Sorafenib Tosylate and Chemoembolization in Treating Patients With Unresectable Liver Cancer

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Liver Cancer, Localized Unresectable Liver Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Sorafenib tosylate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth or by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Chemoembolization kills tumor cells by blocking the blood flow to the tumor and keeping chemotherapy drugs near the tumor. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying side effects and best dose of sorafenib tosylate when given together with chemoembolization in treating patients with unresectable liver cancer.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT01042041
Run by
Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
People needed
18
Starts
2009-09-01
Expected to finish
2010-12-01
Last updated by the study team
2013-02-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

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