Study of Regorafenib After Sorafenib in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Summary

The objective of this study was to evaluate efficacy and safety of regorafenib in patients with advanced liver cancer who had progressed after sorafenib treatment. Patients were treated with regorafenib or placebo using a 2:1 randomization scheme.

Timeline

Start

2013-05-14

Primary completion

2016-02-29

Completion

2019-07-05

Publications

• Results Finn RS, Merle P, Granito A, Huang YH, Bodoky G, Pracht M, Yokosuka O, Rosmorduc O, Gerolami R, Caparello C, Cabrera R, Chang C, Sun W, LeBerre MA, Baumhauer A, Meinhardt G, Bruix J. Outcomes of sequential treatment with sorafenib followed by regorafenib for HCC: Additional analyses from the phase III RESORCE trial. J Hepatol. 2018 Aug;69(2):353-358. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.04.010. Epub 2018 Apr 26.
• Results Bruix J, Qin S, Merle P, Granito A, Huang YH, Bodoky G, Pracht M, Yokosuka O, Rosmorduc O, Breder V, Gerolami R, Masi G, Ross PJ, Song T, Bronowicki JP, Ollivier-Hourmand I, Kudo M, Cheng AL, Llovet JM, Finn RS, LeBerre MA, Baumhauer A, Meinhardt G, Han G; RESORCE Investigators. Regorafenib for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who progressed on sorafenib treatment (RESORCE): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2017 Jan 7;389(10064):56-66. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32453-9. Epub 2016 Dec 6.
• Wu W, Mao H, Song J, Yang F. Bibliometric analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma and tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Medicine (Baltimore). 2025 May 16;104(20):e42015. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000042015.
• Teufel M, Seidel H, Kochert K, Meinhardt G, Finn RS, Llovet JM, Bruix J. Biomarkers Associated With Response to Regorafenib in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Gastroenterology. 2019 May;156(6):1731-1741. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.01.261. Epub 2019 Feb 6.

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