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2026-525898-39-00Not yet recruitingPhase 2/3

The HCC patient-journey study: a prospective, adaptive, master protocol, to assess the value of the available sequences of treatment for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. The Journey of liver cancer patient - J-LI

Source: EU CTIS (euclinicaltrials.eu) · Last updated 14 Aug 2026

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Brief summary (registry, in English)

J-LI includes multiple primary objectives, all based on overall survival (OS) as the primary endpoint. Full details and operational definition of this endpoint is provided in the protocol. Further objectives might be added in the future, when availability of new drugs will demand substantial modifications (amendment) of the study. 1. Within the overall population (see below), J-LI describe and estimate overall survival across the different treatment sequences given during patient-journey within a prospective real-world-like framework. 2. Within J-LI1 RCT, dedicated to patients able to receive an immunotherapy and an anti-VEGF agent, the primary aim is to assess whether starting atezolizumab-bevacizumab is more effective than starting with durvalumab tremelimumab. 3. Within J-LI2 RCT, dedicated to patients who received an immunotherapy-based first line therapy and progressed, the primary aim is to assess if one among lenvatinib, cabozantinib and regorafenib, is more effective than sorafenib as second-line option in the sequence of treatment. 4. Within J-LI2 RCT phase 2 sub-study, the primary aim is to select, in terms of 6month survival rate, the most promising experimental agent to be compared with sorafenib after immunotherapy-based first-line treatment in the phase 3 study.

Status (registry)
Not yet recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2/3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1700 (estimated)
First submitted
14 May 2026
Start date
15 Sept 2026
Lead sponsor
Azienda Sanitaria Locale Napoli 1 Centro
EU CT number
2026-525898-39-00

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2/3
  • Planned participants: 1700
  • 16 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of EU CTIS (euclinicaltrials.eu). It describes the study design.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from EU CTIS (euclinicaltrials.eu) and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Lab values

  • Psychiatric illness making informed consent impossible 2. Patients with previous malignancies if not curatively treated or anticancer treatment is ongoing (i.e. patients with no evidence of disease and not receiving any treatment for the previous cancer are eligible) All J-LI RCTs 3. Any concurrent investigational product or other anticancer treatment. 4. Active infection, with the exception of hepatitis C. Hepatitis B infection must be under control with appropriate antiviral therapy. 5. Symptomatic brain metastases or spinal cord compression 6. Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis 7. Clinically significant cardiovascular disease, including: a. Myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris within 6 months prior to first study treatment b. New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade II or higher congestive heart failure (CHF) c. Uncontrolled hypertension d. serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication (except atrial fibrillation or paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia) e. Peripheral vascular disease > grade 3 (i.e. symptomatic and interfering with activities of daily living requiring repair or revision) f. QTc ≥470 ms calculated using Fredericia’s correction. 8. Known hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or excipients. 9. Any other medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or social circumstance that may interfere with study participation or increase patient’s risk. 10. Radiotherapy to brain or chest or >30% bone marrow within 4 weeks prior to first dose of study treatment (2 weeks for palliative radiation). 11. Major surgery within 28 days prior to the first dose of study drugs (complete wound healing required). 12. Breastfeeding women 13. Active bleeding, coagulopathy, or medical condition associated with high bleeding risk. 14. Esophageal varices not adequately treated For J-LI1 RCT 15. Prior medical treatment for advanced HCC 16. Use of immunosuppressive medication within 14 days before the first dose of study treatment (physiologic corticosteroid doses ≤10 mg/day of prednisone equivalent allowed). 17. Active or documented autoimmune disease within past 2 years (except vitiligo, Graves’ disease, or psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment). 18. Active or documented inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis) 19. History of allogeneic organ transplant 20. Active primary immunodeficiency 21. Live attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drugs. For J-LI2 RCT 22. Inability to swallow oral medication or malabsorption condition affecting drug absorption

Who the study is looking for

  • Locally advanced or metastatic and/or unresectable HCC. 2. Child-Pugh class A 3. Age ≥ 18 years 4. Any gender 5. Written informed consent obtained from the subject prior to performing any protocol-related procedures 6. Adeguate contraceptives measures: • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must agree to use one highly effective method of contraception, and their male partners must use a condom. • Male subjects must agree to use a condom during sexual intercourse and ensure their partner uses an additional effective contraceptive method if she is of childbearing potential, unless confirmed to be azoospermic. Contraceptive measures must begin at the time of signing informed consent and continue during treatment and after the last dose of the study drug for the period specified in the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) of each study drug. All J-LI RCTs 7. ECOG performance status 0 to 2 8. Life expectancy > 3 months 9. Adequate renal and hepatic function, defined as: • Total serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 institutional ULN. • AST and/or ALT ≤ 5 x ULN • Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN for the institution (or calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 40 mL/min/1.73 m2). 10. Adequate bone marrow function, defined as: • Haemoglobin >9.0 g/dL • Absolute neutrophils count (ANC) > 1.5 x 10^9/L (> 1500 per mm3) • Platelet count >75 x 10^9/L(>75,000 per mm3) for J-LI1. >50 x 10^9/L(>50,000 per mm3) for J-LI2. 11. Adequate coagulation function defined as INR or PT aPTT/PTT ≤1.5 × ULN unless the participant is receiving anticoagulant therapy and values are within the therapeutic range according to clinical practice. 12. WOCBP (those who have not been surgically sterilized or have not been free from menses for ≥1 year) must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test at study screening visit 13. Written informed consent specific for participation in the in the J-LI1 or J-LI2 study obtained prior to performing any protocol-related procedures J-LI2 RCT 14. Radiologically confirmed disease progression (PD) after a previous first-line immunotherapy-based treatment for advanced HCC

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on EU CTIS (euclinicaltrials.eu)

Sites (16)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
AORN San Giuseppe Moscati AvellinoAvellinoItalyNot yet recruiting
Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di AvianoAvianoItalyNot yet recruiting
Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIIIBergamoItalyNot yet recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Anna E San Sebastiano Di CasertaCasertaItalyNot yet recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Croce E CarleCuneoItalyNot yet recruiting
Azienda Sanitaria Locale Napoli 2 NordFrattamaggioreItalyNot yet recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Gaetano Martino MessinaMessinaItalyNot yet recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria - Universita degli Studi della Campania Luigi VanvitelliNaplesItalyNot yet recruiting
Azienda Sanitaria Locale Napoli 1 CentroNaplesItalyNot yet recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera dei ColliNaplesItalyNot yet recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Maggiore della CaritàNovaraItalyNot yet recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria San Luigi GonzagaOrbassanoItalyNot yet recruiting
Ospedale P. Pederzoli Casa di Cura Privata S.p.A.Peschiera del GardaItalyNot yet recruiting
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-medico In Forma A Bbreviata FonRomeItalyNot yet recruiting
Humanitas Mirasole S.p.A.RozzanoItalyNot yet recruiting
Pia Fondazione Di Culto E Religione Card G PanicoTricaseItalyNot yet recruiting

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