Adjuvant Capecitabine vs Gemcitabine Plus Cisplatin in Resected Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

December 4, 2022 updated by: Baek-Yeol Ryoo, Asan Medical Center

Randomized Phase 2 Study of Capecitabine vs Gemcistabine Plus Cisplatin in Patients With Resected Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma With Regional Lymph Node Metastasis

There is no proven adjuvant treatment after curative surgical resection in patients with cholangiocarcinoma, although previous meta-analysis suggested potential survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy in patients with lymph node-positive resected cholangiocarcinoma. Despite of lack of level 1 evidence and no data which regimen is optimal, adjuvant chemotherapy is widely used in daily practice setting. Based on this background, the investigators designed the randomized phase 2 trial comparing capecitabine and gemcitabine plus cisplatin in patients with resected lymph node-positive extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

101

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 05505
        • Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

19 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients aged 19 years and older
  • Histologically documented extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (perihilar or distal bile duct tumor)
  • Microscopic or macroscopic surgical resection (ie., R0 or R1 resection)
  • Regional lymph node metastasis according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 7th edition
  • No distant metastasis
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 ~ 1
  • No prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy
  • Serum CA 19-9 < 100 U/mL at the time of enrollment
  • Adequate bone marrow function as defined by platelets ≥ 100 x 109/L and neutrophils ≥ 1.5 x 109/L
  • Adequate renal function, with serum creatinine < 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Adequate hepatic function with serum total bilirubin < 2 mg/dL, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) < 2.5 x ULN
  • No other malignant disease apart from non-melanotic skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix or any other non life-threatening cancer (i.e., prostate or thyroid cancer) except where treated with curative intent > 5 years previously without evidence of relapse Written informed consent to the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Medical or psychiatric conditions that compromise the patient's ability to give informed consent or to complete the protocol or a history of non-compliance
  • Histologies other than adenocarcinoma such as mixed hepatocellular carcinoma/cholangiocarcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma or mixed adenocarcinoma/neuroendocrine carcinoma
  • Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma or gallbladder cancer
  • Obstruction of gastrointestinal tract
  • Active gastrointestinal bleeding
  • Myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to the study medication, and other clinically significant heart disease (e.g., unstable angina, congestive heart failure or uncontrolled hypertension)
  • Evidence of severe or uncontrolled systemic disease or any concurrent condition which in the investigator's opinion makes it undesirable for the patient to participate in the study or which would jeopardise compliance with the protocol
  • Female subjects who are pregnant or lactating, or males and females of reproductive potential not willing or not able to employ a highly effective method of birth control/contraception to prevent pregnancy from 2 weeks before receiving study drug until 3 months after receiving the last dose of study drug. A highly effective method of contraception is defined as having a low failure rate (< 1% per year) when used consistently and correctly.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Capecitabine
Adjuvant Capecitabine
Capecitabine 1,250 mg/m2 Day 1 to 14, every 3 weeks
Experimental: Gemcitabine plus cisplatin
Adjuvant Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin
Gemcitabine 1,000 mg/m2 and cisplatin 25 mg/m2 Day 1 and 8, every 3 weeks
Other Names:
  • Gemcitabine
  • Cisplatin

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
2-year disease-free survival
Time Frame: 2 years
Proportion of patients without disease recurrence after 2 years
2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Disease-free survival
Time Frame: 4 years
Median time point that 50% of study patients recur
4 years
Toxicities (Adverse events related with chemotherapy)
Time Frame: 4 years
Adverse events related with chemotherapy
4 years
Overall survival
Time Frame: 4 years
Median time point that 50% of study patients is alive
4 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Baek-Yeol Ryoo, MD, Asan Medical Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 15, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 15, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

November 15, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 9, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 13, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

March 14, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 6, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 4, 2022

Last Verified

December 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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