanced/metastatic HCC * Have to be immunotherapy treatment-naive in the advanced/metastatic setting * Must have at least one Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 measurable untreated lesion * Child-Pugh score of 5 or 6 * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1 for ECOG performance status scale Key Exclusion Criteria: * Known fibrolamellar HCC, sarcomatoid HCC, combined hepatocellular cholangiocarcinoma * Prior organ allograft or allogeneic bone marrow transplantation * No uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease * No active known autoimmune disease * Have received one or two lines of tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapies * Evidence of radiographic progression on or after the last line of tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria apply
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Local Institution - 0001
Singapore, Central Singapore, 168583, Singapore
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Local Institution - 0003
Auckland, 1023, New Zealand
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Local Institution - 0004
Singapore, 308433, Singapore
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Local Institution - 0009
Mysowice, 41-400, Poland
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Local Institution - 0010
Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 1181, Argentina
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Local Institution - 0011
Seoul, Seoul-teukbyeolsi, 05505, South Korea
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Local Institution - 0012
Bytom, 41-900, Poland
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Local Institution - 0013
Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, 31-501, Poland
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Local Institution - 0015
São Paulo, São Paulo, 01246-000, Brazil
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Local Institution - 0016
Barretos, São Paulo, 14784400, Brazil
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Local Institution - 0017
Rosario, Santa Fe Province, S2002KDS, Argentina
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Local Institution - 0018
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, 8420383, Chile
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Local Institution - 0019
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, C1096AAS, Argentina
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Local Institution - 0020
Seongnam-si, 13496, South Korea
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Local Institution - 0024
Temuco, Araucania, 4800827, Chile
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Local Institution - 0025
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30130-090, Brazil
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Local Institution - 0029
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, 000000, Chile
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Local Institution - 0031
Taipei, 100, Taiwan
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Local Institution - 0032
Taoyuan, 333, Taiwan
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Local Institution - 0034
Tainan, 704, Taiwan
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Local Institution - 0036
Cluj-Napoca, 400015, Romania
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Local Institution - 0037
Bucharest, 022328, Romania
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Local Institution - 0038
Craiova, Dolj, 200542, Romania
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Local Institution - 0039
Warsaw, 02-034, Poland
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Local Institution - 0041
Taichung, 40447, Taiwan
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Local Institution - 0042
Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
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Local Institution - 0043
Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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Local Institution - 0045
Ōsaka-sayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan
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Local Institution - 0046
Prague, 140 59, Czechia
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Local Institution - 0047
Hradec Králové, 50005, Czechia
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Local Institution - 0048
Brno, 65653, Czechia
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Local Institution - 0049
Madrid, 28041, Spain
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Local Institution - 0050
Donostia / San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, 20014, Spain
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Local Institution - 0051
Madrid, 28009, Spain
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Local Institution - 0054
Yokohama, Kanagawa, 232-0024, Japan
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Local Institution - 0058
Pamplona, 31008, Spain
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Local Institution - 0060
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 91350-200, Brazil
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Local Institution - 0063
San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province, 4000, Argentina
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Local Institution - 0066
Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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Local Institution - 0067
Pessac, 33600, France
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Local Institution - 0068
Clichy, 92110, France
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Local Institution - 0069
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, 54511, France
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Local Institution - 0070
Suceava, 720214, Romania
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Local Institution - 0071
Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
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Local Institution - 0072
Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-0024, Japan
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Local Institution - 0073
Córdoba, 14004, Spain
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Local Institution - 0074
Lyon, 69004, France
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Local Institution - 0075
Ishikawa, 920-8641, Japan
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Local Institution - 0076
Yokohama, Kanagawa, 241-8515, Japan
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Local Institution - 0077
Hksar, 0, Hong Kong
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Local Institution - 0079
Shatin, 0, Hong Kong
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Local Institution - 0089
Ankara, 06230, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Local Institution - 0090
Edirne, 22030, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Local Institution - 0091
Kadiköy/Istanbul, 41380, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Local Institution - 0100
Cuauhtémoc, 06700, Mexico
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Local Institution - 0101
San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí, 78250, Mexico
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Local Institution - 0105
Grenoble, 38043, France
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Local Institution - 0106
Oaxaca City, 68020, Mexico
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Local Institution - 0107
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200032, China
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Local Institution - 0108
Xi'an, Shan3xi, 710126, China
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Local Institution - 0113
Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150081, China
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Local Institution - 0114
Changsha, Hunan, 410013, China
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Local Institution - 0117
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310016, China
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Local Institution - 0118
Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, China
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Unidade de Pesquisa Clínica do Hospital da Clínicas de Ribeirão Preto-Clinical Oncology
Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14051-140, Brazil
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