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Registration number
NCT01730937
Ethics application status
Date submitted
15/11/2012
Date registered
21/11/2012
Date last updated
11/10/2023

Titles & IDs
Public title
Sorafenib Tosylate With or Without Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer
Scientific title
Randomized Phase III Study of Sorafenib Versus Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Followed by Sorafenib in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
NCI-2012-02057
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RTOG-1112
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Adult Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma 0 0
Advanced Adult Primary Liver Cancer 0 0
Recurrent Adult Primary Liver Cancer 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Non melanoma skin cancer
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Kidney
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Liver
Oral and Gastrointestinal 0 0 0 0
Other diseases of the mouth, teeth, oesophagus, digestive system including liver and colon

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Sorafenib
Treatment: Other - stereotactic body radiation therapy

Active Comparator: Sorafenib Alone - 400 mg sorafenib twice a day for 28-day cycle. Continue up to 5 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Experimental: SBRT followed by Sorafenib - 27.5 Gy to 50 Gy stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in 5 fractions 24-72 hours apart over 5-15 days followed within 1-5 days by one cycle of 200 mg sorafenib twice a day. Starting with second cycle, if tolerable, increase to 400 mg sorafenib twice a day. Continue up to 5 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.


Treatment: Drugs: Sorafenib
By mouth (PO)

Treatment: Other: stereotactic body radiation therapy
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), and proton therapy are allowed.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Intervention code [2] 0 0
Treatment: Other
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Overall Survival
Timepoint [1] 0 0
From randomization to last follow-up: weekly during SBRT, post-SBRT/pre-sorafenib, monthly during sorafenib, and overall, from study entry: every 3 months for 2 years, then every 6 months. Maximum follow-up at time of analysis was 7.6 years.
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Time to Progression
Timepoint [1] 0 0
From randomization to last follow-up: weekly during SBRT, post-SBRT/pre-sorafenib, monthly during sorafenib, and overall, from study entry: every 3 months for 2 years, then every 6 months. Maximum follow-up at time of analysis was 7.6 years.
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Progression-free Survival
Timepoint [2] 0 0
From randomization to last follow-up: weekly during SBRT, post-SBRT/pre-sorafenib, monthly during sorafenib, and overall, from study entry: every 3 months for 2 years, then every 6 months. Maximum follow-up at time of analysis was 7.6 years.
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Number of Participants by Highest Grade Adverse Event Reported
Timepoint [3] 0 0
From randomization to last follow-up: weekly during SBRT, post-SBRT/pre-sorafenib, monthly during sorafenib, and overall, from study entry: every 3 months for 2 years, then every 6 months. Maximum follow-up at time of analysis was 7.6 years.
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With Improvement in the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Hepatobiliary (FACT-Hep) Total Score 6 Months After the Start of Treatment
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Baseline and 6 months
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Best Vascular Thrombosis Response up to the Time of Progressive Disease (if Applicable)
Timepoint [5] 0 0
From randomization to last follow-up. Imaging occurs every 3 months for two years then every six months. Maximum follow-up at time of analysis was 7.6 years.
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Quality Adjusted Life Years
Timepoint [6] 0 0
The EQ-5D-5L is administered at baseline, six months and one year.

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Patients must have a diagnosis of HCC by at least one criterion listed below within
360 days prior to study entry:

- Pathologically (histologically or cytologically) proven diagnosis of
HCC,(biopsies are recommended, and are to be submitted for research evaluation if
patients consent)

- At least one solid liver lesion or vascular tumor thrombosis (involving portal
vein, inferior vena cava (IVC) and/or hepatic vein) > 1 cm with arterial
enhancement and delayed washout on multi-phasic computerized tomography (CT) or
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the setting of cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis
B or C without cirrhosis.

- For patients whose CURRENT disease is vascular only: enhancing vascular
thrombosis (involving portal vein, IVC and/or hepatic vein) demonstrating early
arterial enhancement and delayed washout on multi-phasic CT or MRI in a patient
with known HCC (diagnosed previously <720 days) using the above criteria.

- Measureable hepatic disease and/or presence of vascular tumor thrombosis (involving
portal vein, IVC and/or hepatic vein) which may not be measureable as per Response
Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) on liver CT or MRI, within 28 days of
registration

- Appropriate for protocol entry based upon the following minimum diagnostic workup:

- History/physical examination including examination for encephalopathy, ascites,
weight, height, and blood pressure within 14 days prior to study entry

- Assessment by radiation oncologist and medical oncologist or hepatologist who
specializes in treatment of HCC within 28 days prior to study entry

- Pre-randomization Scan (REQUIRED for All Patients): Within 28 days prior to study
entry, multiphasic liver CT or multiphasic liver MR scan.

- Within 28 days prior to study entry CT chest with CT or MR abdomen and CT or MR
pelvis, or positron emission tomography (PET) CT chest/abdomen/pelvis.

- Zubrod performance status 0-2 within 28 days prior to study entry

- All blood work obtained within 14 days prior to study entry with adequate organ marrow
function defined as follows:

- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,500 cells/mm^3

- Platelets >= 60,000 cells/mm^3

- Hemoglobin >= 8.0 g/dl (note: the use of transfusion or other intervention to
achieve hemoglobin [Hgb] >= 8.0 g/dl is acceptable)

- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) < 6 times
upper limit of normal (ULN)

- Serum creatinine =< 2 x ULN or creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min

- Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage: intermediate (B) or advanced (C) within 28
days prior to study entry

- Child-Pugh score A within 14 days prior to study entry

- Women of childbearing potential and male participants must agree to practice adequate
contraception while on study and for at least 6 months following the last dose of
radiation therapy (RT) and for at least 28 days following the last dose of sorafenib
(whichever is later)

- Unsuitable for resection or transplant or radiofrequency ablation (RFA)

- Unsuitable for or refractory to transarterial hepatic chemo-embolization (TACE) or
drug eluting beads (DEB) for any of the following reasons, as described by Raoul et al
(2011):

- Technical contraindications: arteriovenous fistula, including, surgical
portosystemic shunt or spontaneous portosystemic shunt

- Severe reduction in portal vein flow: due to tumor portal vein, IVC or atrial
invasion or bland portal vein occlusion

- Medical contraindications including congestive heart failure, angina, severe
peripheral vascular disease

- Presence of extrahepatic disease

- No response post TACE (or DEB) or progressive HCC despite TACE; prior TACE or DEB
is allowed but must be > 28 days from study entry

- Serious toxicity following prior TACE (or DEB); prior TACE or DEB must be > 28
days from study entry

- Other medical comorbidities making TACE (or DEB) unsafe and/or risky (e.g.
combination of relative contraindications including age > 80 years, tumor > 10
cm, > 50% replacement of the liver by HCC, extensive multinodular bilobar HCC,
biliary drainage)

- Patients treated with prior surgery are eligible for this study if they otherwise meet
eligibility criteria

- Patient must be able to provide study-specific informed consent prior to study entry
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Prior invasive malignancy (except non-melanomatous skin cancer and T1 renal cell
carcinoma) unless disease free for a minimum of 2 years (note that carcinoma in situ
of the breast, oral cavity, or cervix are all permissible)

- Prior sorafenib use > 60 days and/or grade 3 or 4 sorafenib related toxicity. Note
that prior chemotherapy for HCC or a different cancer is allowable

- Prior radiotherapy to the region of the liver that would result in overlap of
radiation therapy fields

- Prior selective internal radiotherapy/hepatic arterial yttrium therapy, at any time

- Severe, active co-morbidity, defined as follows:

- Unstable angina and/or congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization within
the last 6 months PRIOR TO registration

- Transmural myocardial infarction within the last 6 months prior to study entry

- Unstable ventricular arrhythmia within the last 6 months prior to study entry

- Acute bacterial or fungal infection requiring intravenous antibiotics within 28
days prior to study entry

- Hepatic insufficiency resulting in clinical jaundice, encephalopathy and/or
variceal bleed within 28 days prior to study entry

- Bleeding within 28 days prior to study entry due to any cause, requiring
transfusion

- Thrombolytic therapy within 28 days prior to study entry. Subcutaneous heparin is
permitted.

- Known bleeding or clotting disorder

- Uncontrolled psychotic disorder

- Pregnancy or women of childbearing potential and men who are sexually active and not
willing/able to use medically acceptable forms of contraception; this exclusion is
necessary because the treatment involved in this study may be significantly
teratogenic

- Maximal diameter of any one hepatocellular carcinoma > 15 cm

- Total sum of maximum diameters of each definite parenchymal hepatocellular carcinoma
within the liver or maximum diameter of a single conglomerate HCC > 20 cm

- More than 5 discrete intrahepatic parenchymal foci of HCC

- Direct tumor extension into the stomach, duodenum, small bowel or large bowel

- Measureable common or main branch biliary duct involvement with HCC

- Extrahepatic metastases or malignant nodes (that enhance with typical features of HCC)
> 3.0 cm, in sum of maximal diameters (e.g. presence of one 3.4 cm metastatic lymph
node or two 2 cm lung lesions); note that benign non-enhancing periportal
lymphadenopathy is not unusual in the presence of hepatitis and is permitted, even if
the sum of enlarged nodes is > 2.0 cm

- Prior liver transplant

- HIV positive with CD4 (T-cell count) count < (350) cells/microliter. Note that
patients who are HIV positive are eligible, provided they are under treatment with
highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and have a CD4 count = (350)
cells/microliter, and no known detectable viral load, at the time of study entry. Note
also that HIV testing is not required for eligibility for this protocol

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?


The people assessing the outcomes
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Active, not recruiting
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/04/2013
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
1/07/2027
Actual
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
193
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
VIC
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre - Melbourne
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
3000 - Melbourne
Recruitment outside Australia
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California
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Colorado
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Connecticut
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Florida
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Hawaii
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Illinois
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Indiana
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Iowa
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Louisiana
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
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Michigan
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Oregon
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Wisconsin
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Canada
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Alberta
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Canada
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Ontario
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Quebec
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Hong Kong
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Chai Wan
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Korea, Republic of
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Korea

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
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Government body
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National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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Other
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NRG Oncology
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
This randomized phase III trial studies sorafenib tosylate and stereotactic body radiation
therapy to see how well they work compared to sorafenib tosylate alone in treating patients
with liver cancer. Sorafenib tosylate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of
the enzymes needed for cell growth. Stereotactic body radiation therapy may be able to send
the radiation dose directly to the tumor and cause less damage to normal tissue. Giving
sorafenib tosylate together with stereotactic body radiation therapy may kill more tumor
cells.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01730937
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Laura Dawson
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Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01730937