NCT07219459RecruitingPhase 2
Visugromab, Nivolumab and Lenvatinib Compared to Double Placebo and Lenvatinib in Unresectable or Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma Post Anti-PD-(L)1 Failure
A Phase 2b, Randomized, Blinded Trial Investigating the Efficacy and Safety of Visugromab in Combination With Nivolumab and Lenvatinib Compared to Double Placebo and Lenvatinib in Participants With Unresectable or Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Compensated Liver Function (Child-Pugh A) After Failure of First-Line Treatment That Included an Approved Anti PD-(L)1 Compound (GDFATHER HCC-01)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 23 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a Phase 2b, randomized, blinded clinical trial investigating the efficacy and safety of visugromab in combination with nivolumab and Lenvatinib compared to double placebo and Lenvatinib in participants with unresectable or metastatic HCC and compensated liver function (Child-Pugh A) after failure of 1L treatment that included an anti-PD-(L)1 compound. The trial consists of 2 Parts: a non-randomized Safety-run-in part (Part 1) and the subsequent randomized part (Part 2) with 2 treatment arms (A and B). Randomization of participants into Treatment Arm A and B will continue until 40 efficacy-evaluable participants are enrolled into each Treatment Arm.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 104 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 20 Oct 2025
- Start date
- 19 Mar 2026
- Primary completion date
- 30 Sept 2029
- Lead sponsor
- CatalYm GmbH
- Diseases
- Liver and biliary tract cancer
- NCT number
- NCT07219459
- EU CT number
- 2025-520675-86-00
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
- Planned participants: 104
- From 19 Mar 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Sept 2029
- 33 sites in 6 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Criteria the registry did not label
- Main Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically confirmed diagnosis of unresectable or metastatic HCC, not amenable to a curative treatment approach.
- Measurable disease as per RECIST v1.1 as determined by the Investigator based upon local radiologist assessment.
- Must have failed one line of prior systemic treatment for unresectable or metastatic HCC containing an approved anti PD (L)-1 checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) with a minimum treatment duration of 12 weeks exposure for the CPI with no documented progression in this period.
- Age ≥ 18 years on the day of signing the informed consent.
- Life expectancy of at least 3 months as assessed by the Investigator.
- ECOG performance status ≤1.
- Child-Pugh score of A6 or better.
- Main Exclusion Criteria:
- Known fibrolamellar HCC, sarcomatoid HCC or mixed cholangiocarcinoma.
- More than 1 line of prior systemic treatment for unresectable or metastatic HCC.
- Received or completed any palliative radiotherapy for symptoms within 28 days of the first dose of IMP.
- Expected to require any other form of antineoplastic therapy during the trial.
- Clinically active inflammatory bowel disease, active diverticulitis, intra-abdominal abscess, and/or gastrointestinal obstruction.
- Known history of other prior malignancy unless participant has undergone potentially curative therapy with no evidence of that disease recurrence for 5 years since initiation of that therapy.
- Known or detected clinically active central nervous system (CNS) involvement by HCC or other tumors.
- Have one of the following cardiovascular risk factors: myocardial infarction, peri/myocarditis, or history of ischemic stroke in the past 3 months before planned treatment start, uncontrolled heart failure, uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmia, QT interval corrected for heart rate using Fridericia's formula interval ≥ 470 ms regardless of sex.
- An active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in past 3 months before planned treatment start.
- Comedication with metformin or metformin-containing antidiabetics in participants with type II diabetes.
- Chronic systemic corticosteroid treatment for other reasons.
- Prior liver or other organ transplantation.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 100 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (33)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Berlin | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Koeln AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cologne | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Frankfurt AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Frankfurt Am Main | Germany | Recruiting |
| Medical Center- University of Freiburg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Freiburg im Breisgau | Germany | Recruiting |
| University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hamburg | Germany | Recruiting |
| Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hanover | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz KöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mainz | Germany | Recruiting |
| Universitaetsklinikum Ulm AoR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ulm | Germany | Recruiting |
| Hospital Clinic de Barcelona Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Institut Catala D'oncologia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | Spain | Recruiting |
| Clinica Universidad de Navarra Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Recruiting |
| Clínica Universidad de navarra Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pamplona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zaragoza | Spain | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Grenoble Cedex 9 | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Montpellier Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montpellier Cedex 5 | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nantes | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pessac | France | Recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poitiers | France | Recruiting |
| Institut Gustave Roussy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Villejuif | France | Recruiting |
| Western General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| King's College Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna IRCCS Istituto Di Ricerca E Di Cura A Carattere Scientifico Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bologna | Italy | Recruiting |
| ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
| Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale della Romagna Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ravenna | Italy | Recruiting |
| Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Recruiting |
| Peidmont Healthcare, Inc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Recruiting |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
| UCI Health - Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Irvine | United States | Recruiting |
| USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Recruiting |
| UC Irvine Health- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orange | United States | Recruiting |
| OSF St Francis Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Peoria | United States | Recruiting |
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