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A trial looking at cabozantinib for primary liver cancer that had got worse despite having sorafenib

Overview

Cancer types:

Liver cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at cabozantinib for people with the most common type of primary liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma or HCC.

It was for people who had already had the cancer drug sorafenib.

This trial was open for people to join between 2013 and 2017. The trial team published the results in 2018.

Recruitment start: 1 August 2012

Recruitment end: 31 March 2017

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Tim Meyer

Supported by

Exelixis

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Last reviewed: 23 March 2021

CRUK internal database number: 11196

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