A Phase II Study of Oxaliplatin in Hepatocellular Cancer

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients must have histologically confirmed HCC which is recurrent, metastatic or
unresectable

- Patients may have up to two prior chemotherapy regimes; in addition, they may have
had previous radiation, chemoembolization, and/or alcohol injections

- Patients must have measurable disease, defined as lesions that can be accurately
measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as >= 20 mm with
conventional techniques or as >= 10 mm with spiral CT scan, and which has clearly
progressed during the observation interval prior to participation in this study;
pleural effusions and ascites will not be considered measurable, but may be present
in addition to the measurable lesion(s)

- Karnofsky performance status >= 70%; patients should have an expected survival of at
least 2 months

- Leukocytes >= 3,000/μl

- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/μl

- Platelets >= 100,000/μl

- Total bilirubin < 3.0 g/dl

- AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) =< 5 X institutional upper limit of normal

- Creatinine < 2.0 OR measured creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min for patients with
creatinine levels above institutional normal

- Brain metastasis is not an exclusion, however, patients are only eligible if they
have had successful control of the brain tumor(s) by surgery or stereotactic RT

- Patients with no evidence of clinically significant neuropathy

- All prior therapy must have been completed at least 4 weeks prior to the patient's
entry on this trial

- The effects of oxaliplatin on the developing human fetus at the recommended
therapeutic dose are unknown; for this reason and because DNA alkylating agents are
known to be teratogenic, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use
adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control) prior to study
entry and for the duration of study participation; should a woman become pregnant or
suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her
treating physician immediately

- Because the risk of toxicity in nursing infants secondary to oxaliplatin treatment of
the mother is unknown but may be harmful, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the
mother is treated with oxaliplatin

- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patient has prior oxaliplatin treatment or undergoing therapy with other
investigational agents

- History of allergy to platinum compounds or to antiemetics appropriate for
administration in conjunction with protocol-directed chemotherapy

- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to ongoing or active
infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, or unstable angina pectoris, or
cardiac arrhythmia

- HIV-positive patients receiving anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) are excluded from the
study because of possible pharmacokinetic interactions

- Patients with a diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis or a pulmonary interstitial process