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ClinicalTrials.gov 30 recruiting now early-phase tilt

Liver Cancer: early-phase trial registry

30 of 81 indexed Liver Cancer trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #172 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

81 US clinical trials · 30 currently recruiting · #172 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Liver Cancer: 81 US clinical trials tracked, 30 recruiting.

Liver Cancer is the subject of 81 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 30 of them currently open to new participants. 4 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 38 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, running 8 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition liver-cancer

OPEN 30 | RECR 37% | LATE 4 | EARLY 38 | RANK #172 | SPON 8

Nearest open-share peer: Bipolar I Disorder (37% recruiting · 27 trials)

Small-cell Lung Cancer47.5%Stage IV Lung Cancer AJCC v845.1%Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma43.9%Peripheral Arterial Disease43.8%Liver Cancer (this)37%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Liver Cancer

Liver Cancer lists 30 open slots (37% of 81 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 Liver 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. Liver Cancer is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    30 of 81 indexed trials (37%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Liver Cancer trials is spread across many organizations.

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center accounts for 8 of 81 trials (9.9%). 54 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Liver Cancer trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 46 among the 79 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 50 of those (63.3%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Liver Cancer research is mostly interventional.

    60 interventional and 21 observational studies make up this index (74.1% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 116Phase 222Phase 33Phase 41

Open and recent trials

81 total, page 2 of 2

COMPLETED Phase 1 128 participants

Phase 1 Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of H3B-6527 in Participants With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma

H3 Biomedicine

NCT02834780

COMPLETED NA 117 participants

A Pilot Study of Perihepatic Phlebotomy During Hepatic Resections

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT01749332

COMPLETED Phase 1 100 participants

Trial of Bi-shRNA-furin and GMCSF Augmented Autologous Tumor Cell Vaccine for Advanced Cancer

Gradalis

NCT01061840

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 75 participants

Evaluation of Image-Guided Liver Surgical System for Resection of Liver Cancer

Pathfinder Therapeutics

NCT00782886

COMPLETED Phase 2 59 participants

Heat Therapy in Treating Patients With Unresectable Primary or Metastatic Liver Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT00004136

COMPLETED 46 participants

Breath Analysis Based Disease Biomarkers

Mayo Clinic

NCT04341012

COMPLETED Phase 2 45 participants

Erlotinib Plus Bevacizumab in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) as Second-line Therapy

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT01180959

COMPLETED 36 participants

Measurement of Pro-angiogenic Markers in Patients With Hepatic Metastases Undergoing SIRT

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

NCT00994370

COMPLETED Phase 1 30 participants

Pharmacokinetics of Doxorubicin in cTACE of Liver Cancer

Yale University

NCT02753881

COMPLETED Phase 1 30 participants

Heat Activated Liposomal Doxorubicin and Radiofrequency Ablation in Treating Patients With Primary or Metastatic Liver Tumors

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

NCT00093444

COMPLETED NA 29 participants

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT01185639

COMPLETED Phase 1 28 participants

Gemcitabine Hydrochloride, Oxaliplatin, and Erlotinib Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Duodenal Cancer, or Ampullary Cancer

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

NCT00987766

COMPLETED 27 participants

Evaluation of a Minimally Invasive Image-Guided Surgery System for Hepatic Ablation Procedures

Pathfinder Therapeutics

NCT01238666

COMPLETED Phase 2 26 participants

Bevacizumab and Chemoembolization in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery

Yale University

NCT00335829

COMPLETED Phase 2 24 participants

Doxorubicin and Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NCT00004248

COMPLETED Phase 1 23 participants

Clinical Trial of Metastasis Inhibitor NP-G2-044 in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Treatment-Refractory Solid Tumor Malignancies

Novita Pharmaceuticals

NCT03199586

COMPLETED Phase 2 23 participants

A Clinical Research Study to Determine Whether PD 0332991 May Be Effective in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

NCT01356628

COMPLETED Phase 2 22 participants

Arsenic Trioxide in Treating Patients With Advanced Neuroblastoma or Other Childhood Solid Tumors

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT00024258

COMPLETED Phase 1 22 participants

IL-2 Expressing, Attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium in Unresectable Hepatic Spread

Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

NCT01099631

COMPLETED Phase 2 22 participants

Floxuridine and Dexamethasone as a Hepatic Arterial Infusion and Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Primary Liver Cancer That Cannot be Removed by Surgery

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT00410956

COMPLETED Phase 2 20 participants

Sorafenib Tosylate Before and After Hepatic Arterial Chemoembolization With Doxorubicin Hydrochloride and Mitomycin C in Treating Patients With Localized Liver Cancer That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

NCT00949182

COMPLETED Phase 2 16 participants

Dolastatin 10 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Or Recurrent Liver, Bile Duct, or Gallbladder Cancer

University of Chicago

NCT00003557

COMPLETED NA 15 participants

A Pilot Study to Assess Theragnostically Planned Liver Radiation to Optimize Radiation Therapy

Indiana University

NCT03338062

COMPLETED NA 13 participants

Study of New Software Used During Ablations

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

NCT01906021

COMPLETED Phase 2 11 participants

Cisplatin or Carboplatin and Sorafenib in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery

University of Miami

NCT00875615

COMPLETED Phase 1 6 participants

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT00005629

COMPLETED Phase 2 4 participants

Photodynamic Therapy in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Bile Duct, Gallbladder, or Pancreas

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT00003923

COMPLETED Phase 2 3 participants

Integrated Imaging Strategy to Phenotype Progression of Liver Tumors During and After Chemoembolization

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

NCT02471313

COMPLETED Phase 2

DX-8951f in Treating Patients With Biliary Cancer

Daiichi Sankyo

NCT00005938

COMPLETED Phase 2

DX-8951f in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer

Daiichi Sankyo

NCT00004108

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 16
Phase 2 22
Phase 3 3
Phase 4 1

Named interventions

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

exatecan mesylate Drug
2 trials
bevacizumab Biological
2 trials
Fludara Drug
2 trials
Sorafenib Drug
2 trials
Riluzole Drug
2 trials
Cytoxan Drug
2 trials
laboratory biomarker analysis Other
2 trials
Placebo Other
2 trials

US sites by state

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

New York 21 trials
California 21 trials
Texas 19 trials
Pennsylvania 11 trials
Florida 10 trials
Maryland 8 trials
Massachusetts 8 trials
Illinois 8 trials

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

What to do with this Liver Cancer page

81 registered trials, 30 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 Liver Cancer condition card totals 81 registered trials; most-linked intervention exatecan mesylate; top US site state New York. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.