Safety and Feasibility of Chemoembolization with Doxorubicin-Loaded Small Calibrated Microspheres in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Results of the MIRACLE I Prospective Multicenter Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The MIRACLE I pilot study was designed as a preliminary investigation of safety and efficacy of Embozene TANDEM microspheres loaded with doxorubicin for treatment of locally untreatable (i.e., unresectable and not suitable for local thermal ablation) hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Materials and methods

Patients with locally untreatable HCC (mono- or bilobar disease, ECOG performance status 0-2, Child-Pugh score < 11) were eligible for this single-arm multicenter study. DEB-TACE was performed with 75 µm Embozene TANDEM loaded with 150 mg of doxorubicin.

Results

Twenty-five subjects with 41 tumors were treated (mean age 65 years); 16, 52, and 32% had BCLC A, B, and C status, respectively. Child-Pugh status was A for 64%, B for 32%, and C for 4%; 40% had ascites

SUBMITTER: Richter G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5838148 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature