Radioactive beads take aim at untreatable liver tumors
NCT ID NCT05953337
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing a treatment called Eye90 microspheres for people with liver cancer that cannot be removed by surgery. The microspheres are tiny glass beads containing radioactive yttrium-90, which are injected into the liver's blood vessels to deliver radiation directly to tumors. The goal is to shrink the tumors and control the cancer. About 120 participants will be enrolled to see how well the treatment works and how safe it is.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Yttrium-90 (Y-90) glass microspheres (Eye90)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new, effective way to shrink liver tumors and control the disease in patients who cannot have surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with only 120 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The treatment involves radiation, which can cause side effects like fatigue or liver damage.
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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 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2023
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
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 99 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: * Must have a confirmed diagnosis of HCC by imaging confirmation with Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LIRADS) category 5 or confirmation of HCC via biopsy. * No extra hepatic disease. * Up to 3 lesions with at least one lesion ≥ 2 cm in diameter (long axis) measurable by computed tomography (CT), CBCT, or MRI. At least one lesion must be identified as a target lesion as defined by mRECIST. * Maximal single lesion size of ≤ 8 cm and sum of the maximal tumor dimensions of ≤ 12 cm with the entire tumor burden expected to be treatable within the perfused volume. * Intent to treat all lesions within a single session. * Hypervascular on CBCT, CT, or MRI. * Evidence that \> 33% of the total liver volume is disease-free and will be spared Eye90 treatment. * Life expectancy of ≥ 6 months. * ≥ 18 years old at the time of informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Platelet count \<50,000/microliter or prothrombin (PT) activity \> 50% normal. * Hemoglobin ≤ 8.5 g/dL (subjects that are non-responders to transfusion or medical management must be excluded). * INR \> 1.7 (if anticoagulated, reversal must be achieved prior to any angiographic procedures). * ALT \> 5x upper limit. * AST \> 5x upper limit. * Bilirubin ≥ 2.0 mg/dL. * eGFR ≤ 50 mL/min/BSA. * Macrovascular invasion. * Incompetent biliary duct system, prior biliary intervention, or a compromised Ampulla of Vater. * Estimated lung dose \> 30 Gy as calculated using the lung shunt fraction and partition model.
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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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AdventHealth Radiation Oncology at Altamonte Springs
Altamonte Springs, Florida, 32701, United States
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Beth Israel Deaconess
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Charlotte Radiology
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28202, United States
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Emory University Hospital Midtown
Atlanta, Georgia, 30308, United States
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Froedtert Hospital/Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States
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HCA Healthcare Research Institute (Sarah Cannon)
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Inland Imaging
Spokane, Washington, 99203, United States
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Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute at Baptist Hospital Miami
Miami, Florida, 33176, United States
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Northwestern University Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70121, United States
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Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, 30309, United States
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SSM Health Saint Louis University
St Louis, Missouri, 63104, United States
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The University of Arizona Cancer Center
Tucson, Arizona, 85719, United States
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University of California - Irvine
Orange, California, 92867, United States
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University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System
Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
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University of Iowa Health Care
Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States
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University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States
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University of Missouri - Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
Columbia, Missouri, 65212, United States
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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States
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Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institution (VCHRI)
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 1M9, Canada
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Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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