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Chemoimmunotherapy + Spatially Fractionated RT and Deep Hyperthermia

Chemoimmunotherapy Combined With Hyperthermia and Spatially-Fractionated Radiotherapy in Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer

  • RegistryNCT06546969
  • PhasePhase 1
  • StatusRecruiting
  • ConditionAdvanced Biliary Tract Cancer
  • SponsorUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore
How Chemoimmunotherapy + SFRT and Hyperthermia works1 min

The drug

What is being tested.

Administered to 1 measurable lesion on cycle 2-day 1

Deep hyperthermia alone will be delivered to the same lesion on cycle 3-day 1 and cycle 4-day 1

For this study, the drugs Gemcitabine, Cisplatin, and Durvalumab will be used. Chemoimmunotherapy will be delivered over 4 cycles for this study and can continue longer if the treating physician decides this is appropriate. Each cycle will last 3 weeks. Spatially fractionated radiation therapy (SFRT) SFRT is a form of radiation therapy that gives a single large dose of radiation to large tumors or tumors that do not qualify for surgery.

The study

How the trial runs.

This study is being done to see if the investigators can improve the outcome of patients with biliary tract cancer that do not qualify for surgery. This study will compare the effects, good and/or bad, of using a combination of standard of care chemoimmunotherapy, with the addition of radiation and deep hyperthermia.

In this study, participants will be receiving standard of care chemoimmunotherapy (gemcitabine, cisplatin, and durvalumab), radiation (spatially fractionated radiation therapy), and deep hyperthermia. Chemoimmunotherapy Chemoimmunotherapy is when chemotherapy drugs are combined with immunotherapy drugs. Chemotherapy uses different drugs to kill or slow the growth of cancer cells, whereas immunotherapy drugs are used to help the immune system attack cancer cells.

Live record on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Eligibility

Who the study is looking for.

  • Capable of giving signed informed consent, which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF) and in this protocol
  • Provision of a signed and dated written ICF prior to any mandatory study-specific procedures, sampling, and analyses
  • Age ≥ 21 years at the time of screening
  • Histologically-confirmed, unresectable advanced or metastatic carcinoma of the biliary tract including intrahepatic or extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder carcinoma
  • No prior systemic therapy for locally advanced, metastatic, or recurrent BTC (prior adjuvant capecitabine therapy is allowed as long as last treatment was ≥ 1 month before enrollment)
  • An ECOG performance status of 0-2 at enrollment

Inclusion criteria as written on the registry, trimmed. The full list, with exclusions, is on the live record.

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