Nexavar Post-marketing Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Japan

• Demography [ Time Frame: Baseline ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
• Effectiveness evaluation assessment [overall survival, complete response rate, partial response rate, stable disease rate] by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumor (RECIST) [ Time Frame: After Nexavar administration, up to 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
• Effectiveness evaluation assessment [time to progression, response rate, stable disease rate, progression rate] by investigator-determined overall best response [ Time Frame: After Nexavar administration, up to 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
• The status of therapy with Nexavar [duration of treatment, daily dose] in a various settings according to baseline data [such as demographic data, Child-Pugh status, ECOG-PS] [ Time Frame: After Nexavar administration, up to 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

This study is a regulatory post-marketing surveillance in Japan, and it is a local prospective and observational study of patients who have received Nexavar for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The objective of this study is to assess safety and effectiveness of Nexavar under real-life practice conditions. This study is an all case investigation of which the enrollment period is 2 or 3 months (dependent on sites) for Child-Pugh A; for Child-Pugh B or C, the enrollment continues until agreement to stop with Pharmaceuticals Medical Devices Agency (PMDA). All patients who have received Nexavar will be recruited and followed one year since starting Nexavar administration.

The target population of this study is patients who received Nexavar for unresectable HCC.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who received Nexavar for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are contraindicated based on the product label