Amplitude-modulated Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Field Treatment for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Immune-RF)

Last updated: February 11, 2025
Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Carcinoma

Treatment

Radiofrequency electromagnetic field treatment

Clinical Study ID

NCT06821958
Immune-RF
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

Combined double immune checkpoint inhibition and radiofrequency electromagnetic field treatment for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Treatment with combined Anti-PD-L1 and Anti-CTLA-4 antibodies

  • Written informed consent prior to any study procedure

  • 18 years or older

  • Histologically confirmed HCC

  • HCC not amenable to curative (including resection or ablation) or locoregional (including TACE) therapies

  • No prior systemic therapy for HCC

  • Compensated liver function, as defined by a Child-Pugh score ≤ B7

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2

  • Measurable disease by Response Criteria in Solid Tumors (mRECIST and RECIST v1.1)criteria

  • Body weight of > 30 kg

  • Women of childbearing potential with negative pregnancy test and agreement foradequate birth control if conception is possible

  • If present HBV and HCV managed according to the local institutional practice

Exclusion

Exclusion criteria:

  • Arterioembolic event including a stroke or myocardial infarction within 3 monthsprior to randomization Severe / unstable angina, or symptomatic congestive heartfailure as defined by NYHA III/IV

  • Cardiac pacemakers / ICD

  • Large metal implants in the treatment area

  • Current evidence of coagulopathy or bleeding diathesis

  • Known fibrolamellar HCC, sarcomatoid HCC, or mixed cholangiocarcinoma and HCC

  • Decompensated liver function as defined by Child Pugh ≥ B8

  • Patients on a liver transplantation list

  • Patients with autoimmune disorders or history of organ transplantation who requireimmunosuppressive therapy

  • Uncontrolled autoimmune or inflammatory disorders

  • Patient not able for supine positioning (e.g. due to pain)

  • Significantly altered mental status

  • Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Study Design

Total Participants: 36
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Radiofrequency electromagnetic field treatment
Phase:
Study Start date:
March 01, 2025
Estimated Completion Date:
February 28, 2029

Study Description

Charité University Medicine Berlin is currently the only German University Hospital with an available capacitive radiofrequency electromagnetic field treatment device. While there is retrospective data available regarding the assumed effectiveness and low toxicity profile of radiofrequency electromagnetic field treatment for various solid tumors including liver cancer, there is no prospective data available on the combined effect of first-line palliative double immune checkpoint inhibition and radiofrequency electromagnetic field treatment for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. The investigators aim to conduct a feasibility trial and plan to compare the results with data of a prospective trial with a comparable patient population who received double immune checkpoint inhibition alone.

Connect with a study center

  • Charité University Medicine Berlin

    Berlin, 13353
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

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