Combination of Anti-PD-1 Antibody and Chemotherapy for Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

Combination of Anti-PD-1 Antibody and Chemotherapy for Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Exploratory Clinical Trial

This study is designed to observe and evaluate the safety and the efficacy of the anti-programmed-death-1 antibody (anti-PD-1) Triprilumab in combination with chemotherapy of Gemcitabine PLUS Cisplatin in patients who were advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with no chance for primary surgery.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma by AJCC V8 Stage
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Combination therapy; Drug: Mono-chemotherapy

Detailed Description

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, also known as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, is derived from intrahepatic bile duct epithelial cells, the second most common primary liver malignant tumor in china. but most (60% -70%) patients is diagnosed at the advanced stage . Gemcitabine plus cisplatin is the standard first-line advanced treatment recommended in international and domestic guidelines, but the treatment effect remains to be improved.

The clinical benefits of immune therapies for HCC are emerging. Early clinical data already show the safety of immune checkpoint inhibition. This study is to analyze the safety and efficacy of immunotherapy Triprilumab Injection combined with Gemcitabine Injection plus Cisplatin Injection in patients with advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Patients who were aged 18 to 80 years with a histological or cytological diagnosis of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma，locally advanced or multiple liver metastases, including postoperative occurrence, will be enrolled in this trial.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 120
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Tingbo Liang; Phone Number: +8613666676128; Email: liangtingbo@zju.edu.cn
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Xueli Bai; Phone Number: +8613757166693; Email: shirleybai@zju.edu.cn

Study Locations

• China
  • Zhejiang
    • Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310003
      • Recruiting
      • The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, ZheJiang University
      • Contact: Liang TingBo, MD, PHD; Phone Number: 086-571-87236688; Email: liangtingbo@zju.edu.cn

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Has histologically confirmed diagnosis of advanced (metastatic) and/or unresectable (locally advanced) biliary tract cancer (intra-or extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma)
• Has at least one measurable, evaluable lesions based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST 1.1), as determined by the research center investigator
• Participants with a history of hepatitis B or hepatitis C can be enrolled if they meet study criteria
• Is willing to provide archival tumor tissue sample or newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion
• Has a life expectancy of greater than 3 months
• Has adequate organ function
• Has EOCG score 0 or 1
• Has willing to voluntarily participate in clinical trial and sign informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Histology includes fibrolamellar, hepatocytes, sarcomatoid liver cancer, hepatocytes, hepatocellular carcinoma and other components. Or has had previous biliary tract cancer (intra-or extra hepatic cholangiocarcinoma) or combined with other cancer with an exception of basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin carcinoma in situ that has been radical treated.
• Has active tuberculosis and were receiving anti-tb treatment, or receiving anti-tb treatment within a year before were randomly assigned.
• Has symptomatic or poorly controlled circulatory disease, such as Congestive heart failure(NYHA III-IV), arrhythmia instability, type I angina, coronary heart disease, etc
• Has esophageal and gastric varices bleeding due to portal hypertension, or with history of inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal perforation and intestinal obstruction, abdominal abscess, or chronic diarrhea.
• Has life-threatening bleeding or venous thromboembolism events occurred in the first six months before enrollment, or the patient was prone to severe bleeding or coagulation dysfunction, or was undergoing thrombolytic therapy
• Has active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment within the two years before enrollment , especially those with immunosuppressive drugs, who were unable to control or who needed large amounts of immunosuppressive drugs to control the disease, excluding topical glucose-corticosteroids or systemic use, and prednisone less than 10 milligrams per day
• Has central nervous system disease with symptoms, such as primary brain tumor, stroke, epilepsy, etc. Patients who have undergone central nervous system or known brain metastases
• Has acute or severe hepatitis infection, or a severe bacterial or bacterial infection in an active or clinically poorly controlled, or with congenital or acquired immune deficiency such human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected
• Has previous allogeneic stem cell or parenchymal organ transplantation, including after liver transplantation
• Has history of allergies to drugs involved in this study
• Women who are pregnant or lactating, or who do not want to use contraception during the trial.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Triprilumab in combination with chemotherapy of GP; Triprilumab, 240 mg, every 3 weeks (Q3W), Day 1 of each 3 week cycle PLUS Gemcitabine, 1000 mg/m^2, Q3W, Day 1 and Day 8 of each cycle PLUS Cisplatin, 25 mg/m^2, Q3W, Day 1 and Day 8 of each cycle until progressive disease or unacceptable toxicity .	Drug: Combination therapy; Triprilumab by intravenous infusion accompanying with Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin; Other Names: Immunotherapy; Triprilumab; Anti-PD-1 therapy
Active Comparator: Mono-chemotherapy of GP; Gemcitabine, 1000 mg/m^2, Q3W, Day 1 and Day 8 of each cycle PLUS Cisplatin, 25 mg/m^2, Q3W, Day 1 and Day 8 of each cycle until progressive disease or unacceptable toxicity.	Drug: Mono-chemotherapy; Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin by intravenous infusion; Other Names: Gemcitabine Injection plus Cisplatin Injection

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Progression-Free Survival (PFS)	Time from first randomization to the first documented disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.	Observation period 48 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall Survival (OS)	Overall survival is defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause.	Up to 48 months
Objective Response Rate (ORR) per RECIST 1.1	ORR is defined as the percentage of participants who have a confirmed Complete Response (CR: disappearance of all target lesions) or Partial Response (PR: a ≥30% decrease in the sum of diameters [SOD] of target lesions) as assessed by RECIST 1.1	Up to 48 months
Disease Control Rate(DCR)	DCR is defined as the percentage of participants who have a confirmed Complete Response or Partial Response as assessed by RECIST 1.1	Up to 48 months
Myopathologic response(MPR)	DCR is defined as the proportion of patients with residual survival tumor ≤10%, the evaluation requires two liver cancer pathologists to evaluate and judge. If the difference between the two pathologists' evaluation is ≤10%, the average value is taken as the pathological remission rate. If the difference is greater than 10%, a third pathologist is required to evaluate, and then the average of the two with a difference of less than 10% will be taken	Up to 48 months
Conversion surgical resection(R0) rate	the ratio of patients successfully converted into radical surgical resection by the treatment plan, in which the margin of the liver is negative	Up to 48 months
Adverse Events (AE)	Safety evaluation was done continuously during treatment by using CTCAE 5.0	Up to 48 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Zhejiang University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 22, 2020
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): April 22, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): April 22, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 30, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 30, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): June 4, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 4, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 30, 2020
• Last Verified: May 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Immunotherapy; Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma; anti-programmed-death-1 antibody
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Adenocarcinoma; Carcinoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Cholangiocarcinoma; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Anti-Infective Agents; Antiviral Agents; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; Antimetabolites; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunosuppressive Agents; Immunologic Factors; Gemcitabine; Cisplatin
• Other Study ID Numbers: CISLD-9

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No