Hepatic Artery Infusion Chemotherapy (HAIC) Plus Durvalumab for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma

NCT04945720 | Completed Phase 2 Results

• 1 other identifier: B2021-111-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) and anti-programmed cell death protein-1ligand (PD-L1) immunotherapy have shown promising outcomes in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), respectively. However, the combination of the two treatments has not been reported. In this study, we will evaluate the the overall survival (OS)、efficacy and safety in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (Ad-HCC) with portal vein embolism who are undergoing hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) of oxaliplatin, fluorouracil/leucovorin (FOLFOX) treatment combined with anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy (Durvalumab) by designing an open, single-arm phase II clinical study.

Conditions

Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Keywords

Durvalumab; PD-L1; Arterial infusion chemotherapy; FOLFOX; Oxaliplatin; Fluorouracil

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• One-Year Overall Survival Rate

  Percentage of patients who survived one year after inclusion

  one year

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Progression Free Survival

  1 year

• Objective Response Rate

  1 year

Study Arms (1)

Hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy（HAIC） plus Durvalumab

EXPERIMENTAL

The therapeutic scheme was modified FOLFOX6 regimens including oxaliplatin (130 mg/m2 infusion for 3 hours on day 1), leucovorin (200 mg/m2 from hour 3 to 5 on day 1) and Fluorouracil (400 mg/m2 in bolus, and then 2,400 mg/m2 continuous infusion 46 hours). All chemo-drugs were given by HAI.Patients received anti-PD-L1 agents will begin no earlier than 7 days following the first HAIC procedure. Anti-PD-L1 agents were used intravenously at the standard dose: Durvalumab was given every 3 weeks during HAIC treatment (Q3W) and every 4 weeks after HAIC treatment (Q4W).

Procedure: Hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy（HAIC）; Drug: Durvalumab

Interventions

Hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy（HAIC） PROCEDURE

hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) of oxaliplatin, fluorouracil/leucovorin (FOLFOX) treatment

Hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy（HAIC） plus Durvalumab

Durvalumab DRUG

Patients received anti-PD-L1 agents will begin no earlier than 7 days following the first HAIC procedure. Anti-PD-L1 agents were used intravenously at the standard dose: Durvalumab was given every 3 weeks during HAIC treatment (Q3W) and every 4 weeks after HAIC treatment (Q4W).

Also known as: Durvalumab Injection

Hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy（HAIC） plus Durvalumab

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Provision of signed and dated, written informed consent form (ICF) and any locally required authorization obtained from the patient prior to any mandatory study specific procedures, sampling, and analyses.
• Provision of signed and dated written genetic informed consent prior to optional collection of sample for genetic analysis.
• Age ≥18 years and \< 75 years at the time of screening.
• Portal vein invasion（Vp3 and/orVp4） or extrahepatic oligosaccharides were detected by baseline imaging. Oligosaccharides were defined as no more than two extrahepatic organs and no more than three tumors.
• Child-Pugh score class A to B7
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 at enrollment
• Patients with HBV infection, which is characterized by positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and/or hepatitis B core antibodies (anti-HBcAb) with detectable HBV DNA (≥10 IU/ml or above the limit of detection per local lab standard), must be treated with antiviral therapy, as per institutional practice. HBV antiviral therapy must be initiated prior to randomization and patients must remain on antiviral therapy for the study duration and for 6 months after the last dose of study medication. Patients must show evidence HBV stabilization or signs of viral response (e.g., reduction HBV DNA levels) prior to starting IP. Patients who test positive for anti-hepatitis B core (HBc) with undetectable HBV DNA (\<10 IU/ml or under the limit of detection per local lab standard) do not require anti-viral therapy prior to randomization. These subjects will be tested at every cycle to monitor HBV DNA levels and initiate antiviral therapy if HBV DNA is detected (≥10 IU/ml or above the limit of detection per local lab standard). HBV DNA detectable subjects must initiate and remain on antiviral therapy for the study duration and for 6 months after the last dose of study medication.
• Patients with HCV infection must have management of this disease per local institutional practice throughout the study. HCV diagnosis is characterized by the presence of detectable HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA) or anti-HCV antibody upon enrollment.
• At least 1 measurable intrahepatic lesion suitable for repeat assessments according to the following mRECIST criteria: （1）Liver lesions that show typical features of HCC on IV contrast-enhanced CT or MRI scans, ie, hypervascularity in the arterial phase with washout in the portal or the late venous phase；（2）Viable, non-necrotic portion (arterial phase IV contrast-enhancing) that can be accurately measured at baseline as ≥10 mm in the longest diameter.
• Adequate organ and marrow function as defined below. Criteria "a," "b," "c," and "f" may not be met with transfusions, infusions, or growth factor support administered within 14 days of starting the first dose.
• Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL、Absolute neutrophil count ≥1000/µL、Platelet count ≥75000/µL、Total bilirubin ≤2.0 × the upper limit of normal (ULN)、alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤5 × ULN、Albumin ≥2.8 g/dL、International normalized ratio ≤1.6、2+ proteinuria or less urine dipstick reading、Calculated creatinine clearance (CL) ≥30 mL/min as determined by Cockcroft-Gault (using actual body weight) or 24hour urine creatinine CL
• Males:
• Creatinine CL = Weight (kg) × (140 - Age) (mL/min) 72 × serum creatinine (mg/dL)
• Females:
• Creatinine CL = Weight (kg) × (140 - Age) × 0.85 (mL/min) 72 × serum creatinine (mg/dL)

You may not qualify if:

• A history of liver decompensation, such as refractory ascites, gastrointestinal bleeding, or hepatic encephalopathy; Uncontrolled complications, including but not limited to: Persistent or activity (except the HBV and HCV) infection, symptoms of congestive heart failure and uncontrolled diabetes, uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina, uncontrolled arrhythmias, active ILD, severe chronic GI disease accompanied by diarrhea, or compliance with requirements may limit the research, resulted in significant increase risk of AE or influence Subjects provided psychiatric/social problem status on their ability to provide written informed consent.A history of active primary immunodeficiency or human immunodeficiency virus; Active or previous records of autoimmune disease or inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., colitis or crohn's disease\], diverticulitis, except \[diverticulosis\], systemic lupus erythematosus (sle), sarcoidosis syndrome or wegener syndrome (e.g., granulomatous vasculitis, gray's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, the pituitary gland inflammation and uveitis\]).
• Known to produce allergic or hypersensitive reactions to any study drug or any excipient thereof;
• Significant clinical gastrointestinal bleeding or a potential risk of bleeding was identified by the investigator during the 30 days prior to study entry.
• Tumors of the central nervous system, including metastatic brain tumors;
• Pregnant women or breast-feeding patients;
• Complicated with other malignant tumors:
• Malignant tumors that have been treated for therapeutic purposes, have no known active disease for ≥5 years prior to the first administration of the study drug, and have a low potential risk of recurrence
• Fully treated non-melanoma skin cancer or malignant freckle moles with no evidence of disease
• Fully treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease
• Prior to the initial dosing of the study drug, they had received anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-CTLA-4 therapy
• HAIC treatment was received prior to initial dosing of the study drug
• Has received anti-tumor system therapy for HCC. Non-anti-tumor purpose combined hormone therapy (e.g., hormone replacement therapy) is excluded.
• Is currently using, or has used an immunosuppressive drug within 14 days prior to the first dose of the investigational drug. This standard has the following exceptions:
• intranasal, inhaled, topical or topical steroids (e.g., intraarticular)
• Systemic corticosteroid therapy not exceeding 10 mg/ day of prednisone or its physiological equivalent as a prophylactic use of steroids for hypersensitivity (e.g., CT scan pretherapy medication)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Sun Yat-sen University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Department of Minimally Invasive and Interventional Radiology, Liver Cancer Study and Service Group, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

Guangzhou, Guangdong, 500060, China

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Lyu N, Kong Y, Mu L, Lin Y, Li J, Liu Y, Zhang Z, Zheng L, Deng H, Li S, Xie Q, Guo R, Shi M, Xu L, Cai X, Wu P, Zhao M. Hepatic arterial infusion of oxaliplatin plus fluorouracil/leucovorin vs. sorafenib for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. J Hepatol. 2018 Jul;69(1):60-69. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.02.008. Epub 2018 Feb 20.

  PMID: 29471013 BACKGROUND

• Lyu N, Lin Y, Kong Y, Zhang Z, Liu L, Zheng L, Mu L, Wang J, Li X, Pan T, Xie Q, Liu Y, Lin A, Wu P, Zhao M. FOXAI: a phase II trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of hepatic arterial infusion of oxaliplatin plus fluorouracil/leucovorin for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. Gut. 2018 Feb;67(2):395-396. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314138. Epub 2017 Jun 7. No abstract available.

  PMID: 28592441 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

Interventions

durvalumab

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Adenocarcinoma; Carcinoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Liver Neoplasms; Digestive System Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Digestive System Diseases; Liver Diseases

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Ming Zhao
• Organization: Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

zhaoming@mail.sysu.edu.cn

13922132569

Study Officials

• Ming Zhao, M.D. & Ph.D.

  Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Director of Minimally Invasive Intervention

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 16, 2021
• First Posted: June 30, 2021
• Study Start: April 11, 2022
• Primary Completion: July 5, 2024
• Study Completion: July 5, 2024
• Last Updated: February 25, 2026
• Results First Posted: February 25, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Locations

CN (1)