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Dendritic Cell Vaccination to Prevent Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence After Liver Resection - Phase II Clinical Trial

NCT06193733 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 74

Last updated 2026-07-24

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Summary

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver tumor. Surgical resection remains the first choice for early-stage HCC because the result is superior to other treatments and not limited to liver donation. However, liver resection is criticized because the tumor recurrence rate is more than 50% in 5 years although the tumors are completely resected. In our large-scale study including 1639 patients with liver resection for HCC, the 1-, 3-, and 5-year disease-free survival were 73.7%, 58.3% and 53.3%, respectively. Currently, there are no effective treatments used as adjuvant therapy to prevent HCC recurrence. Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent professional antigen-presenting cells, and can capture tumor antigens to provoke antigen-specific cytotoxic T-cells. DCs pulsed with tumor-associated antigens can be used to conduct tumor-specific immunotherapy. Thereafter, DCs pulsed with HCC tumor antigens may be used as an adjuvant therapy to prevent HCC recurrence.

Conditions

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Autologous Dendritic Cell

Biological: Immunotherapy with dendritic cells

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-07-01
Primary Completion
2028-02-29
Completion
2028-02-29

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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Diseases

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