Study study type PathologyT1T0Patientssample sizesROB Results

mHCC - 1st line (L1) metastatic/advanced hepatocellular cancer (mHCC) mHCC - 1st line (L1)

versus lenvatinib
pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib
LEAP 002, 2023
  NCT03713593
RCTmHCC - 1st line (L1)lenvatinib in combination with pembrolizumabLenvatinibfirst-line therapy for the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in adult participants395 / 399low
inconclusive
  • inconclusive 16 % decrease in deaths (OS) (PE)
  • inconclusive 13 % decrease in progression or deaths (PFS) (PE)

mHCC - 2nd line (L2) metastatic/advanced hepatocellular cancer (mHCC) mHCC - 2nd line (L2)

versus placebo
pembrolizumab alone
KEYNOTE-240, 2020
  NCT02702401
RCTmHCC - 2nd line (L2)pembrolizumabplacebopreviously treated patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)278 / 135low
inconclusive
  • suggested 22 % decrease in deaths (OS) (PE)
  • suggested 28 % decrease in progression or deaths (PFS) (PE)
pembrolizumab based treatment
KEYNOTE-394, 2022
  NCT03062358
RCThepatocell cancer (HCC), mHCC - 2nd line (L2)pembrolizumabplaceboAsian participants with previously systemically treated advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)300 / 153NA
conclusif
  • demonstrated 21 % decrease in deaths (OS) (PE)
  • demonstrated 26 % decrease in progression or deaths (PFS) (PE)