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. 2008 May 27;134(12):1325–1335. doi: 10.1007/s00432-008-0406-2

Table 6.

Summary of selected clinical trials of systemic therapy in advanced HCC patients

Study Regimen Study type N RR% SD% MS (months)
Current study TAC-101 Phase II 21/28 0% 57.1%/42.9% 19.2/12.7a
Abou-Alfa et al. (2006) Sorafenib Phase II 137 8 33.6 9.2
Llovet et al. (2007) Sorafenib vs. placebo Phase III 602 (299/303) 2.3% 10.7 vs. 7.9 (p = 0.00058)
Zhu et al. (2006) GEMOX-bevacizumab Phase II 33 20 27 9.6
Gish (Gish et al. 2007) Nolatrexed vs. doxorubicin Phase III 446 1.4 vs. 4.0 NA 4.8 vs. 7.1
Boige et al. (2006) Irinotecan Phase II 25 0% 52 7.4
Yeo et al. (2005) Doxorubicin vs. PIAF Phase III 86/91 10.5 vs. 20.9 43 vs. 38 6.8 vs. 8.7 (p = 0.83)
Posey et al. (2005) T138067 vs. doxorubicin Phase II/III 169/170 2 vs. 4 43 vs. 43 5.7 vs. 5.6
Ikeda et al. (2005) 5FU, mitoxantrone, cisplatin Phase II 50 27 53 11.6
Barbare et al. (2005) Tamoxifen vs. BSC Phase II 210/210 NA NA 4.8 vs. 4.0
Philip et al. (2005) Erlotinib Phase II 38 9 50 13
Patt et al. (2005) Thalidomide Phase II 37 6 31 6.8
Lee et al. (2004) Doxorubicin and cisplatin Phase II 37 18.9 16.2 7.3
Guan et al. (2003) Gemcitabine, std. vs. fixed-dose Phase II, 25/23 4 vs. 0 NA 3.2 vs. 3.2
Fuchs et al. (2002) Gemcitabine Phase I 30 0 30 6.9
Leung et al. (2002a, b) PIAF Phase II 149 16.8 NA 7.1
Mok et al. (1999) Nolatrexed vs. doxorubicin Phase II 32/12 0 21.8 vs. 16.7 4.6 vs. 3.5
Meyskens et al. (1998) B-all-trans-retinoic acid Phase II 18 0 NA 4.0

GEMOX gemcitabine, oxaliplatin; PIAF cisplatin, interferon, Adriamycin, 5FU; NA not available

aMS 19.2 months for 21 evaluable pts; 12.7 months for all pts treated at MTD