Radiation Therapy With Sorafenib for TACE-Resistant Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Summary

To determine the maximum tolerated radiation dose with concurrent sorafenib for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma that has not responded to transarterial chemoembolization.

Timeline

Start

2012-06

Primary completion

2015-06

Completion

2016-06

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “Closed due to poor accrual.”

Publications

• Background Chung YL, Jian JJ, Cheng SH, Tsai SY, Chuang VP, Soong T, Lin YM, Horng CF. Sublethal irradiation induces vascular endothelial growth factor and promotes growth of hepatoma cells: implications for radiotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2006 May 1;12(9):2706-15. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-05-2721.
• Background Plastaras JP, Kim SH, Liu YY, Dicker DT, Dorsey JF, McDonough J, Cerniglia G, Rajendran RR, Gupta A, Rustgi AK, Diehl JA, Smith CD, Flaherty KT, El-Deiry WS. Cell cycle dependent and schedule-dependent antitumor effects of sorafenib combined with radiation. Cancer Res. 2007 Oct 1;67(19):9443-54. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-1473.
• Background Ren ZG, Zhao JD, Gu K, Chen Z, Lin JH, Xu ZY, Hu WG, Zhou ZH, Liu LM, Jiang GL. Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy combined with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: an irradiation dose escalation study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Feb 1;79(2):496-502. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.10.070. Epub 2010 Apr 24.

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