Status:

COMPLETED

PI-88 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Hepatectomy

Lead Sponsor:

Cellxpert Biotechnology Corp.

Collaborating Sponsors:

Medigen Biotechnology Corporation

Conditions:

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of PI-88 to inhibit or reduce tumor recurrence in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma following hepatectomy.

Detailed Description

Although early diagnosis and treatment improve survival, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is rarely cured and recurs frequently after regional therapy or transplantation. Hepatic resection can improve 5...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients have voluntarily given written informed consent
  • Age ≥ 18 years but ≤ 75 years
  • Males or females
  • Histological diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma
  • Curative hepatectomy within the past 4-6 weeks
  • ECOG performance status of 0 to 2
  • Cardiac functional capacity ≤ to class II (New York Heart Association)
  • Patients with adequate renal, hepatic, and haematopoietic function as defined by:
  • Serum creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dL
  • Total bilirubin \< 2.5 mg/dL
  • Neutrophil count \> 1.5 x 10\^9/L
  • ALT \< 5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • White blood cell (WBC) count ≥ 3 x 10\^9/L
  • Platelet count ≥ 80 x 10\^9/L
  • Prothrombin time international normalized ratio (PT-INR) ≤ 1.3 (or PT-INR ≤ 1.4 but PT within normal range)
  • Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) \< ULN

Exclusion

  • Patients with history of allergy and/or hypersensitivity to anticoagulants/thrombolytic agents, especially heparin.
  • Patients with history of immune mediated thrombocytopenia, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, or other platelet disease
  • Patients with previous positive result in a heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) antibody test.
  • Patients with any tumour metastasis.
  • Patients with uncontrolled infection or serious infection within the past 4 weeks.
  • Patients with myocardial infarction, stroke, or congestive heart failure within the past 3 months.
  • Patients with history of inflammatory bowel disease, any other abnormal bleeding tendency, or patients at risk of bleeding due to open wounds or planned surgery.
  • Patients with acute or chronic gastrointestinal bleeding within the past 1 year.
  • Patients with a history of drug abuse or psychiatric disorder.
  • Patients with known HIV infection or AIDS-related illness.
  • Patients who received other investigational or anti-neoplastic medication within the past 4 weeks.
  • Use of aspirin, aspirin-containing medications, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (except for COX-2 inhibitors), heparin, low molecular weight heparin, warfarin, anti-platelet drugs, or any other anticoagulant medications 2 weeks prior to or during the study period.
  • Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding.
  • Women of child-bearing potential who are not using an adequate method of contraception.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

172 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00247728

Start Date

June 1 2004

End Date

June 1 2008

Last Update

June 23 2022

Active Locations (6)

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Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, 813-46

2

China Medical University Hospital

Taichung, Taiwan, 404

3

Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Taichung, Taiwan, 407

4

National Cheng Kung University Hospital

Tainan, Taiwan, 704