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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00149565
Date of registration: 07/09/2005
Primary sponsor: National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
Public title: Phase ? Randomized Trial in Postoperative Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Scientific title: Hepatocellular Carcinoma Postoperative Adjuvant Therapy Disease Committee of Taiwan Cooperative Oncology Group
Date of first enrolment: October 1997
Target sample size: 268
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00149565
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:   Li-Tzong Chen, Ph.D.
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Affiliation:  Hepatocellular Carcinoma Postoperative Adjuvant Therapy Disease Committee of TCOG
Name:   Pei-Jer Chen, Ph.D.
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Affiliation:  Hepatocellular Carcinoma Postoperative Adjuvant Therapy Disease Committee of TCOG
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

- Inclusion Criteria:

1. Histologically proven hepatocellular carcinoma.

2. HCC underwent curative resection within 6 weeks before registration.

3. Grossly, the resection margin should be > 1 cm.

4. Patients must be younger than 70 year-old.

5. Patients must have a performance status of ECOG score < 2.

6. Patients must have adequate liver reservation and adequate hemogram.

7. Pugh-Child‘s Score < 7.

8. The serum total bilirubin level are < 2 mg/dl.

9. The prothrombin times are < 3 sec above normal control.

10. The platelet are > 10 x 104 / mm3.

11. The WBC are > 3,000 / mm3.

12. Patient must have serum creatinine < 1.5 mg/dl

13. Cardiac function with NYHA classification < Grade II

14. Known HBV or HCV status.

15. Signed informed consent.

- Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who have non-curative resection are not eligible.

2. Resected HCCs with histologically positive margins are not eligible.

3. HCCs with radiological evidence of portal vein thrombus are not eligible.

4. Patients with other systemic diseases which required concurrent usage of
glucocorticosteroid or immunosuppressant agent(s) are not eligible.

5. Patients with advanced second primary malignancy are not eligible.

6. Patients with pregnacy or breast-feeding are not eligible.

7. Patients with severe cardiopulmonary diseases are not eligible.

8. Patients with clinically significant psychiatric disorder are not eligible.

9. Patients who had antineoplastic chemotherapeutic or immuno-therapeutic drugs or
corticosteroids within 6 weeks of commencing the protocol are not eligible.



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Intervention(s)
Drug: IFN-a2b
Primary Outcome(s)
134 patients for each of the two treatment arms are needed.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
T1297
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
China Medical University Hospital
Mackay Memorial Hospital
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei Veterans General Hospital,Taiwan
Tri-Service General Hospital
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