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HCCNCT02785874

Statin With Palliative Therapy for HCC

A study testing Statin in people with HCC, run by Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

Official record
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Trial summary

Statin is a preventive medicine for hepatitis B and hepatitis C which decreases the risk turning into liver cancer,however, the investigators also discovered that patients taking Statin live longer than patients who didn't take Statin in the incidence of liver cancer death cases. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 20 to 90 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
HCC
What is being tested?
Statin
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
4 participants
Where
1 siteTaiwan
Study dates
1 Sep 2016to 1 Nov 2016
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 20 to 90 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • >20 years old.
  • BCLC stage B , stage C and stage D

Who cannot join

  • Cancer diagnosis before HCC was confirmed and incurable.
  • <20 years old, > 90years old.
  • Patients who are judged to be ineligible for study entry by the investigator or subinvestigator

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Taiwan1 site
  • WanFangHospital

    Taipei, 116

Other trials in Taiwan

About this study

Statin is a preventive medicine for hepatitis B and hepatitis C which decreases the risk turning into liver cancer,however, the investigators also discovered that patients taking Statin live longer than patients who didn't take Statin in the incidence of liver cancer death cases.

Read the detailed description

Most liver cancer patients did not accept the cure as the main objective of the treatment after diagnosis because they choose alternative therapies palliative based, such as hepatic arterial chemoembolization, chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

Statin is a preventive medicine for hepatitis B and hepatitis C which decreases the risk turning into liver cancer, yet the clinical effect for Statin is still unknown.

In a previous study of 20,220 liver cancer patients in health care database, the investigators discovered that patients taking Statin live longer than patients who didn't take Statin in the incidence of liver cancer death cases.

This study is a continuation of previous health insurance database studies for clinical trials to verify whether Statin could prolong disease-free survival role for palliative treatment of liver cancer.

Conditions
HCC
Being tested
Statin

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • StatinDrug

    Divide HCC patients into two groups under randomization, one is with Statin and the other is without Statin to verify whether Statin could prolong disease-free survival

Study groups in NCT02785874
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Statin(Crestor) takenExperimentalSubjects take Statin(Crestor) 10mg per day for a- year
Receives: Drug: Statin
non Statin(Crestor) takenNo interventionnon Statin(Crestor) taken as a reference for experimental group.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Overall Survival

    Measured: Up to two year

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted30 May 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study start1 Sep 2016
  3. Primary completion1 Oct 2016
  4. Study completion1 Nov 2016

Why it stopped: insufficient for the fund

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
4 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02785874
Sponsor's protocol ID
N201603038
Status last verified
May 2016
First submitted
25 May 2016
Last updated
19 Apr 2017
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Statin in people with HCC, run by Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Apr 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Taiwan. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: insufficient for the fund). Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Overall Survival (time frame: Up to two year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Apr 2017.

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