Predicting Survival After Surgical Resection for the Entire Spectrum of Anatomically Resectable HCC

NCT ID: NCT06294808

Last Updated: 2025-11-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 1043 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-07-17
• Study Completion Date: 2020-06-30

Brief Summary

Clinical outcomes after surgical resection in HCC is a continuum and is clearly related to tumor burden but needs better definition. The researchers describe the use of the "metro ticket" approach to analyze surgical outcomes over the whole spectrum of anatomically resectable HCC to define overall survival including intermediate stage tumors (BCLC B). The analysis the researchers provide in this study enables the clinician to select the optimal surgical resection candidate based on robust long term survival data.

In addition, study compares outcome for open surgery vs laparoscopic surgery, survival outcome for viral and non-viral HCC using Albumin-Bilirubin (ALBI) for more comprehensive study result.

On top of that, non-HBV, non-HCV (NBNC) hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is generally associated with poorer tumor characteristics. However, it remains unclear whether this leads to worse post-resection survival compared to viral-related HCC. This study evaluates the prognostic impact of viral status and liver function on post-resection survival outcomes between NBNC and viral HCC patients.

This retrospective study also aims to determine if HCC of viral and non-viral etiologies have different clinical outcomes after surgical resection when tumor burden and liver function are considered.

Detailed Description

Patients who underwent surgical resection (both open surgery and laparoscopic surgery) for HCC from 1st January 2000 to 30th June 2018 by the joint hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery service at the Singapore Healthcare Group of Hospitals (Singapore General Hospital and the National Cancer Centre Singapore) were retrospectively identified from a prospectively kept institutional database.

The assessment of the size, number of nodules and vascular invasion of HCC were based on pre-operative CT/MRI imaging and pathological assessment of the resected specimens. All resections were histologically confirmed as HCC. Patients with macrovascular invasion and extrahepatic invasion were excluded from analysis as were patients resected for other palliative intents (e.g. ruptured HCC).

Conditions

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Resectable

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Unequivocal diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) by histology

2. Patients who underwent surgical resection for HCC

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients who underwent liver resection for other malignancies ie cholangiocarcinoma

2. Patients with HCC who did not undergo liver resection.

3. Patients with HCC who underwent liver transplant.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 21 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Singapore General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

National Cancer Centre, Singapore

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Pierce Chow, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Cancer Centre, Singapore

Locations

National Cancer Centre, Singapore

Singapore, , Singapore

Singapore General Hospital

Singapore, , Singapore

Countries

Singapore

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Other Identifiers

2017-2601

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id