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NCT Number: NCT05466565

Antiviral Therapy for Patients With Liver Cancer After Surgery

This is a single-center, prospective, observational, real world study designed to evaluate the effects of peginterferon α-2b(pegabin) combined with nucleoside (acid) analogs (entecavir,ETV tenofovir,TDF tenofovir alafenamide,TAF) on patients after radical surgery for hepatitis B associated hepatocellular carcinoma by collecting data from patients at our hospital

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Key information

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

Changsha, Hunan, 417100, China

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Ledu Zhou, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

17373120367

About this study

In this study, patients eligible for conventional oral antiviral therapy (ETV, TDF and TAF) after radical surgery for HBV-HCC will be screened, and the subjects who fully meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be included in the study after signing the informed consent letter according to the different treatment regiments received by the patients. Baseline information will be collected and relevant test and examination data will be collected at fixed time points after the initiation of treatment. Enrolled patients will be divided into three groups according to treatment regiments: GROUP A, group B and group C. Each group is expected to include 120 subjects, and A total of 360 subjects will be collected Group A: patients in the nucleoside analogues alone group who planned or were receiving entecavir (ETV) tenofovir fumarate (TDF) propofol tenofovir fumarate (TAF) and did not add or switch to peg interferin A-2B program Group B: peG-interferon continuous administration group, subjects were given oral antiviral drugs from day 2 after surgery, and peg-interferon α-2b was combined with peg-interferon α -2B from week 4 to 8 after surgery, until peg-interferon was stopped and antiviral drugs were continued after 96 weeks Group C: polyethylene glycol interferon pulse treatment group, the subjects since 2 days after oral antiviral drugs, at the same time of 4 to 8 week after any point in time with polyethylene glycol interferon alpha 2 b, 8 weeks after stopping each combination (keep continuous oral NA) during 4 weeks, periodic, until weeks after stop using polyethylene glycol (peg) 96 interferon, continue to oral antiviral drugs Follow the instructions for oral antiviral drug administration Patients returned to the study center at weeks 4, 8, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, and every 12 weeks thereafter, with a 7-day treatment window and a 15-day follow-up window, until 5 years or study termination Regardless of the reason for discontinuing the study drug therapy, the investigator should try to persuade the patient to continue to complete the 5-year survival follow-up and collect the following information: patient survival status and subsequent treatment options (including targeted therapy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery and immunotherapy) The primary outcome measures were recurrence free survival (RFS), and the secondary outcome measures were the decrease of HBsAg relative to baseline and the dynamic change of cccDNA clearance rate (OS), which could be used to comprehensively compare the efficacy of combined treatment with peginterferon α-2b after radical surgery

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • 1. Age: 18-65 years old, gender is not limited; 2. Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after radical surgical resection or radiofrequency ablation; 3. HBsAg positive; 4. Intraoperative pathology showed no residual incision margin, and imaging confirmed as complete remission (CR) within 4 weeks after operation; 5. The investigator evaluates that they can receive peginterferon and nucleoside (acid) analog therapy; 6. Sign the informed consent form and be able to comply with the requirements of the program; if the patient cannot sign the informed consent form, his/her legal guardian or agent must sign it.

Exclusion criteria

  • 1. Are receiving hepatotoxic drugs, immunosuppressants or targeted drug therapy, or receiving adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery; 2. Past or concurrent with other malignant tumors, except for cured skin basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma and cervical carcinoma in situ; 3. Those who are allergic to interferon alpha and its drug components, and those who are judged by the investigator to be unsuitable for the use of interferon alpha; 4. Combined with HAV, HCV, HDV, HEV, HIV infection, alcoholic liver disease, genetic metabolic liver disease, drug-induced liver disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and other chronic liver diseases; combined with autoimmune diseases, including autoimmune liver disease, Psoriasis, etc.; 5. Neutrophil count < 1.5 x 109 cells/L or platelet count < 80 x 109 cells/L; 6. Creatinine is higher than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal; 7. Patients with serious diseases of the heart, lung, kidney, brain, blood and other important organs; 8. Patients with severe neurological and psychiatric diseases (such as epilepsy, depression, mania, seizures, schizophrenia, etc.); 9. Unstable control of diabetes, hypertension, thyroid disease, etc.; history of severe retinopathy or patients with retinopathy shown by other evidence; 10. Child-Pugh is graded C; 11. Drug abuse or alcoholism; 12. Infection, hemorrhage or other postoperative complications deemed unsuitable to participate in the study during the baseline examination; the baseline examination indicates the recurrence and metastasis of liver cancer; 13. Pregnant or breastfeeding women or patients who have a pregnancy plan and are unwilling to contracept during the study period; 14. The investigator believes that the subject's current condition is not suitable for participating in this study; 15. Patients who participate in other clinical research trials at the same time.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. recurrence-free survival time

    Time frame: 240 weeks

    no new liver cancer

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall survival (OS)

    Time frame: 240 weeks

    Overall survival time of patients after radical resection of liver cancer

  2. HBsAg reduction relative to baseline

    Time frame: 240 weeks

    Changes of HBsAg after antiviral therapy

  3. Dynamic changes of cccDNA

    Time frame: 240 weeks

    Changes of cccDNA content in stem cells

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Ledu Zhou, PhD student

CONTACT

[email protected]

17373120367

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Exploratory Study on Optimized Antiviral Strategy After Radical Resection of Hepatitis B-related Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Jul 20, 2022
Registry last updated
Jul 20, 2022

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