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Hepatocellular Cancer: early-phase trial registry

8 of 16 indexed Hepatocellular Cancer trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #1,060 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

16 US clinical trials · 8 currently recruiting · #1,060 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Hepatocellular Cancer: 16 US clinical trials tracked, 8 recruiting.

Hepatocellular Cancer is the subject of 16 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 8 of them currently open to new participants. 1 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 10 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is National Cancer Institute (NCI), running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition hepatocellular-cancer

OPEN 8 | RECR 50% | LATE 1 | EARLY 10 | RANK #1060 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (50% recruiting · 6 trials)

Adolescent62.5%Alcohol Intoxication56.3%Hepatocellular Cancer (this)50%AL Amyloidosis43.8%Allergy18.8%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Hepatocellular Cancer

Hepatocellular Cancer lists 8 open slots (50% of 16 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Hepatocellular Cancer on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Hepatocellular Cancer is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    8 of 16 indexed trials (50%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. One sponsor concentrates Hepatocellular Cancer research.

    National Cancer Institute (NCI) accounts for 3 of 16 trials (18.8%). 13 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Hepatocellular Cancer enrolment sits around 94 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 94 among the 16 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 9 of those (56.3%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Hepatocellular Cancer research is mostly interventional.

    12 interventional and 4 observational studies make up this index (75% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 17Phase 23Phase 41

Open and recent trials

16 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING 620 participants

Tumor Cell and DNA Detection in the Blood, Urine and Bone Marrow of Patients With Solid Cancers

University of Missouri-Columbia

NCT02838836

RECRUITING 320 participants

Tumor Cell and DNA Detection in the Blood, Urine, and Bone Marrow

University of Missouri-Columbia

NCT03551951

RECRUITING Phase 1 232 participants

A Study to Assess Adverse Events and Change in Disease Activity of Intravenously (IV) Infused ABBV-324 in Adult Participants With Hepatocellular Cancer (HCC) or Squamous-Cell Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (LUSC)

AbbVie

NCT06858813

RECRUITING Phase 1 115 participants

Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Study of MDX2001 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

ModeX Therapeutics, An OPKO Health Company

NCT06239194

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

HepQuant: Study to Assess the Role of Blood-based Biomarkers and Quantitative MR Imaging for Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy for Liver Cancer

Montefiore Medical Center

NCT06899152

RECRUITING Phase 1 38 participants

GPC3 Targeted CAR-T Cell Therapy in Advanced GPC3 Expressing Solid Tumor Malignancies

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT05003895

RECRUITING Phase 4 24 participants

Atezolizumab and Bevacizumab Pre-Liver Transplantation for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Beyond Milan Criteria

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

NCT05185505

RECRUITING Phase 1 20 participants

SIRT With Tremelimumab and Durvalumab for Resectable HCC

Jiping Wang, MD, PhD

NCT05701488

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 10,000 participants

A Longitudinal Observational Study of the Natural History and Management of Patients With HCC

Target PharmaSolutions

NCT02954094

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 2,990 participants

ALTUS: Performance of a Multi- Target Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Test in Subjects With Increased Risk

Exact Sciences Corporation

NCT05064553

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 120 participants

Oral Axl/Mer/CSF1R Selective Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Q702 in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Patients With Selected Advanced Solid Tumors

Qurient Co.

NCT05438420

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 45 participants

AFPᶜ³³²T in Advanced HCC

Adaptimmune

NCT03132792

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 27 participants

Combined Treatment of Durvalumab, Bevacizumab, Tremelimumab and Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) in Subjects With Hepatocellular Carcinoma or Biliary Tract Carcinoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03937830

COMPLETED Phase 2 94 participants

A Study of Individualized Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Intrahepatic Cancer

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

NCT01522937

COMPLETED Phase 1 64 participants

Oral STAT3 Inhibitor, TTI-101, in Patients with Advanced Cancers

Tvardi Therapeutics, Incorporated

NCT03195699

COMPLETED Phase 2 11 participants

TRC105 for Liver Cancer That Has Not Responded to Sorafenib

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT01375569

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 7
Phase 2 3
Phase 4 1

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Hepatocellular Cancer records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Tremelimumab Drug
2 trials
TRC105 Drug
1 trials
individualized Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) Radiation
1 trials
Oncoguard™ Liver Test Diagnostic test
1 trials
Standard of Care CT/MRI Imaging Device
1 trials
Study CT/MRI Imaging Device
1 trials
TACE Procedure
1 trials
Doxorubicin-Eluting Beads Drug
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Hepatocellular Cancer trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 6 trials
Texas 4 trials
Missouri 4 trials
Maryland 4 trials
Florida 4 trials
Massachusetts 3 trials
Arizona 3 trials
Tennessee 2 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Hepatocellular Cancer page

16 registered trials, 8 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Hepatocellular Cancer condition card totals 16 registered trials; most-linked intervention Tremelimumab; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.