Holmium Radioembolization as Adjuvant Treatment to RFA for Early Stage HCC: Dose Finding Study (HORA EST HCC)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03437382 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : February 19, 2018
Last Update Posted : March 18, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HCC Early Stage HCC | Device: Quirem Medical Holmium-166 radioembolization microspheres | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 20 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | single-arm, interventional, dose escalation study |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | HOlmium Radioembolization as Adjuvant Treatment to Radiofrequency Ablation for Early STage Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HORA EST HCC) |
Actual Study Start Date : | July 1, 2018 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 17, 2021 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 17, 2021 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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RFA + radioembolization
Quirem Medical Holmium-166 radioembolization microspheres
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Device: Quirem Medical Holmium-166 radioembolization microspheres
radioembolisation as adjuvant treatment to RFA |
- Dose-finding [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Treatment area dose that will result in delivery of a radiation absorbed dose of ≥ 120Gy to the target area in at least 90% of patients.
- Toxicity [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Toxicity of RFA with adjuvant segmental radioembolization as assessed by complications according to CTCAE v4.0
- Local tumor recurrence [ Time Frame: 6 months and 12 months ]Local tumor recurrence at 6 months as assessed by multiphase CT or dynamic MRI
- Time to progression [ Time Frame: 1 year ]time until disease progresses
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Kaplan-Meier analysis of progression free survival
- Quality of Life [ Time Frame: Throughout the first year after treatment. ]Quality of Life will be assessed by means of the EORTC QLQ HCC-18 questionnaire
- Quality of Life [ Time Frame: Throughout the first year after treatment. ]Quality of Life will be assessed by means of the C-30 questionnaire

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Informed consent
- Age > 18 years
- Single HCC lesion with diameter of ≥ 2-5cm or up to three lesions with each lesion measuring no more than 3cm (confined to one lobe)
- HCC diagnosis is based on histology or non-invasive imaging criteria according to EORTC-EASL guidelines
- Child Pugh A or B ≤7
- ECOG performance status ≤ 2
- Bilirubin < 2mg/dL
- ASAT < 5x upper limit of normal
- ALAT < 5x upper limit of normal
- Thrombocytes ≥ 50 X 10^9/L
Exclusion Criteria:
- Recurrent HCC
- Tumor location precluding percutaneous RFA
- Bilobar tumor involvement
- Vascular tumor invasion or extrahepatic metastasis
- Hemihepatectomy
- Severe comorbidity (e.g. cardiovascular disease, diabetes with nephropathy, active infections)
- Uncorrectable coagulopathy
- Large arterio-portovenous shunt
- Previous radiotherapy to the liver
- Surgical hepatico-enterostomy
- Hepatic resection with placement of surgical clips that may cause artefacts on MRI
- Incompetent/ mentally disabled
- Pregnancy, inadequate anticonception
- Calculated lung dose >30Gy
- Creatinine clearance < 50 ml/min

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03437382
Netherlands | |
Leiden University Medical Center | |
Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, 2333ZA |
Responsible Party: | MCBurgmans, Principle Investigator, Leiden University Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03437382 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
P17.161 ZonMW ( Other Grant/Funding Number: PTO 2017 - 40-41200-98-9286 ) |
First Posted: | February 19, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 18, 2021 |
Last Verified: | March 2021 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Hepatocellular carcinoma Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) Radioembolization Quirem Spheres Selective internal radiation therapy |