Can a simple pill help liver cancer patients eat better?

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with unresectable primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) confirmed by imaging or histopathology * No previous receipt of immunotherapy and/or targeted drug therapy * Child-Pugh score ≤ 7 * At least one measurable lesion per RECIST 1.1 criteria; lesions without prior radiotherapy, cryotherapy or other local treatment * Single intrahepatic lesion \< 10 cm, or fewer than 10 intrahepatic lesions with tumor burden \< 50% * Meet precachexia criteria: non-volitional weight loss ≤ 5% in 6 months, plus systemic inflammation (CRP \> 5 mg/L) or decreased appetite (FAACT-A/CS-12 score ≤ 37 points) * Meet cachexia criteria: accompanied by decreased appetite or systemic inflammation, with either non-volitional weight loss \> 5% in 6 months or BMI \< 18.5 kg/m² plus weight loss \> 2% * Voluntarily participate and sign informed consent * Age ≥ 18 years, male or female * Able to swallow tablets normally * ECOG performance status 0 or 1 * Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks * Adequate major organ function without blood products or colony-stimulating factors within 14 days * Hematology: ANC ≥ 1.5×10⁹/L, Hb ≥ 80 g/L, PLT ≥ 50×10⁹/L * Liver function: TBIL ≤ 1.5×ULN, AST/ALT ≤ 5.0×ULN, ALB ≥ 28 g/L * Coagulation function: INR, PT or aPTT ≤ 1.5×ULN * Renal function: SCr ≤ 1.5×ULN or creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min * Urine protein ≤ 1+ or 24-hour urine protein \< 1.0 g * Cardiac function: LVEF ≥ 50% * Females of childbearing potential with negative pregnancy test within 3 days before first dosing * Fertile male and female patients agree to effective contraception from screening to 120 days after last study drug * HBV/HCV infected patients receive stable antiviral therapy without drug interaction Exclusion Criteria: * Active or untreated CNS metastases; inadequately controlled metastatic brain or leptomeningeal disease * Uncontrolled tumor-related pain * Thromboembolic disease, ascites or lower limb edema within 6 months * History of other malignancies within 5 years before randomization, except curable low-risk tumors * Unresolved adverse toxicities from prior antitumor therapy not recovered to ≤ Grade 1 (CTCAE v5.0), excluding alopecia * Pregnant, breastfeeding females or those planning pregnancy during the study * Any unstable medical, psychiatric or social condition that may interfere with study participation * Positive HIV infection * Major surgery within 28 days prior to randomization * Severe cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, unstable arrhythmia, angina or cerebrovascular events * Severe systemic infection within 4 weeks before dosing or active infection requiring systemic anti-infective treatment * Impaired gastrointestinal absorption, long-term tube feeding, parenteral nutrition or eating disorders * Concomitant use of other appetite-enhancing or weight-stimulating agents * Cushing's syndrome, adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, poorly controlled diabetes * Uncontrolled hypertension despite oral antihypertensive treatment * Esophagogastric varices, severe ulcers, gastrointestinal bleeding, obstruction, perforation or fistula within 6 months * Known hypersensitivity to any component of the investigational product * Any other condition considered inappropriate for enrollment by the investigator.