Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:31 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:31 AM
NCT ID:
NCT01264705
Brief Summary:
This is a non-randomized, open-label, single-institution phase I/II therapeutic trial of bavituximab and sorafenib in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study will be activated at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, comprised of The Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Hospitals-St. Paul and Parkland Memorial Hospital System. Advanced HCC is defined as disease that is not amenable to surgical resection or orthotopic liver transplantation or is metastatic in nature.
Detailed Description:
The investigators are looking for men or women aged 18 years or older with hepatocellular carcinoma not suitable for surgical resection or hepatic transplantation. Prior locoregional therapy including but not limited to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), radiofrequency ablation (RFA) or ethanol injection is allowed as long as the treatment was 4 weeks previous. Patients must be Child-Pugh A with no previous treatment with sorafenib or other vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors.
Study:
NCT01264705
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01264705