Huaier Granule for Prevention of Recurrence and Metastasis of Hepatocarcinoma After Radical Hepatectomy

NCT ID: NCT01770431

Last Updated: 2017-10-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

1044 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-08-31

Study Completion Date

2016-08-31

Brief Summary

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To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Huaier Granule for prevention of recurrence and metastasis of hepatocarcinoma after radical hepatectomy.

Detailed Description

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A Multicenter, Randomized, Paralleled control Clinical Study Investigating Huaier Granule for Prevention of Recurrence and Metastasis of Hepatocarcinoma after Radical Hepatectomy,to evaluate the efficacy and safety.

Conditions

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Hepatic Carcinoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Huaier Granule group

Huaier Granule group; specifications: 20g / bag; manufacturer: Qidong Gaitianli Medicines Co., Ltd..

Administration: the Huaier Granule Electuary should be orally taken from the 15th day after surgery. Usage: Huaier Granule Electuary is continuously taken three times per day, 20g per time, until 96 weeks after surgery or until study termination. The subjects should not take any other anticancer drugs or immunomodulatory agents, except for Huaier Granule.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Huaier Granule

Intervention Type DRUG

Huaier Granule is a traditional Chinese medicine, 20g / time, 3 times/day,Po.

Bank-control group

Blank-control group, not taking Huaier Granule, other anticancer drugs, or immunomodulatory agents.

During the study, patients who need antiviral therapy, in both the test group and control group, can be treated according to the therapeutic principles.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Huaier Granule

Huaier Granule is a traditional Chinese medicine, 20g / time, 3 times/day,Po.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Huaier

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age: ≥ 18 and ≤ 75 years, both male and female;
* Radical hepatectomy has been performed for hepatocellular carcinoma;
* The hepatocellular carcinoma has been confirmed by pathological examination;
* Barcelona clinic liver cancer(BCLC) stage A or B;
* Not receiving any preoperative anticancer drug;
* The liver and kidney function satisfies the following conditions within 15 days after surgery (excluding day 15): aspartate aminotransferase(AST), glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase(ALT)\<3 upper limit of normal(ULN), total bilirubin≤2ULN, serum creatinine \<1.5 ULN;
* Other laboratory tests meet the following requirements within 15 days after surgery (excluding day 15): Hb≥9g/dl, platelet count≥60×109/L, absolute neutrophil count\>1.0×109/L;
* The expected survival time ≥ 12 weeks;
* The subjects volunteer to sign the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

* Hepatocellular carcinoma patients who received non-radical hepatectomy;
* Non-hepatocellular carcinoma patients;
* Those with Child-Pugh C;
* Pregnant or lactating women;
* Those with active bleeding due to various reasons;
* Those with HIV infection or AIDS-associated diseases;
* Those with severe acute and chronic diseases;
* Those with severe diabetes;
* Those with serious infectious diseases;
* Those who can not take drugs by oral route;
* Drug abusers or those with psychological or mental diseases that may interfere with study compliance;
* Conditions that are considered not suitable for this study investigators
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Huazhong University of Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Qidong Gaitianli Medicines Co., Ltd

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Xiaoping Chen, Professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Locations

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Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Wuhan, Hubei, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

References

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Chen Q, Shu C, Laurence AD, Chen Y, Peng BG, Zhen ZJ, Cai JQ, Ding YT, Li LQ, Zhang YB, Zheng QC, Xu GL, Li B, Zhou WP, Cai SW, Wang XY, Wen H, Peng XY, Zhang XW, Dai CL, Bie P, Xing BC, Fu ZR, Liu LX, Mu Y, Zhang L, Zhang QS, Jiang B, Qian HX, Wang YJ, Liu JF, Qin XH, Li Q, Yin P, Zhang ZW, Chen XP. Effect of Huaier granule on recurrence after curative resection of HCC: a multicentre, randomised clinical trial. Gut. 2018 Nov;67(11):2006-2016. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-315983. Epub 2018 May 25.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29802174 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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HE-201101

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id