This is an open-label, multi-center, single-arm, phase II study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lenvatinib in combination with pembrolizumab as a neoadjuvant therapy in subjects with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
The recurrence rate of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after curative surgery is high and the survival benefit is limited. Neoadjuvant therapy, by targeting the disseminated tumor cells before curative surgery, may lower the incidence of tumor recurrence. In KEYNOTE-524 study, lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab combination showed promising efficacy and manageable toxicity. This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of lenvatinib in combination with pembrolizumab as a neoadjuvant therapy in subjects with resectable HCC.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
43
After enrollment, subjects receive pembrolizumab 200 mg via IV infusion on Day 1 of each 3-week cycle for 9 weeks: Lenvatinib 8 mg (body weight \<60 kg) or 12 mg (body weight ≥60 kg) orally once daily for 9 weeks. Subjects conduct surgery 1 week after the last dose of Lenvatinib. 4 weeks after surgery, Pembrolizumab and Lenvatinib will restart as adjuvant treatment for up to 1 year.
Zhongshan hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
Ruijin Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
The first affiliated hospital, Yat-sen university
Guangzhou, China
Major pathological response (MPR)
Defined as ≤ 50% viable tumor cells pathologically in the resected specimen.
Time frame: up to 24 weeks
Pathologic complete response (pCR)
Defined as complete absence of residual visible tumor in resected tissues.
Time frame: up to 24 weeks
Objective response rate (ORR)
Defined as the proportion of the subjects who have a complete response (CR) and partial response (PR) per RECIST 1.1 in enrolled subjects
Time frame: up to 24 weeks
R0 resection rate
Defined as the proportion of patients who have microscopically margin-negative resection, in which no gross or microscopic tumor remains in the primary tumor bed in enrolled subjects.
Time frame: up to 24 weeks
Disease-free survival (DFS)
Defined as the time from surgery to first documented recurrence or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first based on RECIST 1.1 in population underwent surgery
Time frame: up to 2 years
1-year DFS rate
Defined as the estimated proportion of patients who have no recurrence or death at 1 year after liver resection.
Time frame: up to 2 years
Overall survival
Defined as the time from enrollment to death due to any cause in enrolled subjects.
Time frame: up to 2 years
Adverse event (AE)
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Adverse events (AEs) ; serious adverse events (SAEs); abnormal value of Lab test according to NCI-CTCAE V5.0.
Time frame: up to 2 years