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NCT Number: NCT03778957

A Global Study to Evaluate Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) in Combination With Durvalumab and Bevacizumab Therapy in Patients With Locoregional Hepatocellular Carcinoma

A global study to evaluate transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) in combination with durvalumab and bevacizumab therapy in patients with locoregional hepatocellular carcinoma

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Key information

Age range

18 year–110 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Research Site, Benowa, Australia

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About this study

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter, global Phase III study to determine the efficacy and safety of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) treatment in combination with durvalumab monotherapy or TACE given with durvalumab plus bevacizumab therapy compared to TACE therapy alone in patients with locoregional hepatocellular carcinoma not amenable to curative therapy

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • No evidence of extrahepatic disease
  • Disease not amenable to curative surgery or transplantation or curative ablation but disease amenable to TACE
  • Child-Pugh score class A to B7 and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 at enrollment
  • Measurable disease by Modified Response Criteria in Solid Tumors (mRECIST) criteria
  • Adequate organ and marrow function

Key Exclusion Criteria

  • Any history of nephrotic or nephritic syndrome
  • Clinically significant cardiovascular disease or history of arterioembolic event including a stroke or myocardial infarction, unstable angina, cerebrovascular accident, or transient ischemic attack within 6 months prior to randomization
  • Any prior or current evidence of coagulopathy or bleeding diathesis or patients who had any kind of surgery in the past 28 days (biopsies are exempt from this exclusion)
  • History of abdominal fistula or GI perforation, non healed gastric ulcer that is refractory to treatment, or active GI bleeding within 6 months prior to enrollment
  • Patients with Vp3 and Vp4 portal vein thrombosis on baseline imaging are excluded

Treatment and study plan

Durvalumab

Drug

Durvalumab IV (intravenous)

Other names: MEDI4736

Bevacizumab

Drug

Bevacizumab IV (intravenous)

Other names: AVASTIN

Placebo

Other

Saline solution for Durvalumab and/or Bevacizumab masking (IV intravenous)

Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE)

Procedure

TACE (chemo and embolic agent injection into the hepatic artery)

Primary outcomes

  1. Progression Free Survival (PFS) for Arm B vs Arm C

    Time frame: Approximately 5 years

    PFS per Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) assessment will be defined as the time from the date of randomization until the date of first objective disease progression or death

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression Free Survival (PFS) for Arm A vs Arm C

    Time frame: Approximately 5 years

    PFS per Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) assessment will be defined as the time from the date of randomization until the date of first objective disease progression or death

  2. Overall Survival (OS)

    Time frame: Approximately 5 years

    OS is defined as the time from the date of randomization until death due to any cause

  3. Health status/quality of life measured by European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) 30-item core quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-C30)

    Time frame: Approximately 5 years

    Collection of patient reported outcome (PRO) measures to assess time to deterioration in global health status/quality of life (QoL), functioning (physical) and symptoms

  4. Disease-related symptoms measured by European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) 18-item hepatocellular cancer health-related quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-HCC18)

    Time frame: Approximately 5 years

    Collection of patient reported outcome (PRO) measures to assess time to deterioration in symptoms

Other outcomes

  1. Safety of Durvalumab and Bevacizumab as evaluated by summary of adverse events by treatment arm and CTCAE grade

    Time frame: Approximately 5 years

  2. Immunogenicity of Durvalumab and Bevacizumab as measured by presence of anti-drug antibodies (ADAs)

    Time frame: Approximately 5 years

  3. Pharmacokinetics (PK) of Durvalumab and Bevacizumab as determined by peak serum concentrations

    Time frame: Approximately 5 years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

AstraZeneca

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase III, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study of Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) in Combination With Either Durvalumab Monotherapy or Durvalumab Plus Bevacizumab Therapy in Patients With Locoregional Hepatocellular Carcinoma (EMERALD-1)

Acronym: EMERALD-1

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2026
First posted
Dec 19, 2018
Registry last updated
Jul 15, 2026

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