💬In plain words
What the trial is, and whether it could suit you
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of yttrium-90 carbon microspheres versus cTACE in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma
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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≤ 1;
2. Expected survival time ≥ 3 months;
3. Confirmed hepatocellular carcinoma based on CNLC guidelines;
4. Without extrahepatic metastases, unresectable or refuse surgical resection;
5. At least one well defined tumor (mRECIST 1.1);
6. Tumor burden≤50% of the total liver volume;
7. Child-Pugh score≤7;
8. Adequate organ function: # Blood routine: absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5×10\^9/L; platelet≥75×10\^9/L; hemoglobin≥90 g/L; # Liver function: total bilirubin≤2 times upper limit of normal (ULN); alanine transaminase and aspartate aminotransferase≤5.0 ULN; alkaline phosphatase≤2.5 ULN; Albumin\>30 g/L; # Renal function: Cr≤1.5 ULN; creatinine clearance≥50 mL/min; # Coagulation function: international normalized ratio, prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time were less than 1.5 ULN;
9. Women and men of childbearing age must agree to take strict and effective contraceptive measures during the study period and within 6 m after the end of the trial.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. With previous history of hepatic encephalopathy;
2. Extrahepatic disease or combined with other malignant tumors;
3. Infiltrative hepatocellular carcinoma ;
4. With prior antitumor therapies, including liver transplantation, hepatectomy, ablation, TACE, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy or immunotherapy;
5. With hepatic artery malformation and unable to undergo TACE or SIRT;
6. Allergy to contrast agents or anesthetics
7. With clinical manifestations of portal hypertension, moderate-severe or refractory ascites, or decompensated liver cirrhosis, or moderate-to-severe esophageal/gastric varices;
8. With severe pulmonary insufficiency (forced expiratory volume at one second / forced vital capacity\<50% or forced expiratory volume at one second /predicting value\<50% or maximum volume per minute\<50 L/min);
9. The single lung radiation absorbed dose\>30 Gy;
10. Tumor thrombus in main portal vein or hepatic artery or hepatic vein or bile duct;
11. Serious infections in active stage or need systematic treatment;
12. Pregnant and lactating women;
13. With positive results of HIV antibody test;
14. HBV DNA or HCV RNA positive;
15. With active syphilis or tuberculosis;
16. 99mTc-MAA imaging (patients exclusion meet all criteria):
1\) Perfusion area covers all intrahepatic tumors (including non-target lesions) and non-perfused liver volume ≥30% of total liver volume; 2) Tumor dose ≥400 Gy for 1-2 hepatic segments; Perfused normal liver dose (PNLD): 120 Gy \< PNLD \<1000 Gy; Tumor dose ≥200 Gy (recommended ≥400 Gy) and PNLD \<120 Gy with other condition; 3) No gastrointestinal shunt , or shunt amendment by endovascular techniques (reassessment required); 4) cTACE should cover all intrahepatic lesions.