Can a single radiation dose cure large liver tumors?
NCT ID NCT06178198
First seen Aug 20, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial is testing a high-dose radiation treatment called Yttrium-90 radioembolization for people with large hepatocellular carcinoma (a type of liver cancer) that is larger than 8 cm. The treatment delivers tiny radioactive beads directly to the tumor's blood supply, aiming to destroy it. The goal is to see if this approach can cure the cancer or shrink it enough to allow surgery. The study involves about 30 adults with good liver function and no spread of cancer outside the liver.
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 resin microspheres delivered via radioembolization
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a non-surgical curative option for large liver tumors, or shrink them enough to enable surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase, small trial. The treatment may not fully eliminate the tumor, and there are risks like radiation damage to the lungs or liver.
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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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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
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.
- 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: 1. Adults aged 18 and over. 2. Patients diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma histologically and/or radiologically (LI-RADS 4 or 5). 3. Patients with no more than five lesions in dynamic contrast-enhanced CT or MRI, and the largest tumor diameter exceeding 8 cm. 4. Patients without vascular invasion and bile duct invasion in dynamic contrast-enhanced CT or MRI. 5. Patients with no extrahepatic metastasis in lung CT and contrast-enhanced abdominal CT or MRI. 6. Patients with no prior treatment for liver cancer. 7. Child-Pugh class A. 8. ECOG performance status of 1 or less. 9. Patients with no major organ dysfunction according to blood tests performed within one month of study enrollment. 1. Leukocytes ≥ 2,500/µL and ≤ 12,000/µL 2. Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500 /mm\^3 3. Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL (transfusion allowed to meet this criterion) 4. Total bilirubin ≤ 3.0 mg/dL 5. Platelet ≥ 50,000/µL 6. INR ≤ 2.0 for patients not taking anticoagulants 7. AST ≤ 200 IU/L (i.e., ≤ 5X upper normal limit) 8. ALT ≤ 200 IU/L (i.e., ≤ 5X upper normal limit) 9. ALP ≤ 575 IU/L (i.e., ≤ 5X upper normal limit) 10. Creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dL 10. Patients with a life expectancy of more than 3 months. 11. Patients who have adequately understood the clinical trial and consented in writing. 12. Non-pregnant women of childbearing potential. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who are not suitable for ablative radioembolization as indicated by pre-treatment testing with macro-aggregated albumin labeled with technetium-99 (99mTc-MAA) for radioembolization. 1. Cases where the estimated lung dose exceeds 15 Gy when 150 Gy of absorbed dose is administered to the tumor based on the partition method. 2. Cases with severe hepatic artery-portal vein shunting that might lead to irradiation of the non-tumorous liver segments. 2. Patients whose volume of non-tumorous liver not included in the treatment area is less than 30% of the total non-tumorous liver volume. 3. Patients scheduled to use immunotherapy irrespective of the response to radioembolization. 4. Patients who have had active cancer within the last two years prior to the clinical trial participation. 5. Patients who have undergone surgery or procedures related to the bile duct. 6. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Seoul National University Hospital
RECRUITINGSeoul, Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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