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Cryoablation and Hepatic Arterial Infusion of SD-101 in Combination with Durvalumab and Tremelimumab for the Treatment of Locally Advanced or Metastatic and/or Unresectable Liver cancer

Trial Status: active

This phase Ib trial tests the safety and side of effects of cryoablation and hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) of SD-101 in combination with durvalumab and tremelimumab and how well they work in treating patients with liver (hepatocellular) cancer that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced) or that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic) or that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Cryoablation is a procedure in which tissue is frozen to destroy abnormal cells. SD-101, a TLR9 agonist, may stimulate the immune system in different ways and stop tumor cells from growing. HAI is a procedure to deliver chemotherapy directly to the liver. Catheters are put into an artery in the groin that leads directly to the liver, and drugs, such as SD-101, are given through the catheters. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as durvalumab and tremelimumab, may help the body's immune system attack the tumor, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving cryoablation and intrahepatic SD-101 prior to starting immunotherapy with durvalumab and tremelimumab may be safe and tolerable and may make the immunotherapy more effective in treating patients with locally advanced or metastatic and/or unresectable hepatocellular cancer.