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A trial of TACE, pembrolizumab and lenvatinib for cancer of the liver (LEAP-012)

Overview

Cancer types:

Liver cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial is looking at adding pembrolizumab and lenvatinib to TACE to improve treatment for liver cancer.

TACE gives high doses of chemotherapy to the tumour in the liver and blocks off the blood supply.

This trial is for people who have:

  • a type of liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and

  • whose cancer hasn’t spread elsewhere in the body

Recruitment start: 12 July 2022

Recruitment end: 11 January 2023

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

Dr Naureen Starling

Supported by

Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd

Last reviewed: 4 September 2024

CRUK internal database number: 18741

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