Apatinib Mesylate in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: NCT07618546 Clinical Landscape Report 2026

18 September 2026
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This Clinical Landscape Report was built with PatSnap Life Sciences MCP workflows. Clinical Trials MCP supplies protocol and result records, Drug & Asset MCP adds asset context, and Company & Deal Intelligence MCP resolves sponsor background. Use the same structured MCP building blocks in your research workflow.

Data snapshot: 18 September 2026. This strategic research report is not medical, regulatory or investment advice. Trial status and dates can change.

Not Applicable

Clinical phase

Not yet recruiting

Recruitment status

208

Planned enrollment

2027-03-31

Primary-completion proxy

Executive view

NCT07618546 evaluates Apatinib Mesylate in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. The disclosed sponsor is Henan Cancer Hospital, the design is Interventional, and the geographic footprint is Geography not reported. The first listed primary endpoint is EFS, assessed over At least 42 months.

The key landscape question is whether this protocol can generate a clinically interpretable signal relative to nearby programs. Phase alone is not a measure of evidence quality. Endpoint relevance, comparator choice, masking, enrollment feasibility, patient selection, country coverage and follow-up must be considered together.

PatSnap MCP Servers make this assessment reproducible by keeping protocol facts, result evidence, asset attributes and sponsor identity in separate structured calls.

How the MCP evidence stack was assembled

Clinical Trials MCP clinical_trial_fetch retrieved the design, outcomes, phase, status, enrollment, sponsor, countries and timing for NCT07618546 and selected peers. clinical_trial_result_fetch supplied detailed result records from the wider Hepatocellular Carcinoma landscape. Drug & Asset MCP drug_fetch was queried for Apatinib Mesylate, while Company & Deal Intelligence MCP organization_fetch was queried for Henan Cancer Hospital.

This separation reduces a common diligence error: treating a registry label, a company description or a result excerpt as if each represented the complete evidence package. Explore the source workflow at the PatSnap MCP marketplace.

Trial landscape table

TrialAsset / interventionPhase / statusSponsorGeographyPrimary endpointReadout proxy
NCT07618546Apatinib MesylateNot Applicable / Not yet recruitingHenan Cancer HospitalGeography not reportedEFS
At least 42 months
2027-03-31
NCT07627191Semaglutide (Novo Nordisk)Early Phase 1 / Not yet recruitingUniversity of ArizonaUnited StatesIncidence of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events [Safety] attributed to GLP1-RA and/or its interaction with chemotherapy
Up to 6 months or at time of disease progression, whichever comes fir…
2028-06-30

The table aligns endpoints, sponsors, phases, geographies and readout proxies. It is descriptive, not a head-to-head efficacy comparison. Differences in population, baseline risk, intervention schedule and follow-up can dominate apparent cross-trial differences.

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Protocol design and endpoint interpretation

NCT07618546 is a Not Applicable, not yet recruiting study with 208 planned participants. Allocation is Randomized, masking is None (Open Label), and the intervention model is Parallel Assignment.

The primary endpoint is “EFS” over “At least 42 months.” No additional primary-endpoint description was returned in the selected field set.

Interpretation should test whether the endpoint captures a clinically meaningful change, whether its time horizon matches the proposed biology, and whether treatment discontinuation or missing data can bias the estimate. The planned enrollment of 208 should be assessed against expected effect size, event frequency, multiplicity, subgroup plans and attrition.

No named control drug was returned in the protocol field set. A placebo comparator can strengthen internal efficacy assessment, while an active comparator may better test clinical differentiation. Single-arm and open-label programs require greater weight on objective outcomes, independent assessment and external benchmarks.

Indexed readouts in the surrounding landscape

5 recent result records were selected as contextual evidence for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. These records do not establish direct evidence for NCT07618546 unless the registration number matches.

A Phase Ib/II, Open-Label, Multicenter, Randomized Platform Study Evaluating The Efficacy and Safety of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy Combinations in Patients With Surgically Resectab…

Phase 1/2; n=62; Major Pathologic Response (MPR) Rate = 0 percentage of participants (95% Confidence Interval, 0.00 - 11.57); Major Pathologic Response (MPR) Rate = 3.3 percentage of participants (95% Confidence Interval, 0.08 - 17.22) Source: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT05908786

A Phase 3 Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blinded, Active-controlled, Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Lenvatinib (E7080/MK-7902) With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475)…

Phase 3; n=480; Progression Free Survival (PFS) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR)(Median): Hazard Ratio (HR) = 0.66(95% CI, 0.51 - 0.84), P-Value = 0.0002; Progression Free Survival (PFS) Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1) as Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR)(Median): Hazard Rat… Source: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT04246177

Role of Lisinopril in Preventing The Progression of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): Relief-NAFLD

Phase 2; n=35; Pre-Treatment(Mean) = 48 ng/mL (Standard Deviation, 17) Source: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT04550481

Result fields should be reconciled with the source record before quantitative comparison. Population definitions, analysis sets, dose cohorts, estimands, confidence intervals, rescue therapy and follow-up can materially change the meaning of a numerical endpoint. Clinical Trials MCP supports repeatable refreshes as result records change.

Asset and sponsor context

Apatinib Mesylate is indexed as Small molecule drug with VEGFR2 biology and a global stage of Approved. The asset profile lists Advenchen Laboratories LLC as an originator or developer.

Henan Cancer Hospital is indexed in China with the website http://www.anti-cancer.com.cn. The organization record is used to resolve sponsor identity. The record lists 11 development-stage drug assets.

For execution diligence, monitor sponsor ownership, collaborator additions, site expansion, protocol amendments and enrollment revisions. A change in ownership or geography can alter operational confidence as well as the commercial meaning of a future readout.

Development white space

  1. Endpoint white space. Determine whether a more patient-relevant outcome, longer durability window or blinded central assessment would resolve uncertainty left by the current endpoint.
  2. Population white space. Test biomarker-defined, treatment-line or risk-stratified subgroups where effect size and unmet need could be clearer.
  3. Comparator white space. Identify whether the study can support differentiation against the current standard of care rather than only activity against baseline or placebo.
  4. Geographic white space. Assess whether the disclosed footprint supports recruitment, regulatory transferability and commercial generalizability.
  5. Sequencing white space. Clarify whether Apatinib Mesylate is intended for monotherapy, combination, maintenance, rescue or an earlier treatment line.

White space should be framed as an unanswered development question, not merely an unoccupied mechanism label. A credible program closes a measurable clinical uncertainty with a design that can be executed and interpreted.

Strategic implications and next readouts

For sponsors, the endpoint hierarchy, safety window, enrollment pace and protocol amendment history should all support the same target product profile. Advancement criteria should be set before the readout and tied to clinical effect, uncertainty, tolerability and operational feasibility.

For business-development teams, differentiation may come from a sharper population, stronger comparator, more durable benefit, simpler delivery or clearer sequencing role. For investors, the central risk is evidence quality relative to time and capital, not the phase label in isolation.

Track recruitment status, enrollment changes, primary-completion timing, endpoint revisions, new result records, sponsor ownership and collaborator changes. Re-run the PatSnap MCP workflow when a surrogate becomes a clinical outcome, a single-country study expands, the comparator changes or a new result materially shifts the competitive benchmark.

Source trail and bottom line

Anchor trial: NCT07618546
Protocol source: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07618546
MCP sources: Clinical Trials MCP (clinical_trial_fetch and clinical_trial_result_fetch); Drug & Asset MCP (drug_fetch); Company & Deal Intelligence MCP (organization_fetch).
Data snapshot: 18 September 2026.

Apatinib Mesylate in Hepatocellular Carcinoma is best understood through the interaction of protocol design, surrounding readouts, asset context and sponsor execution. The current record makes EFS and 2027-03-31 the leading decision points.

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