A Treatment of Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma With TheraSphere®

St. Joseph Hospital of Orange18 enrolled

Overview

This is an interdisciplinary study that falls into the Humanitarian Use Device category. There are no hypotheses to be tested in this treatment protocol. The study has the following objectives: 1. Provide supervised access to treatment with TheraSphere® to eligible patients with primary cancer to the liver who are not surgical resection candidates. 2. Evaluate patient experience and toxicities associated with TheraSphere® treatment. 3. Measure tumor response rates

The purpose of this protocol is to provide supervised access at this institution to TheraSphere® treatment for a heterogeneous population of patients with unresectable primary liver tumors, with the liver being the only dominant site of disease. Based on experience gained in previous studies and well-established interventional radiology techniques, this protocol allows multiple treatments with TheraSphere® that may be delivered on an inpatient or out patient basis. Patients may receive a single dose to the whole liver, or lobar treatment delivered as a sequence of treatments approximately 30 - 90 days apart. The investigator, working with co-investigators in radiation oncology, interventional radiology and nuclear medicine, will develop a specific treatment plan for each patient, based upon the presenting condition of the patient, the vascular anatomy, and the desired goal of treatment.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Liver Tumors Hepatocellular Carcinoma Hepatoma Neoplasms

Interventions

TheraSphere®DEVICE

TheraSphere® consists of insoluble glass microspheres where yttrium-90 is an integral constituent of the glass. TheraSphere® is delivered into the liver tumor through a catheter placed into the hepatic artery. This artery provides the main blood supply to the tumor in the liver. TheraSphere® being unable to traverse the tumor vasculature is embolized within the tumor and exerts a local beta radiation radiotherapeutic effect with relatively limited concurrent injury to surrounding normal tissue.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Confirmed diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. The histopathology confirmation criterion may be waived in patients with a radiographically identifiable liver mass with known laboratory or clinical risk factors for cancer or elevated tumor markers such as AFP (clinical diagnosis) * Surgical evaluation must conclude the patient is not a candidate for resection or ablation. * ECOG Performance Status Score 0 - 2. * Age 18 years or older. * Able to comprehend and provide written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines. Exclusion Criteria: Any pre-treatment laboratory findings within 15 days of treatment demonstrating: * Absolute granulocyte count less than or equal to 1,500/ul * Uncorrected Platelet count less than or equal to 75,000/ul * Serum creatinine greater than or equal to 3.0 mg/dl * Serum bilirubin greater than or equal to 2.0 mg/dl * Any of the following contraindications to angiography and selective visceral catheterization, 1.)History of severe allergy or intolerance to any contrast media, narcotics, sedatives, or atropine, 2.) Bleeding diathesis, not correctable by usual forms of therapy, and/or 3.) Severe peripheral vascular disease that would preclude catheterization. * Portal hypertension with portal venous shunt away from the liver. * Evidence of potential delivery of greater than 16.5 mCi (30 Gy absorbed dose) of radiation to the lungs on either: 1) first TheraSphere® administration; or 2) cumulative delivery of radiation to the lungs \> 30 Gy over multiple treatments. * Evidence of any detectable Tc-99m MAA flow to the stomach or duodenum, after application of established angiographic techniques to stop such flow. * Significant extrahepatic disease representing an imminent life-threatening outcome. * Severe liver dysfunction (Childs' Classification C) or pulmonary insufficiency (requiring continuous oxygen therapy). * Active uncontrolled infection * Significant underlying medical or psychiatric illness. * Pregnant women may not participate. * Children may not participate due to lack of clinical experience.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of patients given access to treatment with TheraSphere.

The number of eligible patients provided with supervised access to treatment with TheraSphere with primary cancer to the liver who are not surgical resection candidates.

Time frame: 24 months

Evaluate patient experience with Therasphere.

Evaluation of patient experience and toxicities associated with Therasphere via patient follow-ups with clinician notes.

Time frame: 24 months

Secondary Outcomes

Tumor response to treatment with TheraSphere®

Diagnostic imaging studies for assessment of tumor response will be performed according to usual standard of care as established by the referring oncologist.

Time frame: 24 Months