A Prospective Study of Memantine in Patients With Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer
NCT ID: NCT06007846
Last Updated: 2025-09-30
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
PHASE2/PHASE3
12 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-07-31
2026-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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SINGLE_GROUP
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Arm 1
Namenda
Memantine 5 mg by mouth once daily, to be titrated up to 20 mg daily
Interventions
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Namenda
Memantine 5 mg by mouth once daily, to be titrated up to 20 mg daily
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. 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.
3. Patient's cancer must be deemed locally advanced and unresectable as per the consensus of the Inova Multidisciplinary Cancer Care Conference.
4. Patients must have a Child-Pugh cirrhosis score of B7 or greater and deemed not a candidate for aggressive systemic treatment.
5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status of 0-2.
6. Patients must have adequate blood counts and organ function.
7. 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.
8. Patients must demonstrate ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
9. Men and women, regardless of race, ethnic group or sexual orientation are eligible for this study.
Exclusion Criteria
2. Female patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding.
3. Concomitant illness or history that would prevent adequate patient assessment or in the investigators' opinion pose an added risk for study participants.
4. Life-threatening intercurrent illness.
5. Anticipated poor compliance.
6. Subject is enrolled in a separate interventional clinical trial.
7. Active tuberculosis.
8. 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.
9. Known fibrolamellar HCC, sarcomatoid HCC, or mixed cholangiocarcinoma and HCC.
10. 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.
11. Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to initiation of study treatment.
12. Symptomatic, untreated, or actively progressing central nervous system (CNS) metastases.
13. Patients undergoing other anti-cancer treatment. Palliative radiation for symptom control will be allowed while on protocol.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Inova Health Care Services
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Arthur Winer, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Inova Health Care Service
Locations
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Inova Schar Cancer Institute
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Inova Health Care Service
Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Elahe Mollapour
Role: primary
Keary Jane't
Role: backup
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Other Identifiers
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U23-01-4957
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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