Drug Sensitivity Testing-Based Tumor Organoids to Guide Adjuvant Therapy After Hepatectomy for Primary Liver Cancer

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-70
SponsorEastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital

About this trial

This is a single-center, prospective, non-randomized, open-label, phase II clinical trial aiming to evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of using patient-derived tumor organoid drug sensitivity testing (ODST) to guide personalized adjuvant therapy in patients with primary liver cancer (HCC) following curative liver resection. A total of 56 eligible patients will be enrolled. Tumor tissues obtained during surgery will be used to establish organoid cultures. Drug sensitivity testing will be performed on a panel of approved targeted and immunotherapeutic agents (including Apatinib, Atezolizumab + Bevacizumab, Donafenib + Toripalimab, Sintilimab, and FOLFOX) to identify the most effective treatment for each patient. Patients for whom organoid testing fails or results are unavailable within the specified timeframe will receive standard Lenvatinib treatment. The primary endpoint is Recurrence-Free Survival (RFS). Secondary endpoints include Overall Survival (OS) and safety profiles. The study seeks to provide a novel strategy for personalized adjuvant therapy in HCC to improve patient outcomes.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Male or female, aged 18 to 70 years.

Diagnosed with primary liver cancer according to the diagnostic criteria of the primary liver cancer (e.g., Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Liver Cancer), with post-operative pathological confirmation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Patients must have at least one of the following high-risk pathological features: tumor diameter >5 cm, more than 3 tumors, presence of microvascular invasion, presence of minor macrovascular invasion, or poor pathological differentiation (Grade 3/4).

The subject or their legal guardian understands and voluntarily signs the informed consent form, and is willing and able to complete the scheduled visits, treatment plan, and laboratory tests as required by the protocol.

Life expectancy of more than 6 months.

Disqualifiers

Uncorrectable coagulopathy or significant bleeding tendency.

Evidence of any concurrent malignant disease.

Diagnosed with another malignancy within 3 years prior to the first dose, except for radically treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, and/or carcinoma in situ that has undergone curative resection.

Requiring long-term anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy that cannot be discontinued.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Organoid Drug Sensitivity Testing-Guided Therapy

    Drug

    Fresh tumor tissue from resection is used to establish and culture patient-derived organoids. Successful organoids undergo drug sensitivity testing against a predefined panel of drugs (Apatinib, Atezolizumab+Bevacizumab, Donafenib+Toripalimab, Sintilimab, FOLFOX). The most effective drug(s), based on IC50 and AUC values, are recommended for adjuvant therapy.

Treatment groups

56 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Arm 1Experimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Recurrence-free Survial(RFS)

Time frame
Up to approximately 5 years
2

1year-RFS rate

Time frame
1-years
3

3years-RFS Rate

Time frame
3-years
4

5years-RFS Rate

Time frame
5-years

Secondary outcomes

1

Overall Survival(OS)

Time frame
Up to approximately 5 years
2

Incidence of Adverse Events (AEs)

An adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence in a subject administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with the treatment. An adverse event can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a pharmaceutical product, whether or not considered related to the pharmaceutical product.

Time frame
Up to approximately 4 years
3

1year-OS rate

Time frame
1-year
4

3years-OS Rate

Time frame
3-years

Other outcomes

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