Atezolizumab and Bevacizumab Pre-Liver Transplantation for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Beyond Milan Criteria

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 4
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorThe Methodist Hospital Research Institute

About this trial

Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) beyond Milan Criteria (MC) who are transplant-eligible will be treated with 6 months of neoadjuvant/downstaging atezolizumab plus bevacizumab while receiving standard of care transarterial chemoembolization (TACE). We hypothesize that atezolizumab and bevacizumab can appropriately bridge patients with HCC beyond MC to transplantation and not increase the risk of 1-year post-transplant rejection.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Male or female, aged ≥18 years old at the time of signing Informed Consent Form

Measurable or evaluable disease per RECIST v1.1 or mRECIST of unresectable HCC outside of Milan criteria

Histologically proven HCC, without extrahepatic disease. Patients who consent to a fresh tissue biopsy, and under the discretion of the Investigators, will provide a baseline biopsy sample for diagnosis and correlative studies. Archival tumor tissue may be used to confirm HCC in patients who do not consent to a fresh tissue biopsy.

Prior remote LRT is allowed if new lesions or local disease recurrence are present

Disqualifiers

Known fibrolamellar HCC, sacromatoid HCC, or mixed cholangiocarcinoma and HCC

Previous systemic therapy for HCC prior to study enrollment

Planned or prior multi-organ transplant or prior solid organ or allogeneic stem cell transplantation

History of Grade ≥4 venous thromboembolism

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Atezolizumab
  • Bevacizumab

Treatment groups

24 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators