This is a prospective, single-blinded, single-arm, open-label Phase II trial of trans-arterial radiation segmentectomy using Yttrium-90 glass microspheres (TheraSphere®) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) participants with unresectable Barcelona clinic liver cancer (BCLC) stage A disease.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the objective response rate (ORR) after radiation segmentectomy in participants with BCLC Stage A HCC and 1) a single solitary tumor measuring 2-5 centimeters (cm) and 2) 2 or 3 lesions each ≤ 3 cm. II. To assess the safety of radiation segmentectomy. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate transplant-free survival. II. To evaluate progression-free survival. III. To evaluate the quality of life of participants. IV. To evaluate the best imaging response. V. To determine the proportion of participants who remain active on the wait list for liver transplant and eventually are transplanted. VI. The evaluate the number of participants that need additional treatment after TheraSphere® administration. VII. Complete pathologic response (CPN) on liver explants among participants who underwent liver transplant. Participants will undergo a single TheraSphere® administration and followed for quality-of-life outcomes and survival for up to 3 years after treatment. Participants will be censored at time of future transplant or if death occurs at any time after treatment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
64
Administered intra-arterially
Surveys administered
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Objective Response Rate (ORR) by mRECIST
The objective response rate (ORR) after radiation segmentectomy in participants will be evaluated using a modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (mRECIST) based on the best tumor response where Complete Response (CR) is defined as the disappearance of any intratumoral arterial enhancement in all target lesions, Partial Response (PR) is defined as a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of viable (enhancement in the arterial phase) target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of the diameters of target lesions, Stable Disease (SD) is defined as any cases that do not qualify for either partial response or progressive disease, and Progressive Disease (PD) is defined as an increase of at least 20% in the sum of the diameters of viable (enhancing) target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum of the diameters of viable (enhancing) target lesions recorded since treatment started.
Time frame: Up to 6 months
Percentage of participants with treatment-related adverse events
The percentage of participants with grade 3 or greater, treatment-related adverse events as classified by NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) will be reported.
Time frame: Up to 6 months
Median time from TheraSphere administration to transplant
Transplant-free survival is defined as the time to transplant in months from TheraSphere administration until transplant or death by any cause using the Kaplan-Meier estimator and 90% confidence intervals.
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Median time to disease progression
Progression-free survival is defined as the time to tumor progression (in-field, distant intrahepatic, extrahepatic) based on mRECIST in months from TheraSphere administration until disease progression or death by any cause using the Kaplan-Meier estimator and 90% confidence intervals will be reported.
Time frame: Up to 3 years
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Changes in mean Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Hepatobiliary (FACT-Hep) survey results over time
The FACT-Hep is a 45-item self-report instrument developed to assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in persons diagnosed with hepatobiliary cancers and consists of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy scale (FACT-G) which is a 27-item questionnaire designed to measure four domains of HRQOL in cancer patients: Physical, social, emotional, and functional well-being and also includes a Hepatobiliary Cancer Subscale (HCS) which consists of an additional 18-items focusing on disease-specific symptoms such as back and stomach pain, gastrointestinal issues, anorexia, weight loss, and jaundice. Each item response score ranges from 0 (not at all) to 4 (very much) with a total score range from 0-180. The higher the score, the better the HRQoL. The change in mean scores over time will be reported.
Time frame: Up to 6 months
Changes in mean EuroQol five-dimensional Questionnaire (EQ-5D) survey results over time
EQ-5D is a standardized instrument for measuring generic health status. The health status is measured in terms of five dimensions (5D); mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression. The respondents self-rate their level of severity for each dimension by selecting one of the following responses: no problems (0), slight problems (1), mild problems (2), moderate problems (3), or severe problems (4) with a particular dimension. Lower scores indicate less issues/problems with that particular health dimension. The change in mean scores over time will be reported.
Time frame: Up to 6 months
Best observed tumor response by mRECIST.
Best imaging response at 1 year will be determined based on mRECIST criteria among imaging follow up within 1 year of treatment.
Time frame: Up to 1 year
Proportion of participants on an active liver transplant waitlist who receive a transplant
Participants status on the transplant list will be recorded and the proportion of them among all enrolled participants will be reported.
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Proportion of participants requiring additional therapies
The proportion of participants that need subsequent loco-regional therapies as deemed clinically indicated after TheraSphere administration will be reported.
Time frame: Up to 3 years
Proportion of participants with Complete pathologic response (CPN)
The proportion of participants who underwent a liver transplant and demonstrated CPN post-transplant will be reported.
Time frame: Up to 3 years