Study of Durvalumab and Tremelimumab as First-line Treatment in Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HIMALAYA)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03298451 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : October 2, 2017
Last Update Posted : July 8, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Drug: Durvalumab Drug: Tremelimumab (Regimen 1) Drug: Tremelimumab (Regimen 2) Drug: Sorafenib Drug: Durvalumab (Regimen 1) Drug: Durvalumab (Regimen 2) | Phase 3 |
The study population includes patients 18 years of age or older with advanced HCC, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage B not eligible for locoregional therapy or stage C, and Child-Pugh A classification liver disease. Patients must not have received any prior systemic therapy for unresectable HCC.
Patients in all treatment arms may continue receiving their originally assigned treatment, at the Investigator's discretion, until progression
Patients in all arms with confirmed PD who, in the Investigator's opinion, continue to receive benefit from their assigned treatment and meet the criteria for treatment in the setting of PD may continue to receive their assigned treatment.
If a patient discontinues study drug(s) due to disease progression, the patient will enter survival follow-up. Patients who have discontinued treatment due to toxicity or symptomatic deterioration or who have commenced subsequent anticancer therapy, will have tumor assessments until confirmed PD and will be followed for survival.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 1504 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Open-label, Multi-center Phase III Study of Durvalumab and Tremelimumab as First-line Treatment in Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
Actual Study Start Date : | October 11, 2017 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | August 27, 2021 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | August 27, 2024 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Arm 1
Durvalumab
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Drug: Durvalumab
Durvalumab IV (intravenous infusion).
Other Name: MEDI4736 |
Experimental: Arm 2
Durvalumab in combination with tremelimumab (Regimen 1)
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Drug: Tremelimumab (Regimen 1)
Tremelimumab IV (intravenous infusion). Drug: Durvalumab (Regimen 1) Durvalumab IV (intravenous infusion). |
Experimental: Arm 3
Durvalumab in combination with tremelimumab (Regimen 2)
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Drug: Tremelimumab (Regimen 2)
Tremelimumab IV (intravenous infusion). Drug: Durvalumab (Regimen 2) Durvalumab IV (intravenous infusion). |
Active Comparator: Arm 4
Sorafenib
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Drug: Sorafenib
Sorafenib, as per standard of care |
- Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: From the date of randomization until death due to any cause, assessed up to 4 years. ]
- Time to Progression (TTP) [ Time Frame: From randomization until objective tumor progression, assessed up to 4 years. ]
- Progression-free survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: From date of randomization until the date of objective disease progression or death, assessed up to 4 years. ]
- Objective response rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: Until progression, assessed up to 4 years. ]
- Disease control rate (DCR) [ Time Frame: Until progression, assessed up to 4 years. ]
- Duration of response (DoR) [ Time Frame: From the date of first documented response (RECIST 1.1.) until the first date of documented progression or death in the absence of disease progression, assessed up to 4 years. ]
- Adverse events [ Time Frame: From the time of signature of informed consent, throughout the treatment period, and up to the follow-up period, assessed up to 4 years ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 100 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion criteria
- HCC based on histopathological confirmation
- No prior systemic therapy for HCC
- Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage B (that is not eligible for locoregional therapy) or stage C
- Child-Pugh Score class A
- ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 at enrollment
Exclusion criteria
- Hepatic encephalopathy within past 12 months or requirement for medication to prevent or control encephalopathy
- Clinically meaningful ascites
- Main portal vein tumor thrombosis
- Active or prior documented GI bleeding (eg, esophageal varices or ulcer bleeding) within 12 months
- HBV and HVC co-infection, or HBV and Hep D co-infection

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03298451
Contact: AstraZeneca Clinical Study Information Center | 1-877-240-9479 | information.center@astrazeneca.com |

Responsible Party: | AstraZeneca |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03298451 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
D419CC00002 |
First Posted: | October 2, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 8, 2022 |
Last Verified: | July 2022 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Non-Resectable |
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