Treatment options for advanced HCC are limited due to patients' poor condition, advanced stage, concomitant intra- and extra-liver diseases, and resistance to both chemo- and radio-therapy. Trans-catheter embolization (TAE) is a safe locoregional treatment for advanced HCC and p53 gene has multiple anticancer functions, and both methods do not have immune-inhibitory effects as chemo- or radio-therapy. The objectives of this study are to investigate clinical efficacy and immunoreaction usingTAE plus recombinant adenoviral human p53 gene (rAd-p53) in treatment of advanced HCC.
An open-labeled, randomized, active-controlled phase II study to investigate clinical efficacy and immunoreaction using trans-catheter arterial embolization (TAE) combined with p53 gene therapy in treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).