A phase II clinical trial with cytotropic heterogeneous molecular lipids (CHML (R)) for patients with hepatic malignancies

作者：Chen, Xian-Cheng; Yu, Bo; Dong, Jing-Cheng; Gu, Yu-Xiang; Chen, Lei; Wu, Qing-Zhen; Hou, Nan-Ping; Liu, Jun-Xiong; Xu, Jia-Ting; Jin, Rui-Xie; Jin, Guan-Qiu; Yang, Xue-Dong; Cao, Yong-Wei; Tan, Jia-Ju; Zhu, Bin; Shen, Jia-Chuan; Xu, Zheng; Varticovski, Lyuba; Wang, Xin Wei^*

来源：Anticancer Research, 2007, 27(3B): 1593-1600.

• biological anticancer agent
• cytotropic heterogeneous
• molecular lipids (CHML) hepatocellular carcinoma
• liver metastasis

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and other forms of metastatic liver cancer (MLC) have poor outcomes due to the limited treatment options. Surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy have a limited success. Thus, there is an urgent need for novel therapies for patients with advanced HCC and MLC. The response and toxicity profile of a novel biological anticancer agent, cytotropic heterogeneous molecular lipids (CHML), in 135 Asian patients with hepatic malignancies treated at five different hospitals in China from April 1998 to August 2003 is described. This trial included 97 patients with HCC and 38 with MLC. The majority of these patients had received conventional therapies and many had failed to respond or relapsed. CHML was administered by intra-arterial (i. a.) infusion with or without simultaneous intravenous (i. v.) infusion for 25 days with a rest of 2-4 weeks between each cycle. Fifty three percent of patients received two cycles, and 47% received three cycles. The complete response (CR) rates were 23% for HCC and 29% for MLC with an overall CR of 24%. The overall partial response (PR) was 53%. The patients with earlier stages and limited tumor burden had a better response, but a few patients with advanced disease also achieved PR. The patients who achieved CR or PR had a significant increase in long-term survival for up to five years. The treatment with CHML resulted in minimal toxicity and the reported adverse reactions were not higher than grade II. CHML is an effective therapy for hepatic malignancies, showing responses and increases in survival in patients in whom other therapies have failed. CHML is well tolerated and is an excellent candidate for Phase III clinical trials.

• 出版日期2007-6
• 单位中国人民解放军第四二一医院; 复旦大学; 中国人民解放军第四一一医院