Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2023, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (1): 116-119.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2023.01.030

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Clinical observation of camrelizumab therapy after TACE in the treatment of patients with advanced primary liver cancer

Du Shangyun, Weng Li, Wu Min   

  1. Department of Radiology, First People's Hospital, Suzhou 234000,Anhui Province, China
  • Received:2022-10-27 Online:2023-01-10 Published:2023-02-07

Abstract: Objective The aim of this study was to observe the clinical efficacy of camrelizumab therapy after transhepatic arterial chemoembolization (TACE) in the treatment of patients with advanced primary liver cancer (PLC). Methods A total of 116 patients with advanced PLC were admitted to Suzhou First People's Hospital between March 2018 and March 2021, and randomly divided into control and observation group, with 58 patients in each group. The patients in the control group were treated with TACE, and those in the observation group were treated with TACE and after that the carrierizumab was given for six months to one year. Serum alpha fetoprotein (AFP), alpha fetoprotein heterogeneity-L3 (AFP - L3) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels were detected by ELISA. The peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets were determined by FCM. The survival curve was drawn by Kaplan-Meier and compared by Log-Rank test. Results At the end of three month treatment, the complete remission, partial remission, stable disease, objective remission rate and disease control rate in the observation group were 8.6%, 48.3%, 29.3%, 56.9% and 86.2%, much superior to 1.7%, 36.2%, 31.0%, 37.9%(P<0.05) and 69.0%(P<0.05) in the control group; serum AFP, AFP - L3 and CEA were(86.5±28.7)ng/mL, (183.7±61.4)ng/mL and (9.1±2.6)ng/mL, significantly lower than [(185.8±34.9)ng/mL, 270.3±71.5)ng/mL and (25.4±3.6)ng/mL, respectively, P<0.05] in the control; the percentage of peripheral blood CD4 cells and the CD4/CD8 cell ratio were (38.6±4.1)% and (1.3±0.2), both significantly higher than [(32.3±3.7)% and (1.1±0.1), respectively, P<0.05] in the control; up to the end of two-year follow-up, the survival rate in the observation group with two missed was 64.3%(36/56), much higher than 43.9%(25/57, x2=3.618, P=0.045) in the control with one missed. Conclusion We recommend the carlizumab therapy after TACE in the treatment of patients with advanced PLC, which needs further clinical investigation.

Key words: Hepatoma, Transhepatic arterial chemoembolization, Carrelizumab, Therapy, Prognosis