About this trial
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of anlotinib combined with benmelstobart and HAIC as first-line treatment for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Age between 18 and 75 years, regardless of gender.
Confirmed diagnosis of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) according to both the China Liver Cancer (CNLC) staging criteria and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) clinical diagnostic criteria.
At least one measurable lesion as defined by the following criteria: the longest diameter ≥ 10 mm for non-nodal lesions, or the short-axis diameter ≥ 15 mm for nodal lesions; confirmed unresectable HCC; Child-Pugh liver function score ≤ 7.
Naive to any local (ablation, hepatic arterial embolization/infusion therapy, liver transplantation) or systemic therapy (chemotherapy and/or molecular targeted therapy, immunotherapy; antiviral therapy excluded) for HCC at initial diagnosis, or patients with intrahepatic recurrence after previous radical resection.
Disqualifiers
Histologically confirmed fibrolamellar HCC, sarcomatoid HCC, or combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma (HCC-ICC).
Symptomatic moderate to massive pleural effusion/ascites.
Obstructive jaundice, liver failure, or hepatic encephalopathy.
Patients with a second primary cancer or multiple malignancies, except for HCC, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, and non-melanoma skin cancer, or a history of other malignancies previously diagnosed and explicitly cured for at least 5 years with no evidence of subsequent recurrence.
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
anlotinib combined with benmelstobart and HAIC
DrugHAIC with FOLFOX (oxaliplatin 85 mg/m², leucovorin 400 mg/m², 5-fluorouracil 400 mg/m² bolus followed by 2400 mg/m² over 23 h) plus oral anlotinib 10 mg (d1-14) and intravenous benmelstobart 1200 mg (d1) every 3 weeks
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
objective response rate (ORR)
ORR as assessed by the investigator using RECIST v1.1 criteria
Secondary outcomes
ORR (mRECIST)
ORR as assessed by the investigator using mRECIST
progression free survival (PFS)
PFS was defined as the time from the start of treatment to the date of first documentation of disease progression based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.1), or date of death, whichever occurred first.
overall survival (OS)
OS is the time interval from the start of treatment to death due to any reason or loss of follow-up
Surgical conversion rate
The proportion of patients with initially unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma who become eligible for surgical resection after treatment, relative to all enrolled and treated patients.
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