Clinical trial · Interventional
Huaier Granule As Adjuvant Therapy for Colorectal Cancer After Radical Surgery
NCT02796820CI-TRIAL-00022587unknownPhase 3ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
A randomized, paralleled control clinical study investigating Huaier Granule for prevention of recurrence and metastasis of colorectal cancer after radical surgery, to evaluate the efficacy and safety.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorectal Cancer | Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huaier Granule | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Huaier Granule
- description
- Huaier Granule will be administrated from 4 to 48 weeks after surgery or until study termination. Huaier Granule is continuously taken three times per day, 20g per time.
- interventionNames
- Drug: Huaier Granule
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Regular follow-up observation
- description
- Regular follow-up observation after surgery.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Disease-free survival (DFS)
- timeFrame
- 1 year
- description
- DFS was defined as the date of definitive surgery until the date of recurrence, metastasis, appearance of a second primary tumor, or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * The subjects volunteer to sign the informed consent; * Aged: 18 to 75 years old; * Colorectal cancer (AJCC-TNM, Stage Ⅰ, low-risk Stage Ⅱand Stage Ⅲ; Patients with Stage Ⅲ colorectal cancer refuse to postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy); * The diagnosis and colorectal cancer has been confirmed by pathological examination after radical surgery; * The liver and kidney function satisfies the following conditions within 15 days after surgery (excluding day 15): aspartate aminotransferase (AST), glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP)\< 2 upper limit of normal (ULN), total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 ULN, serum creatinine \< 1.5 ULN; normal coagulation function; * Other laboratory tests meet the following requirements within 15 days after surgery (excluding day 15): white blood cells count ≥ 3.0×109/L, absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5×109/L, platelet count ≥ 100×109/L; * ECOG:0-2 points; * No other previous history of malignancy. Exclusion Criteria: * Multiple primary cancer; * Not recover from the colorectal surgery; * Presence of organ, bone, or skin metastases; * Pregnant or lactating women; * Those with active bleeding due to various reasons; * Those with HIV infection or AIDS-associated diseases; * Those with severe acute and chronic diseases; * Those with severe diabetes; * Those with serious infectious diseases; * Those who can not take drugs by oral route; * Drug abusers or those with psychological or mental diseases that may interfere with study compliance; * Conditions that are considered not suitable for this study investigators.
References
Publications (4)
- RESULTZhang N, Kong X, Yan S, Yuan C, Yang Q. Huaier aqueous extract inhibits proliferation of breast cancer cells by inducing apoptosis. Cancer Sci. 2010 Nov;101(11):2375-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2010.01680.x. PMID 20718753
- RESULTWang X, Zhang N, Huo Q, Yang Q. Anti-angiogenic and antitumor activities of Huaier aqueous extract. Oncol Rep. 2012 Oct;28(4):1167-75. doi: 10.3892/or.2012.1961. Epub 2012 Aug 8. PMID 22895629
- RESULTZhang T, Wang K, Zhang J, Wang X, Chen Z, Ni C, Qiu F, Huang J. Huaier aqueous extract inhibits colorectal cancer stem cell growth partially via downregulation of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway. Oncol Lett. 2013 Apr;5(4):1171-1176. doi: 10.3892/ol.2013.1145. Epub 2013 Jan 21. PMID 23599758
- RESULTWang X, Zhang N, Huo Q, Sun M, Dong L, Zhang Y, Xu G, Yang Q. Huaier aqueous extract inhibits stem-like characteristics of MCF7 breast cancer cells via inactivation of hedgehog pathway. Tumour Biol. 2014 Nov;35(11):10805-13. doi: 10.1007/s13277-014-2390-2. Epub 2014 Jul 31. PMID 25077927