Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer, being the third leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, with approximately 745 000 deaths reported annually. For advanced patients, including patients with tumoral portal vein thrombosis (PVT), most treatment guidelines recommend systemic therapy, either combination immunotherapy (IO) or combination of immunotherapy and anti-angiogenic treatment for first line option. Results for PVT patients are provided in one trial with a median overall survival of 14.2 months with IO underlying the necessity to improve treatment of PVT patients. Two recent other phase 3 trials also reported positive results for different IO regimen. Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) using yttrium-90 (90Y)-loaded glass microspheres (TheraSphereTM) can be used for patients with early stage to locally advanced HCC including PVT patients without extrahepatic spread (EHS). TheraSphereTM is recognized and is reimbursed in France for PVT patients without EHS, since 2019.Several retrospective studies have shown promising results for PVT patients. Nowadays use of SIRT in locally advanced HCC is regaining interest based on the results of the randomized DOSISPHERE-01 study including non-operable patients, about 70% with PVT. This randomized Phase II trial using 90Y-loaded microspheres sought was noted the effectiveness of 90Y-loaded microspheres using a personalized dosimetry approach versus a standard dosimetry approach. The use of a systemic treatment as IO after a locoregional treatment with the strong local debulking effect of SIRT is logical and of interest. Indeed, the most frequent pattern of progression after SIRT is recurrence in an untreated area, including untreated liver or EHS. Patients are then usually referred to IO. Such kind of therapeutic approach, using SIRT followed by IO has already been evaluated in a phase 2 study using nivolumab after 90Y loaded resin microspheres with promising efficacy without safety deterioration. The aim of this study is to evaluate SIRT followed by IO used according to their current indications in advanced HCC patient with PVT patients and without EHS.
The study plans to included 80 patients and to treated 72 patients (take into account screen failures and SIRT contraindications). First, patient will receive SIRT using Yttrium-90 glass microspheres. Immunotherapy with an injection of Tremelimumab followed by Durvalumab must be started 1 to 3 weeks after SIRT. Durvalumab monotherapy is continued every 4 weeks until disease progression, or toxicity leading to definitive treatment discontinuation, or loss of clinical benefit, or investigator decision, or lost for follow-up or death patient. Patients are followed prior to the occurrence of progressive disease, within a maximum 18-month period after the initiation IO.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
80
SIRT will use Yttrium-90 glass-microspheres (TheraSphereTM). SIRT needs two steps: the treatment simulation (diagnostic angiography and scintigraphy of hepatic perfusion with 99mTc-MAA) and the administration (during a therapeutic angiography).
Tremelimumab should be done 1 to 3 weeks after SIRT and is administrated according to the Summary of Product Characteristic (SPC).
After the end of the tremelimumab infusion, patient receive durvalumab then one injection every 4 weeks until further progression upon investigator decision. Also administrated according to the Summary of Product Characteristic (SPC).
CHU de Grenoble
Grenoble, France
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGCHU de Lille
Lille, France
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGLa Timone
Marseille, France
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCHU de Montpellier
Montpellier, France
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGCHU de Nice
Nice, France
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGCentre Eugène Marquis
Rennes, France
RECRUITINGObjective Response Rate (ORR)
The Objective Response Rate (ORR) is defined as the proportion of patients who have either a Partial Response (PR) or a Complete Response (CR) to treatment. CR and PR are the best overall response across all time points of tumor evaluation. Overall tumor response at each time point is assessed according to the modified RECIST criteria for HCC.
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 4 years
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