BioPearl™ Microspheres Loaded With Doxorubicin for the Treatment of Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorTerumo Europe N.V.

About this trial

The primary objective of the study is to confirm safety and technical success of BioPearl™ microspheres loaded with Doxorubicin in the treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The secondary objective of the study is to investigate the efficacy of BioPearl™ microspheres loaded with Doxorubicin in the treatment of subjects with unresectable HCC.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Subject is at least 18 years old

Subject with HCC confirmed by histology or according to the latest applicable version of EASL (the European Association for the Study of the Liver) criteria

Subject with tumor(s) < 5 cm and within the up-to-7 criteria: the sum of the diameter of the largest tumor (in cm) and the number of tumors must be ≤ 7.0

Subject with BCLC (Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer) Stage A or B classification who is not a candidate for curative treatment at the time of study inclusion

Disqualifiers

Subject previously treated with any systemic therapy for HCC

Subject previously treated with intra-arterial loco-regional therapy for HCC

Eligible for curative treatment at the time of study inclusion

Recurrence in the segment of a prior thermal ablation

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • BioPearl™

    Device

    TACE

Treatment groups

50 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Single armOther 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Safety: by evaluating all procedural or study device related grade 3-4-5 adverse events (AEs)

By evaluating all procedural or study device related grade 3-4-5 adverse events (AEs) during a period of 4 weeks post initial treatment as per local investigator assessment

Time frame
Day 29
2

Technical success

Ability to reach near stasis in the treated tumor feeding arteries during chemoembolization procedure

Time frame
Day 1

Secondary outcomes

1

Tumor response rate

Assessed by mRECIST (modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors) criteria at 4 weeks and every 3 months as per local investigator assessment

Time frame
18 months
2

Progression Free Survival (PFS)

Defined as time from the treatment to disease progression according to mRECIST criteria or death from any cause, whichever occurs first as per local investigator assessment

Time frame
18 months
3

Time to progression

Defined as time from treatment to progression according to mRECIST criteria as per local investigator assessment

Time frame
18 months
4

Duration of response

According to mRECIST as per local investigator assessment

Time frame
18 months

Other outcomes

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