New combo attack on liver tumors shows promise for Tough-to-Treat cancer
NCT ID NCT06071052
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial tested a three-part treatment for people with colorectal cancer that spread to the liver and stopped responding to standard treatments. The approach combines two minimally invasive procedures (TACE and HAIC) with the targeted drug regorafenib. The goal was to see if this combination could shrink tumors and improve survival in 21 patients.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- regorafenib
- What this could lead to
- If this works, it could offer a new treatment option for people with colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver and hasn't responded to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study with only 21 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The combination also carries risks like liver damage or side effects from the drugs and procedures.
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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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21 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2023
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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.
- Ages
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18 to 75 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. Patients aged 18-75 years old, gender unlimited; 2. Patients with liver metastasis of colorectal cancer by pathological histology or clinical diagnosis (refer to the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Comprehensive Treatment of Liver metastasis of Colorectal Cancer, 2016 Edition), those who were mainly exposed to liver metastasis with large tumor load and suffered from no clear extrahepatic metastasis; 3. Patients with a liver area tumor no more than 5 tumor nodules, and a nodule size no more than10cm; 4. Patients subject to the failure of previous chemotherapy regimen containing irinotecan or oxaliplatin after at least six cycles of systemic chemotherapy; they cannot undergo surgery or refuse surgery; 5. Patients with liver tumor who did not receive interventional treatment (TACE, ablation, iodine particle treatment, etc.) within one year; 6. Patients with an expected survival period longer than 3 months; 7. Patients with favorable liver function (7 points for Child-Pugh A or B); 8. Patients with a physical fitness ECOG no more than one point; 9. Patients who understood and signed the Informed Consent Form. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with distant metastases except the liver; 2. Patients subject to the treatment of TACE, ablation or iodine particles within one year; 3. Patients with obvious artero / venous fistula and cancer plugs in the main portal vein; 4. Patients who had suffered from or were currently developing other malignant tumors (except for the cured basal or squamous cell skin carcinoma or cervical carcinoma in situ); 5. Patients whose white blood cells were less than 3,000 cell / mm3, or platelet count less than 50,000 / mm3; 6. Patients subject to renal insufficiency (creatinine\> 2 mg/L); 7. Patients whose AST and / or ALT was / were more than 5 times the upper limit of normal; 8. Patients with poor coagulation function, an INR larger than 1.5, or currently subject to anticoagulant therapy or known hemorrhagic disease; 9. Patients with a history of major disease with heart, kidney, bone marrow, or lung, and central nervous system involvement; 10. Patients requiring antibiotic treatment due to recent infections; 11. Patients subject to comorbidities or social environment that could prevent them from following the study plan or even endanger their safety.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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the first affiliated hospital, Sun-Yat sen university
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510000, China
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