The Dragon PLC Trial (DRAGON-PLC)
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06914648. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
The DRAGON PLC Trial - An International Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Combined Portal and Hepatic Vein Embolization (PVE/HVE) With PVE Alone in Primary Liver Cancers.
Brief summary
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The goal of the DRAGON PLC clinical trial is to determine whether portal vein embolization (PVE) combined with hepatic vein embolization (HVE) improves resectability and overall survival in patients with initially unresectable primary liver cancer compared to standard PVE alone. This trial specifically focuses on patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma. The main questions this trial aims to answer are whether combined PVE and HVE increases the proportion of patients who become resectable within 3 weeks and improves 5-year overall survival compared to PVE alone by enhancing liver hypertrophy. Participants will: * Undergo either standard PVE or combined PVE and HVE. * Have regular imaging to assess liver resectability. * Be monitored for survival outcomes up to 5 years after intervention.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT06914648
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 358 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 1, 2025 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Nov 15, 2032 (Estimated)
- Completion
- Nov 15, 2032 (Estimated)
- Last update posted
- May 15, 2025
2025 – 2032
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 5
- U.S. states
- 5
- U.S. cities
- 5
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale School of Medicine Hospital | New Haven | Connecticut | 06510 | Not yet recruiting |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago | Illinois | 60612 | Not yet recruiting |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester | Minnesota | 55905 | Not yet recruiting |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York | New York | 10065 | Not yet recruiting |
| Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland | Ohio | 44195 | Not yet recruiting |
Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.
Non-U.S. locations
This page focuses on the U.S. directory. The official record also lists 50 non-U.S. sites.
About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06914648, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
- Where the data comes from
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted May 15, 2025 · Synced Oct 24, 2026
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