Siopel-5 (HCC-1) trial on the hepatocellular carcinoma family of tumours in children/adolescents and young adults
DEC-NET Serial number GB439
Published online04/07/2005 12.24.00
Last updated09/08/2005 11.36.03
This trial has been approved by an ethics committee
Current trial statusPlanned (i.e. not yet recruiting participants)
Major Disease
(ICD9 class)
CARCINOMA IN SITU OF LIVER AND BILIARY SYSTEM
Experimental drug
Cisplatin
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
Thalidomide
Doxorubicin
GenderBoth
Age (range)0 - 29 years

Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
No prior treatment for Hepatocellular carcinoma, non-cirrhotic hepatocellular carcinoma, negative pregnancy test, biopsy proven hepatocellular carcinoma.
Exclusion criteria
Life expectancy< 3 months, inability to follow the protocol, abnormal renal or cardiac function.

Trial design/methodology
Phase2
Kind of studyEfficacy
Safety
DesignSingle arm
Purpose of study
Improved Survival
Primary outcomes
Survival
Secondary outcomes
Response to chemotherapy, toxicity
Summary of study design, objectives, and ongoing research findings
A phase II multicentred, multinational trial to improve event-free and overall survival of patients with non-cirrhotic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Principal investigator
NameDr Bruce Morland
InstitutionBirmingham Children's Hospital
Postal addressBimingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane,
CityBirmingham
CountryUNITED KINGDOM
Phone0121 333 8233
Fax0121 333 8241
E-mailbruce.morland@bch.nhs.uk


International lead principal investigator (for international trials)
NameDr P. Czauderna
InstitutionMedical University of Gdansk
Postal addressDepartment Of Pediatric Surgery, U1. Nowe Ogrody 1-6 Gdansk 80-803
CityGdansk
CountryPoland
Phone
Fax
E-mailpczaud@amedec.amg.gda.pl


Sponsor name
University Hospital Leicester NHS Trust (University)


Participating countries
UNITED KINGDOM


Participating centres
Addenbrookes Hospital (Addenbrookes)
Great Ormand Street Hospital for Children (London)
The Middlesex Hospital (London)
Children's Hospital for Wales (Cardiff)
Sheffield Children's Hospital (Sheffield)
Birmingham Children's Hospital (Birmingham)
Leicester Royal Infirmary (Leicester)
Southhampton General Hospital (Southampton)
Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children (Dublin)
Royal Victoria Hospital (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)
Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital (Aberdeen)
Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Glasgow)
Queen's Medical Centre (Nottingham)
Royal Hospital For Sick Children (Bristol)
Alder Hey Children's Hospital (Liverpool)
John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford)
Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Edingburgh)
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (Manchester)
Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Belfast)
St. James University Hospital (Leeds)
Royal Marsden Hospital (Sutton)

ISRCTN  EudraCT  2005-000427-42