Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:20 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:20 AM
NCT ID:
NCT01655693
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Male or non-pregnant, non-breast feeding female;
* Aged ≥ 18 years;
* Patient with:
* advanced HCC (BCLC-C according to BCLC staging classification) having progressed under Sorafenib therapy or intolerant to Sorafenib, or;
* intermediate HCC (BCLC-B) non eligible or non responders to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), and having progressed under or intolerant to Sorafenib therapy
* Patients with porta hepatis lymph nodes, extrahepatic metastases, or portal/suprahepatic vein thrombosis without extension in inferior/superior vena cava, are eligible;
* HCC diagnosed according to the American Association for Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and/or European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) criteria:
* Radiological Criteria applicable in cirrhotic liver:
* Nodule ≥ 10 mm: one imaging technique among MRI and CT-scan showing typical appearances for HCC defined as arterial enhancement and rapid washout in portal venous or delayed phase;
* If appearance not typical for HCC on initial imaging: second contrast enhanced study (CT or MRI) showing typical appearances for HCC defined as arterial enhancement and rapid wash-out in portal venous or delayed phase;
* And/Or cyto-histology criteria (e.g. in case of atypical lesions for HCC at imaging, absence of cirrhosis);
* Without cirrhosis or with a non decompensated cirrhosis (Child-Pugh score from A5 to B7 included);
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0 or 1;
* Laboratory tests as follows:
* Platelets ≥ 50,000 /mm3
* Neutrophil count ≥ 1000/mm3
* Hemoglobin ≥ 10g/dL
* Serum transaminases \< 5 upper limit normal (ULN) (NCI/common toxicity criteria (CTC) grades 0, 1, or 2)
* Alkaline phosphatases \< 5 ULN (NCI/CTC grades 0, 1, or 2)
* Serum bilirubin \< 35 micromolar (µM)/L (or 2.0 mg/dL);
* Signed and dated written informed consent form.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Cirrhosis with a Child-Pugh score B8-C15;
* Untreated chronic hepatitis B;
* Patients eligible for curative treatments (transplantation, surgical resection, percutaneous treatment);
* Patients eligible for palliative treatments with demonstrated efficacy: TACE, Sorafenib; Patients who failed to Sorafenib treatment or intolerant to sorafenib are eligible and can be included if Sorafenib has been stopped at least 2 weeks before randomization;
* Prior history of malignancy with the exception of adequately treated basal cell carcinoma or in situ cervical cancer in complete remission since five years at least;
* HCC developed on transplanted liver;
* HIV infection;
* Risk of variceal bleeding;
* Oxygen saturation (SaO2) \< 95%;
* Presence of a significant acute or chronic respiratory disease defined as NCI/CTCAE \> grade 2;
* Presence of recent (\< 6 months) or current cardiac failure (class III or IV New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification), recent (\< 6 months) acute coronary syndrome, clinically significant ECG abnormalities or recent (less than 6 months) acute vascular diseases (stroke, myocardial infarction (MI)…);
* Prior cumulative dose of 300 mg/m² of doxorubicin or equivalent;
* Patients currently treated with immunosuppressive agents that cannot be stopped;
* Patients whose medical or surgical conditions are unstable and may not allow the study completion or compliance, and specially patients with uncontrolled diabetes;
* Uncontrolled systemic infection;
* Patients with a life expectancy of less than 2 months;
* Patients who have received an experimental drug in another clinical trial in the last 30 days prior to randomization in the present clinical trial;
* Women of child-bearing age who are unwilling or unable to use an effective contraception method during the study treatment period and for 6 months after the last administration of study drug, and their male partner(s) refusing to use a condom (if applicable);
* Men who are unwilling or unable to use a condom during the study treatment period and for 6 months after the last administration of study drug, and their female partner(s) refusing to use one of the appropriate effective contraception methods (if applicable);
* Patients unwilling or unable to comply with protocol requirements and scheduled visits.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT01655693
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01655693