Efficacy and Safety Doxorubicin Transdrug Study in Patients Suffering From Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Summary

The purpose of this phase III study is to determine whether Doxorubicin Transdrug (DT) is effective in the treatment of patients suffering from advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) after failure or intolerance to Sorafenib. Patients with HCC with or without cirrhosis and with good liver functions are eligible. Only those who can not benefit from treatment for which efficacy is demonstrated are eligible. These patients are usually proposed either best standard of care (BSC) or participation to clinical trials. Patients eligible for the RELIVE study will receive either DT at 20 mg/m2 or DT at 30 mg/m2 or the BSC.

Timeline

Start

2012-06

Primary completion

2017-05

Completion

2019-05

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper Doxorubicin-loaded nanoparticles did not improve overall survival for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in whom previous sorafenib treatment had failed. PMID 30954567 ↗

Publications

• Merle P, Blanc JF, Phelip JM, Pelletier G, Bronowicki JP, Touchefeu Y, Pageaux G, Gerolami R, Habersetzer F, Nguyen-Khac E, Casadei-Gardini A, Borbath I, Tran A, Wege H, Saad AS, Colombo M, Abergel A, Richou C, Waked I, Yee NS, Mole A, Attali P, Le Boulicaut J, Vasseur B; RELIVE Investigators. Doxorubicin-loaded nanoparticles for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma after sorafenib treatment failure (RELIVE): a phase 3 randomised controlled trial. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Jun;4(6):454-465. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(19)30040-8. Epub 2019 Apr 4.

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