Transarterial Chemoembolization with Epirubicin-Loaded Microspheres for Hepatocellular Carcinoma : A Prospective, Single-Arm, Multicenter, Phase 2 Study (STOPPER Trial)

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PURPOSE: While the role of drug-eluting beads transarterial chemoembolization (DEB-TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is established, questions regarding appropriate bead size for use in patients remain. This trial evaluated the effectiveness and safety of DEB-TACE using small-size (≤ 100 μm) microspheres loaded with epirubicin.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective, single-arm, multicenter study enrolled patients diagnosed with HCC who underwent DEB-TACE using 40 (range, 30-50), 75 (range, 60-90), or 100 (range, 75-125) μm epirubicin-loaded microspheres (TANDEM microspheres, Varian Medical). Bead size was at the discretion of treating physicians and based on tumor size and/or vascular structure. The primary outcome measure was 6-month objective response rate (ORR). Secondary outcome measures were 30-day and 3-month ORR, time to tumor progression and extrahepatic spread, proportion of progression-free survival and overall survival (OS) at one year, and incidence of treatment-associated adverse events.

RESULTS: Data from 108 patients from ten centers was analyzed. Six-month ORR was 73.3 and 71.3% based on European association for the study of the liver (EASL) and modified response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (mRECIST) criteria, respectively. Thirty-day ORR was 79.6% for both EASL and mRECIST criteria with 3-month ORR being 80.0 and 81.0%, respectively, for each criteria. One-year PPF and OS rate were 60.3 and 94.3%. There was a total of 30 SAEs reported to be likely to definitely associated with microsphere (n = 9), epirubicin (n = 9), or procedure (n = 12) with none resulting in death.

CONCLUSION: DEB-TACE using epirubicin-loaded small-sized (≤ 100 μm) microspheres demonstrates promising local tumor control and acceptable safety in patients with HCC.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrials.gov NCT03113955; registered April 14, 2017. Trial Registration Clinicaltrials.gov NCT03113955; registered April 14, 2017.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 2, Prospective, Non-randomized, Single-arm, study.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:47

Enthalten in:

Cardiovascular and interventional radiology - 47(2024), 3 vom: 27. März, Seite 325-336

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhu, Hai-Dong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiao [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Jun-Hui [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhao-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hai-Liang [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Zhi-Ping [VerfasserIn]
Shao, Guo-Liang [VerfasserIn]
He, Xiao-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Chao, Min [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Li-Gong [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Bin-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Teng, Gao-Jun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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80168379AG
Clinical Trial, Phase II
Doxorubicin
Epirubicin
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
TANDEM microspheres
Transarterial chemoembolization

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 11.03.2024

Date Revised 11.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03113955

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00270-024-03666-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369033515