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Transarterial Chemoembolization With Low-Dose Bevacizumab Plus Atezolizumab as First-Line Treatment for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma

NCT07281664 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2025-12-15

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Summary

This study aims to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a combined treatment for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a type of liver cancer that cannot be removed by surgery. The treatment includes transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), which delivers chemotherapy directly into the liver tumor, together with low-dose bevacizumab and atezolizumab, two medicines that help the immune system fight cancer and inhibit tumor blood vessel growth.

All participants in this study will receive the same combination treatment as their first-line therapy. The study will observe how well the tumor responds, how long the treatment can control the cancer, and what side effects may occur. The goal is to learn whether this combined approach can provide clinical benefit and improve outcomes for patients with advanced, unresectable liver cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE)

The intervention consisted of TACE combined with low-dose bevacizumab and atezolizumab. TACE was performed within 30 days before or after systemic therapy. The choice between conventional TACE and DEB-TACE was determined by interventional radiologists, as both techniques show comparable efficacy. For DEB-TACE, epirubicin-loaded microspheres were used; for conventional TACE, an epirubicin-lipiodol emulsion was prepared. In all cases, the tumor-feeding artery was super-selectively catheterized, and embolization was performed to complete arterial stasis using gelatin sponge particles. Following TACE-induced ischemic and cytotoxic tumor control, patients received systemic therapy consisting of low-dose bevacizumab to attenuate post-TACE angiogenic rebound and atezolizumab to enhance antitumor immune activation. This sequential combination of locoregional therapy and dual-agent systemic therapy constitutes a distinct intervention compared with standard TACE or systemic therapy alone.

DRUG

bevacizumab and atezolizumab

Low dose bevacizumab and atezolizumab

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mingsheng Huang, M.D. & Ph.D · Department of Interventional Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-01-01
Primary Completion
2028-12-31
Completion
2029-12-31

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