Randomized Trial Sorafenib-Pravastatin Versus Sorafenib Alone for the Palliative Treatment of Child-Pugh A Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Summary

Principal objective: to evaluate the effect of the combination pravastatin - sorafenib versus sorafenib alone on overall survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma developing on Child-Pugh A cirrhosis who are unsuitable for curative treatment. Secondary objectives: evaluate the effect of this treatment on progression-free survival, the time to progression, the time to treatment failure and quality of life (QLQ-C30 et FACT HEP)

Timeline

Start

2010-03

Primary completion

2013-11

Completion

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Publications

• Results Jouve JL, Lecomte T, Bouche O, Barbier E, Khemissa Akouz F, Riachi G, Nguyen Khac E, Ollivier-Hourmand I, Debette-Gratien M, Faroux R, Villing AL, Vergniol J, Ramee JF, Bronowicki JP, Seitz JF, Legoux JL, Denis J, Manfredi S, Phelip JM; PRODIGE-11 investigators/collaborators. Pravastatin combination with sorafenib does not improve survival in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. J Hepatol. 2019 Sep;71(3):516-522. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.04.021. Epub 2019 May 22.

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