For the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, liver resection is still one of the optimal options, but the recurrence rate is as high as 70% five years after the operation, and the prognosis of patients with high-risk recurrence factors such as portal vein tumor thrombus and microvascular invasion is even worse, so it is particularly urgent to find effective postoperative adjuvant treatment. The role of PD-1 inhibitors in preventing the postoperative recurrence of HCC requires further study.
We conducted a prospective cohort study comparing the efficacy of PD-1-based adjuvant therapy and transarterial chemoembolization in patients with high-risk factors for recurrence undergoing radical surgery. After surgery, patients received the appropriate adjuvant therapy according to the type of high-risk recurrence factor. Patients with high-risk factors for recurrence who received PD-1-based adjuvant therapy were included in the exposure cohort; patients with high-risk factors for recurrence who received 1 TACE adjuvant therapy were included in the control cohort. The primary endpoint of this study was disease-free survival, and the overall survival and adverse events were considered as the second endpoint.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
573
For patients with PVTT, they received adjuvant therapy of PD1 (200mg intravenously every 3 weeks for a total of 18cycles) plus Lenvatinib (8mg orally once a day for 1 year) 2-4 weeks after surgery; for patients with other high-risk factors for recurrence, they PD-1(200mg intravenously every 3 weeks for a total of 9cycles) monotherapy 2-4 weeks after surgery.
Patients with high-risk factors for recurrence received 1 TACE about a month after surgery.
Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Disease-free survival
The primary outcomes of this study include disease-free survival
Time frame: From date of inclued in this research until the date of first documented recurrence or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 60 months
Overall Survival
The secondary outcomes of this study include overall survival
Time frame: From date of inclued in this research until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 60 months.
Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Safety and Tolerability]
The primary outcomes of this study include the incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events \[Safety and Tolerability\]
Time frame: 12months
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