Holmium-166 Transarterial Radioembolization for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Обзор

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Holmium-166 (Ho-166) transarterial radioembolization (TARE) for treating patients with locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a common type of liver cancer. HCC is often linked to conditions like liver cirrhosis and viral hepatitis, with a poor prognosis for advanced stages. TARE involves delivering radioactive particles directly to liver tumors, sparing healthy tissue and providing targeted radiation. This study will include patients diagnosed with HCC who have received Holmium-166 TARE treatment between January 2010 and December 2024. Researchers will look at patient and tumor characteristics, side effects, how well the treatment works, and survival outcomes. The goal is to determine whether Holmium-166 TARE is a safe and effective treatment option for people with locally advanced HCC. The findings will help doctors better understand how this therapy can be used to treat liver cancer and whether it can improve survival rates for patients with this challenging disease.

Подробное описание

This study investigates the use of Holmium-166 (Ho-166) transarterial radioembolization (TARE) as a treatment for patients with locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a primary liver cancer. The research focuses on evaluating both the safety and effectiveness of this therapeutic approach in patients who have been diagnosed with HCC and treated with Ho-166 TARE between January 2010 and December 2024.

HCC is a highly aggressive cancer that commonly arises in individuals with liver cirrhosis, often due to underlying chronic viral hepatitis or metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD). As the disease progresses, treatment options become limited, particularly in cases where the cancer has reached advanced stages with symptoms, vascular invasion, or extrahepatic spread. Holmium-166 TARE is an interventional procedure that involves delivering microspheres containing the radioactive isotope Holmium-166 directly to the tumor site via the hepatic artery. This targeted radiation therapy is designed to maximize tumor destruction while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy liver tissue.

The study will retrospectively analyze the medical records of patients who received Ho-166 TARE as part of their treatment plan. This includes examining factors such as patient demographics, tumor characteristics, treatment-related side effects or toxicity, radiologic response to the therapy, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). The primary aim is to assess whether Ho-166 TARE provides a significant benefit in terms of tumor response, survival outcomes, and safety when compared to other treatment modalities.

Pre-treatment planning for Holmium-166 TARE involves a detailed assessment of the liver's blood supply through angiography and the use of cone-beam CT and SPECT/CT scans to guide precise delivery of the radioactive microspheres. The dosage is tailored to each patient, aiming to deliver over 150 Gy to the tumor while keeping the healthy liver dose below critical thresholds.

By focusing on a diverse patient population with locally advanced HCC, this study seeks to provide important data that could help refine treatment strategies for liver cancer. The results may support the broader use of Ho-166 TARE in clinical practice, especially for patients who are not eligible for curative treatments like surgery or liver transplantation.

Вмешательства

• Другое Baseline assessment
  demographic information (age, gender, ethnicity), relevant medical, surgical and oncological history (number and types of previous treatments), clinical assessment (including Child Pugh score, BCLC stage), functional assessment (ECOG performance status), baseline laboratory findings (liver and kidney function, AFP tumor marker,..), date of diagnosis, baseline imaging characteristics (number, size, location of lesions, portal vein thrombosis, TNM stage) and if available histopathological diagnosi
• Лучевая терапия holmium-166 radioembolization
  Characteristics of treatment: treatment date, predicted target dose in Gy, predicted non-target dose in Gy, target volume in mL, whole liver volume in mL, administered activity in GBq, tumor absorbed dose, normal liver-absorbed dose Aim of TARE: palliative or curative/downstaging
• Другое Follow-up phase
  The following data on the performed monitoring after the procedure with clinical assessment, imaging modalities and blood samples as determined by the center, will be collected retrospectively: * Response: tumor response on imaging, tumor marker (AFP levels) at 3, 6 and 12 months after Ho166-TARE, and thereafter every 6 months until last follow-up or death, date of progression, time to progression after treatment * Toxicity and safety: side effects, adverse events, hepatic function parameters,

Первичные конечные точки

• efficacy of Holmium-166 TARE in patients with locally advanced HCC [Срок оценки: through study completion, on average 60 months]
• efficacy of Holmium-166 TARE in patients with locally advanced HCC [Срок оценки: through study completion, on average 60 months]

Вторичные конечные точки (1)

• progression-free survival (PFS), time to disease progression and toxicity and safety during follow-up [Срок оценки: through study completion, on average 60 months]

Критерии участия

Критерии включения

• aged 18 year or older
• diagnosed with locally advanced HCC without extra-hepatic metastases
• HCC must not be amendable to treatment by surgical resection or percutaneous radiofrequency ablation
• after assessment by the investigator and multidisciplinary tumor board, the patient is considered suitable for protocol treatment with Holmium-166 TARE
• ECOG performance status 0-2
• child-Pugh A-B
• tumor response evaluable with mRECIST criteria during follow-up

Критерии исключения

• prior treatment with any of the following treatment modalities for HCC: systemic therapy, hepatic radiation therapy
• currently enrolled in clinical studies where patient receive investigational therapeutic drug
• metastatic disease
• concurrent malignancy
• active contra-indications to angiography or selective catherization (i.e. severe vascular disease or bleeding diathesis)
• uncontrolled and/or severe comorbidities (active infection, heart failure,...) with limited estimated life expectancy
• history of or know allergic reactions to used compounds

Критерии приведены из реестра в оригинале (на английском). Окончательную оценку соответствия проводит исследовательский центр.

Здоровые добровольцы: Нет

Дизайн исследования

Модель наблюдения

Когортное

Центры проведения

Бельгия · 1 центр

• UZ Brussel — Brussels

Идентификаторы

NCT: NCT06873269 · TARE for HCC

Первоисточники (государственные реестры)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH, США)

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