NCT00006332

Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Tetrathiomolybdate

Extracted Fields (from Registry)
Protocol IDNCT00006332
Registration Date2000-10-05
Statuscompleted
SponsorNational Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
CountryUnited States
Industrynot industry
Blindingunblinded
Center Typesingel-center RCT
Scopenational RCT
First Patient In
Last Patient Out
Publicationn
Gender %ALL
Mean Age18 Years -
LLM Classifications (Side-by-Side)
Field GLM
glm-5.1
7689ms / 8552 tok
CLAUDE
claude-sonnet-4-20250514
Thinking: claude-opus-4-20250514
4715ms / 9762 tok
OPENAI
gpt-4o
Thinking: o3
3696ms / 8408 tok
Review
rct_type N/A N/A N/A OK
cancer_status Cancer Cancer Cancer OK
non_cancer_spec N/A N/A N/A OK
setting_patient outpatient outpatient outpatient OK
setting_place other other
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: other
other other → other
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: other Requery: other — Patients are recruited from General Liver clinic and Liver Transplant clinic, indicating outpatient clinic-based treatment delivery rather than inpatient hospital care.
other hospital → other
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: hospital Requery: other — The intervention is delivered to outpatients in a general liver and liver transplant clinic setting, not requiring hospital admission.
OK
feasibility feasibility RCT N/A → feasibility RCT
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: N/A Requery: feasibility RCT — The trial is explicitly described as a pilot study with a small sample size of 10 patients, and despite having a clinical primary outcome (preventing tumor progression), the language and enrollment count indicate it is not designed as a fully powered effectiveness trial.
feasibility RCT feasibility RCT → feasibility RCT
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: feasibility RCT Requery: feasibility RCT — The study explicitly states it is a 'pilot study of 10 patients' with primary outcome to prevent tumor progression, indicating this is a feasibility/pilot trial rather than a fully powered effectiveness study.
feasibility RCT feasibility RCT → feasibility RCT
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: feasibility RCT Requery: feasibility RCT — The study is described as a 'pilot study' with only 10 patients, which indicates it aims to assess feasibility.
OK
intervention_pharmacologic yes yes yes OK
intervention_chemo_immuno_radio no no no OK
intervention_complementary no no no OK
intervention_device no no no OK
intervention_psychological no no no OK
intervention_complex no no no OK
intervention_acp no no no OK
intervention_music no no no OK
intervention_screening no no no OK
intervention_palliative no no no OK
intervention_education no no no OK
intervention_digital no no no OK
intervention_other no no no OK
outcome_symptom no no no OK
outcome_qol no no no OK
outcome_dignity no no no OK
outcome_cost no no no OK
outcome_other yes yes yes OK
pharmacologic_sub not yet FDA/EMA approved not yet FDA/EMA approved → not yet FDA/EMA approved
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: not yet FDA/EMA approved Requery: not yet FDA/EMA approved — Tetrathiomolybdate is an investigational drug being studied in a Phase 2 trial as an antiangiogenic agent for hepatocellular carcinoma and is not currently approved by the FDA or EMA for this indication.
not yet FDA/EMA approved other → other → not yet FDA/EMA approved
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: other Requery: other — Tetrathiomolybdate is a copper-chelating agent used as an anti-angiogenic therapy, which doesn't fit into the specific categories of controlled substances, off-label use, not yet FDA approved drugs, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation, or phytotherapies. Thinking: not yet FDA/EMA approved — Tetrathiomolybdate is an experimental antiangiogenic agent being tested in a Phase 2 trial for HCC, following a prior Phase I trial.
not yet FDA/EMA approved other → not yet FDA/EMA approved → not yet FDA/EMA approved
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: other Requery: not yet FDA/EMA approved — Tetrathiomolybdate is an experimental drug not yet approved by the FDA/EMA for this indication. Thinking: not yet FDA/EMA approved — Tetrathiomolybdate is an investigational copper-chelating drug with no current FDA or EMA approval.
OK
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