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About this trial

Background and Study Rationale Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are a breakthrough cancer treatment that boosts the immune system to fight tumors. While effective, they can cause immune-related side effects, including liver inflammation (ICI-induced hepatitis or CHILI), which affects up to 25% of patients. Severe cases requiring treatment discontinuation are rare but challenging to manage.

Study Objective This multicenter prospective study aims to better understand CHILI, its clinical patterns, treatment response, and risk of recurrence. It will focus on different types of liver injury (cholestatic, hepatocellular, or mixed) to guide better treatment decisions.

Innovation and Approach Currently, there is no clear consensus on how to manage CHILI or when to safely restart immunotherapy. This study will collect real-world data from adult patients treated with ICIs, following international guidelines or a pragmatic approach when no consensus exists. Findings will help improve care strategies for patients experiencing ICI-related liver toxicity.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age ≥ 18 years

Patient willing to participate in the study

Patient with cancer receiving neoadjuvant, adjuvant, or maintenance treatment · Patient treated with ICI, either as monotherapy or in combination with another antitumor treatment (targeted therapy, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy), either de novo or after a first-line treatment including ICIs

Patient who has received at least one injection of an ICI ·

Disqualifiers

Patient with another cause of acute hepatitis, including viral, autoimmune, ischemic, acute alcoholic hepatitis, or Wilson's disease.

Patient unable to express their non-opposition to participate in the study.

Person deprived of liberty, under guardianship or curatorship, or in an emergency situation.

Person not affiliated with a social security system or without entitlement to healthcare coverage.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Blood samples

Treatment groups

250 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Locations

1
Montpellier University Hospital34295, Montpellier France

Sponsors and collaborators

University Hospital, Montpellier

Lead sponsor

Association Française pour l'Etude du Foie (AFEF)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov