Efcacy and Safety of Postoperative Adjuvant Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy With mFOLFOX in Hepatocellular Carcinoma With High-risk Recurrence Factors

NCT07337421 | Recruiting Phase 2

• 1 other identifier: 2025k264
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a single-center, single-arm, prospective trial to explore the efficacy and safety of postoperative adjuvant hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy(HAIC) with mFOLFOX in hepatocellular carcinoma with high-risk recurrence factors.

Conditions

Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

Keywords

hepatocellular carcinoma; recurrence; postoperative adjuvant chemoinfusion

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Recurrence-free survival (RFS)

  Recurrence-free survival

  2 years

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Overall survival (OS)

  2 years

• Time to recurrence (TTR)

  2 years

• Safety:treatment-related adverse events (AE) rates

  2 years

Study Arms (1)

mFOLFOX

EXPERIMENTAL

Treatment:Postoperative adjuvant transarterial chemoinfusion with mFOLFOX.

Drug: mFOLFOX ：Oxaliplatin,leucovorin calcium,5-fluorouracil

Interventions

mFOLFOX ：Oxaliplatin,leucovorin calcium,5-fluorouracil DRUG

Postoperative adjuvant transarterial chemoinfusion with mFOLFOX.mFOLFOX-HAIC: Oxaliplatin 85 mg/m²via arterial infusion for 2-3 hours, leucovorin calcium 400 mg/m² for 1-2 hours, followed by a 400 mg/m²arterial infusion of 5-fluorouracil for 5 minutes , and continuous arterial infusion at 2400 mg/m²for 46 hours.A second HAIC session was administered 3 weeks later, depending on individual patient conditions, with a maximum of two treatments.

mFOLFOX

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Age ≥18 years and ≤75 years.
• Patients who underwent radical surgery within the first 8 weeks and meet the following criteria: a. Histologically confirmed negative surgical margins (R0) for radical surgery: 1) No residual cancer on gross intraoperative or postoperative imaging; 2) Liver margins\>1cm from tumor boundary, or margins ≤1cm with no tumor cell remnants in resected pathological tissue; b. Imaging examination (enhanced chest CT, abdominal CT or MRI, pelvic CT or MRI) performed ≥4 weeks after surgical resection or ablation to confirm complete radiological response.
• ECOG score ranges from 0 to 1.
• Patients meeting any of the following high-risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after radical surgery: 1) Single tumor\>5 cm 2) Concurrent vascular invasion (microvascular invasion or major vessel invasion Vp1-2) 3) Multiple lesions with ≥3 tumors 4) Tumor grade Edmondson III-IV 5) Surgical margin ≤1cm
• For patients with preoperative AFP elevation, post-radical surgery or ablation, AFP levels must have significantly decreased and show no significant upward trend.
• Subjects with Hepatitis B or C Virus(HBV or HCV) infection must undergo standardized antiviral therapy prior to enrollment and continue the treatment during the study period.
• The patient must have adequate organ and bone marrow function, with laboratory test values meeting the following criteria: 1) Complete blood count (CBC): Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5×10⁹/L; platelet count (PLT) ≥80×10⁹/L; hemoglobin (Hb) ≥90 g/L; 2) Liver function: Serum totalbilirubin (TBIL) ≤2×upper limit of normal (ULN), or direct bilirubin ≤ULN for subjects with TBIL\>2×ULN; alanineaminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤3×ULN; serum albumin ≥28 g/L; 3) Renal function: Serum creatinine (Cr) ≤1.5×ULN, or creatinine clearance (CCr) ≥45 mL/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula) for subjects with Cr\>1.5×ULN; 4) Urinalysis shows urine protein \<2+; For subjects with baseline urinalysis showing proteinuria ≥2+ in routine urine tests, 24-hour urine collection should be performed with 24-hour urine protein quantification \<1g; 5) Coagulation function: International Normalized Ratio (INR) or Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT) ≤1.5×Upper Limit of Normal (ULN).
• Life expectancy exceeding 12 months.
• Not pregnant.

You may not qualify if:

• Presence of extrahepatic metastasis, residual lesions, or recurrence on imaging after surgery or ablation.
• Patients who have undergone adjuvant therapies such as transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) after radical surgery.
• Child-Pugh classification grade B or C, or a history of hepatic encephalopathy.
• Presence of clinically significant pericardial effusion; or clinical symptoms requiring drainage of pleural effusion or ascites.
• History of bleeding events within 6 months prior to enrollment, such as esophageal or gastric variceal bleeding caused by portal hypertension. Subjects with esophageal or gastric varices requiring intervention within 28 days before enrollment. Untreated or inadequately treated esophageal or gastric varices deemed by investigators to pose a high risk of bleeding.
• The subject is unable to undergo contrast-enhanced liver CT or MRI scans.
• Patients who do not meet the criteria for radical surgery.
• Received Chinese herbal medicine or Chinese patent medicine with antitumor indications or immunomodulatory drugs (including systemic use of thymosin, interferon, etc.) within 14 days prior to enrollment.
• Participation in other drug clinical trials within 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
• Co-infection with HBV and HCV (defined as HCV infection history with negative HCV RNA, which was considered as non-infection in this study).
• History of arterial or venous thromboembolic events occurring within 6 months prior to enrollment, including myocardial infarction (MI), unstable angina, cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack (TIA), pulmonary embolism (PE), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or any other severe thromboembolic event.
• Patients with cardiopulmonary insufficiency.
• Severe infection in the active phase or with poor clinical control. A severe infection within 4 weeks prior to the first treatment, including but not limited to hospitalization due to infection, bacteremia, or severe pneumonia complications.
• Known hypersensitivity to any investigational drug ingredients; or a history of severe allergic reactions to other traditional Chinese patent medicines.
• Known history of drug abuse, alcoholism, or substance use.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University

Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225001, China

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; Recurrence

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; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Dou-sheng Bai

  Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Dou-sheng Bai

CONTACT

+86051487373382; drbaidousheng@yzu.edu.cn

Guo-Qing Jiang

CONTACT

+86051487373382; drbaidousheng@yzu.edu.cn

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: Clinical Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 4, 2025
• First Posted: January 13, 2026
• Study Start: September 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2027
• Last Updated: January 13, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CN (1)