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A Prospective Study of Memantine in Patients With Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer

Phase II / Phase III Interventional Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cirrhosis

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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Namenda.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Cirrhosis. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
United States
Next step
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Official title

A Prospective Cohort Study of Single Agent Memantine in Patients With Child-Pugh Score ≥ B7 Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Overview

This is a single-site prospective study to describe efficacy endpoints of single agent memantine in patients with unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic HCC otherwise not deemed candidates for intensive systemic therapy. In addition to the primary endpoint and multiple secondary efficacy endpoints, we will describe changes in quality of life on treatment over time.

Interventions

  • Drug Namenda
    Memantine 5 mg by mouth once daily, to be titrated up to 20 mg daily

Primary outcome measures

  • Patients Progression Free Survival at 6 months [Time frame: 6 months from the start of treatment]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18 or older.
  • Patients have newly diagnosed and previously untreated, histologically or radiologically confirmed hepatocellular carcinoma with at least one lesion that is measurable by RECIST 1.1 criteria. A prior HCC lesion that was treated surgically or by radiation is allowed as long as it was at least 2 years or more from the current HCC diagnosis.
  • Patient's cancer must be deemed locally advanced and unresectable as per the consensus of the Inova Multidisciplinary Cancer Care Conference.
  • Patients must have a Child-Pugh cirrhosis score of B7 or greater and deemed not a candidate for aggressive systemic treatment.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status of 0-2.
  • Patients must have adequate blood counts and organ function.
  • Memantine is harmful to the human fetus. For this reason, sexually active males with partners of childbearing potential must agree to use an accepted and effective method of contraception prior to study entry and for the duration of the study. Women of child bearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test result within 24 hours prior to initiation of study treatment. They must also agree to use agree to use an accepted and effective method of contraception prior to study entry and for the duration of the study.
  • Patients must demonstrate ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
  • Men and women, regardless of race, ethnic group or sexual orientation are eligible for this study.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with Child-Pugh A cirrhosis.
  • Female patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding.
  • Concomitant illness or history that would prevent adequate patient assessment or in the investigators' opinion pose an added risk for study participants.
  • Life-threatening intercurrent illness.
  • Anticipated poor compliance.
  • Subject is enrolled in a separate interventional clinical trial.
  • Active tuberculosis.
  • Significant cardiovascular disease (such as New York Heart Association Class II or greater cardiac disease, myocardial infarction, or cerebrovascular accident) within 3 months prior to initiation of study treatment, unstable arrhythmia, or unstable angina.
  • Known fibrolamellar HCC, sarcomatoid HCC, or mixed cholangiocarcinoma and HCC.
  • Uncontrolled tumor-related pain. Patients requiring pain medication must be on a stable regimen at study entry for at least 10 days prior to study entry.
  • Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to initiation of study treatment.
  • Symptomatic, untreated, or actively progressing central nervous system (CNS) metastases.
  • Patients undergoing other anti-cancer treatment. Palliative radiation for symptom control will be allowed while on protocol.

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
N/A
Model
Single group
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Treatment

Study locations

United States · 2 centers
  • Inova Schar Cancer Institute — Fairfax
  • Inova Health Care Service — Falls Church

Publications

  • Cabrera R, Nelson DR. Review article: the management of hepatocellular carcinoma. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2010 Feb 15;31(4):461-76. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.04200.x. Epub 2009 Nov 19. PMID 19925500
  • Rawla P, Sunkara T, Muralidharan P, Raj JP. Update in global trends and aetiology of hepatocellular carcinoma. Contemp Oncol (Pozn). 2018;22(3):141-150. doi: 10.5114/wo.2018.78941. Epub 2018 Sep 30. PMID 30455585
  • El-Serag HB, Kanwal F. Epidemiology of hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States: where are we? Where do we go? Hepatology. 2014 Nov;60(5):1767-75. doi: 10.1002/hep.27222. Epub 2014 Aug 25. No abstract available. PMID 24839253
  • El-Serag HB, Davila JA, Petersen NJ, McGlynn KA. The continuing increase in the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States: an update. Ann Intern Med. 2003 Nov 18;139(10):817-23. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-10-200311180-00009. PMID 14623619
  • Liu P, Xie SH, Hu S, Cheng X, Gao T, Zhang C, Song Z. Age-specific sex difference in the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States. Oncotarget. 2017 Jul 12;8(40):68131-68137. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.19245. eCollection 2017 Sep 15. PMID 28978103
  • Kim E, Viatour P. Hepatocellular carcinoma: old friends and new tricks. Exp Mol Med. 2020 Dec;52(12):1898-1907. doi: 10.1038/s12276-020-00527-1. Epub 2020 Dec 2. PMID 33268834
  • Amit S, Jorge A M. Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2008 Mar;4(3):201-8. PMID 21904498
  • Singal AG, Lampertico P, Nahon P. Epidemiology and surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma: New trends. J Hepatol. 2020 Feb;72(2):250-261. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.08.025. PMID 31954490

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06007846 · U23-01-4957

Primary sources (government registries)

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