Decoding Immunotherapy's liver side effect to keep cancer treatment on track
NCT ID NCT06864481
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at liver inflammation (hepatitis) that can occur in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, a type of immunotherapy. Researchers aim to describe the different patterns of liver injury and how they respond to treatment. By collecting real-world data from 250 adult patients, the goal is to help doctors make better decisions about managing this side effect and when it might be safe to restart immunotherapy.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better guidelines for managing liver side effects from immunotherapy and safer decisions about restarting cancer treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so it won't directly test a new therapy. Results may not apply to all patients or cancer types.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 250 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
Who is studied
patients will be included at the hospital
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years * Patient willing to participate in the study * Patient with cancer receiving neoadjuvant, adjuvant, or maintenance treatment · Patient treated with ICI, either as monotherapy or in combination with another antitumor treatment (targeted therapy, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy), either de novo or after a first-line treatment including ICIs * Patient who has received at least one injection of an ICI · * Onset of hepatitis following treatment initiation, defined by the following criteria: * ALT (alanine aminotransferase) ≥ 5 times the upper normal limit * ALP (alkaline phosphatase) ≥ 2 times the upper normal limit * ALT (alanine aminotransferase) ≥ 3 times the upper normal limit and bilirubin ≥ 2 times the upper normal limit · * Patient with grade 3 or 4 hepatitis, according to the current CTCAE classification * Exclusion criteria: * Patient with another cause of acute hepatitis, including viral, autoimmune, ischemic, acute alcoholic hepatitis, or Wilson's disease. * Patient unable to express their non-opposition to participate in the study. * Person deprived of liberty, under guardianship or curatorship, or in an emergency situation. * Person not affiliated with a social security system or without entitlement to healthcare coverage.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Montpellier University Hospital
RECRUITINGMontpellier, 34295, France
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