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Efficacy and Safety of Immuncell-LC Group and Non-treatment Group in Hepatocelluar Carcinoma Patients

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00699816
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : June 18, 2008
Results First Posted : September 24, 2015
Last Update Posted : October 26, 2017
Sponsor:
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GC Cell Corporation

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
To prove that the efficacy and safety of 'Green Cross CELL* Immuncell-LC group' is superior to 'non-treatment group(Control group)' in patient undergone curative resection(PEIT, RFA or operation) for hepatocellular carcinoma in Korea

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Biological: Immuncell-LC Phase 3

Detailed Description:
Multicenter, randomized, open-labeled phase 3 clinical trial.
Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 230 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Randomized, Open-label, Multi-center and Phase 3 Clinical Trial to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of 'Green Cross CELL Immuncell-LC Group' and 'Non-treatment Group' in Patient Undergone Curative Resection(PEIT, RFA or Operation) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Korea
Study Start Date : July 2008
Actual Primary Completion Date : November 2012
Actual Study Completion Date : November 2012

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Immunotherapy Group
Adjuvant adoptive immune therapy using a CIK cell agent(Immuncell-LC) 16 times(4 treatments at a frequency of once per week, followed by 4 treatments every 2 weeks, then 4 treatments every 4 weeks, and finally 4 treatments every 8 weeks.
 Biological: Immuncell-LC
Activated T lymphocyte
No Intervention: Control Group
Patients who had undergone curative treatment(surgical resection, radiofrequency ablation[RFA], or percutaneous ethanol injection[PEI]) for HCC of pretreatment clinical stage I or II according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system(6th edition) based on radiologic imaging studies were eligible for this study with no adjuvant treatment


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Recurrence Free Survival(RFS) [ Time Frame: Every 3months from the baseline for 24 months and then every 3-6 months until the data cut-off date, up to LSLV(Last Subject Last Visit) ]
    RFS was measured from the date of randomization to the first recurrence or to death from any cause.

  2. Recurrence Free Survival(RFS) Rate [ Time Frame: Every 3months from the baseline for 24 months, and then every 3-6 months until the data cut-off date, up to LSLV(Last Subject Last Visit) ]
    RFS rate was measured from the date of randomization to the first recurrence or to death from any cause.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Overall Survival(OS) [ Time Frame: Every 3months from the baseline for 24 months, and then every 3-6 months until the data cut-off date, up to LSLV(Last Subject Last Visit) ]
    Overall survival was measured from the date of randomization until death from any cause.

  2. Cancer-specific Survivals [ Time Frame: Every 3 months from baseline for 24 months, and then every 3-6 months until the data cut-off date, up to LSLV(Last Subject Last Visit) ]
    Cancer-specific survival was measured from the date of randomization until death resulting from HCC.

  3. Overall Survival(OS) Rate [ Time Frame: Every 3months from the baseline for 24 months, and then every 3-6 months until the data cut-off date, up to LSLV(Last Subject Last Visit) ]
    Overall survival rate was measured from the date of randomization until death from any cause.

  4. Cancer-specific Survival Rate [ Time Frame: Every 3 months from baseline for 24 months, and then every 3-6 months until the data cut-off date, up to LSLV(Last Subject Last Visit) ]
    Cancer-specific survival rate was measured from the date of randomization until death resulting from HCC.


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   20 Years to 80 Years   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Prior to the test, patient is fully explained about the purpose/ contents and characteristics of the testing medication, and the patient him(her)self, the guardian or the legal representative signed on written consent.
  • The patient is more than 20 and less than 80 years old
  • The patient is diagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma by pathological/ radiological test and he (she) is in the stage of I or II. (refer to the attached file 10). Hepatocellular carcinoma should be shown by radiological test; on dynamic CT, dynamic MRI or on angiography.
  • Child-Pugh Score should be less than 6 (refer to the attached file 7)
  • No matter how the patient has been treated before, his (her) tumor should be totally removed by curative resection (PEIT, RFA or operation) in 12 weeks. (based on the agreement date for written consent) The tumor's removal should be perfectly confirmed by pathological or radiological test with the mentioned method in 3) at least 4 weeks later.
  • ECOG Performance status (ECOG-PS) is less than 1 or equal to (refer to the exhibit 8)
  • Patient's remaining life-time should be expected at least more than 3 months.

  • Patient should meet below conditions by blood test, kidney and liver function test

    : Re-evaluation is possible during screening

  • Leukocyte count is bigger than (3 multiply 109/L)
  • Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) is bigger than or equal to 1,000/µL
  • Hemoglobin is bigger than or equal to 8.5 g/dL
  • Thrombocyte count is bigger than (5 multiply 1010/L)
  • BUN and serum Creatinine is less than or equal to 1.5 multiply normal upper-limit
  • No more disease abdominal extrahepatic transfer is confirmed by abdominal CT/ MRI

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma has been transferred by pathological/ radiological test (Stage III or Stage IV, refer to the exhibit 10)
  • The carcinoma has been invaded to main portal vein or major branch hepatic vein
  • Child-Pugh score is over 6
  • Patient has serious problem with pulmonary function by sub- investigator's opinion
  • Patient who has disease history of immune deficiency (which can be worse by immunotherapy) or auto-immune disease (ex. arthritis rheumatism, Burger's disease, multiple sclerosis and adolescent-occurred insulin dependent diabetes)
  • Diagnosed as an immune deficiency patient
  • Patient who has disease history of malignant tumor within 5 years before this clinical trial. (except for skin cancer, local prostate cancer or carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix
  • Patient who had anti-cancer medication before the clinical trial
  • Patient who has serious disease in other organs after tumor resection.
  • Patient has serious allergic-history by sub- investigator's opinion
  • Patient has serious mental disease by sub- investigator's opinion
  • Pregnant women, nursing mother or having intention of being pregnant during the clinical test
  • Patient who participated in other clinical trial within 4 weeks before this clinical trial
  • Patient who is incongruent to this clinical trial by sub- investigator's opinion.
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Locations
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Korea, Republic of
Korea University Guro Hospital
Seoul, Guro 2-Dong, Guro-Gu, Korea, Republic of, 152-703
Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, Ilwon-dong/Gangnam-gu, Korea, Republic of, 135-710
Korea University Ansan Hospital
Gojan1-dong, Danwon-gu, Ansan-si, Kyoungi-do, Seoul, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 425-707
Seoul Asan Medical center
Pungnab2-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 138-736
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, Yeongun-dong/Jongro-gu, Korea, Republic of, 110-744
Sponsors and Collaborators
GC Cell Corporation
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Jung Hwan Yoon, MD Seoul National University Hospital
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Responsible Party: GC Cell Corporation
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00699816    
Other Study ID Numbers: IIC-I01
First Posted: June 18, 2008    Key Record Dates
Results First Posted: September 24, 2015
Last Update Posted: October 26, 2017
Last Verified: August 2015
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Carcinoma
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
Adenocarcinoma
 Liver Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Digestive System Diseases
Liver Diseases