Design and rationale for the non-interventional Global Investigation of therapeutic DEcisions in hepatocellular carcinoma and Of its treatment with sorafeNib (GIDEON) study

Riccardo Lencioni (1) , Jorge Marrero (2) , Alan Venook (3) , Sheng-Long Ye (4) , Masatoshi Kudo (5)

1 Division of Diagnostic Imaging and Intervention, Department of Liver Transplantation, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases
2 Multidisciplinary Liver Tumor Clinic
3 Division of Medical Oncology
4 Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
5 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a complicated condition influenced by multiple confounding factors, making optimum patient management extremely challenging. Ethnicity, stage at diagnosis, co-morbidities and tumour morphology all affect outcomes and vary from region to region, and there is no common language to assess patient prognosis and make treatment recommendations. Despite recent efforts to reduce the incidence of HCC, most patients present with unresectable disease. Non-surgical treatments include ablation, transarterial chemoembolisation, and the multikinase inhibitor, sorafenib, but their effects in all patient subgroups are not known and further information is needed to optimise the use of these treatments. The Global Investigation of Therapeutic DEcisions in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Of its Treatment with SorafeNib (GIDEON) study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00812175; http://clinicaltrials.gov/) is an ongoing global, prospective, non-interventional study of patients with unresectable HCC who are eligible for systemic therapy and for whom the decision has been taken to treat with sorafenib under real-life practice conditions. The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of sorafenib in different subgroups, especially Child-Pugh B where data are limited. This study will recruit 3000 patients from > 40 countries and follow them for approximately 5 years in order to compile a large and robust database of information that will be used to analyse local, regional and global differences in baseline characteristics, disease aetiology, treatment practice patterns and treatment outcomes, with a view to improving the knowledge base used to guide physician treatment decisions and improving patient outcomes.

Keywords: Medicine

Riccardo Lencioni, Jorge Marrero, Alan Venook, Sheng-Long Ye, Masatoshi Kudo. Design and rationale for the non-interventional Global Investigation of therapeutic DEcisions in hepatocellular carcinoma and Of its treatment with sorafeNib (GIDEON) study. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 2010, 64 (8), pp.1034. ⟨10.1111/j.1742-1241.2010.02414.x⟩. ⟨hal-00552655⟩