Jinlong Song, MD

CONTACT

Lead Sponsor

Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute

Age

18 - 80 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

•Patients newly diagnosed as HCC according to European Association for Study of the Liver criteria.
•BCLC stage B
•Child-Pugh class A
•ECOG performance status of 0
•Etiology: Hepatitis B virus(HBV) infection
•Written informed consent (approved by the Institutional Review Board \[IRB\]obtained prior to any study specific screening procedures
•Patient must be able to comply with the protocol
•Age 18-80 years
•Haematology:Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \> 1 x 109/L, Platelet count \> 40 x 109/L, Haemoglobin \> 9 g/dL (may be transfused to maintain or exceed this level) Prothrombin time international normalized ratio \< 1.5
•Biochemistry:Total bilirubin \< 2 mg/dL Serum creatinine \< 1.5 x the upper limit of normal
•Life expectancy of \> 3 months

•Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \< 5 x the upper limit of normal
•Other severe concomitant disease that may reduce life expectancy
•uncontrolled hypertension
•Pregnancy (positive serum pregnancy test) or lactation
•Uncontrolled hypertension
•Serious, non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture
•Currently or recent (within the 30 days prior to starting study treatment) treatment of another investigational drug or participation in another investigational study
•Clinically significant (i.e. active) cardiovascular disease for example cerebrovascular accidents ( ≤ 6 months prior to study entry), myocardial infarction ( ≤ 6 months prior to study entry), unstable angina, New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade II or greater congestive heart failure, serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication
•Evidence of other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates use of Sorafenib/TACE or patient at high risk from treatment complications