Gemcitabine-Cisplatin Plus Envafolimab in Resectable Biliary Tract Malignancies (GENE)

May 17, 2026 updated by: Yifan Tong, PhD, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital

The Efficacy and Safety of Gemcitabine-Cisplatin Plus Envafolimab as Neoadjuvant Therapy in Resectable Biliary Tract Malignancies at High Risk of Recurrence

This trial is to evaluate the efficacy of Gemcitabine-Cisplatin (GC) plus Envafolimab neoadjuvant therapy in the patients at high risk of recurrence. Primary endpoint: Major Pathologic Response (MPR). It will also learn about the safety of drug including Gemcitabine-Cisplatin (GC) plus Envafolimab as a neoadjuvant therapy in this trial.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This trial is a single-arm interventional clinical study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant gemcitabine-cisplatin plus Envafolimab in resectable biliary tract malignancies patients with high-risk of recurrence. Patients with high-risk factors for recurrence. The criteria were defined as meeting at least one of the following: a. Preoperative CA19-9 ≥ 200 U/mL; b. Tumor diameter ≥5 cm or multiple tumor nodules on imaging; c. Regional lymph node metastasis with a short-axis diameter ≥ 1.0 cm on imaging; d. Vascular invasion (portal vein or hepatic artery) on imaging; e. Low or undifferentiated histologic grade. The primary endpoint: Major Pathologic Response (MPR). Secondary endpoints: Overall Survival (OS), Disease-free survival (DFS), Objective Response Rate (ORR) per the Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.1), Pathologic Response Rate (PCR), and R0 resection rate. The incidence and severity of adverse events (AEs), serious adverse events (SAEs), and laboratory test abnormalities judged as per the CTCAE v5.0 criteria. Exploratory endpoint: Relationship between carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125), Pathological biomarker expression, spatial transcriptome (if samples are sufficient), gut microbiome metagenome sequencing, and treatment response.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

34

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 Contact

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants who have signed a written Informed Consent Form (ICF);
  • Male or female participants aged 18-80 years;
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) score of 0/1;
  • Biliary Tract Cancer (BTC) diagnosed by puncture pathology prior to enrollment;
  • Participants must meet the following requirements for major vital organ function: a. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5×10⁹/L; platelet count ≥ 90×10⁹/L; hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL; b. Coagulation function: international normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.2; c. Alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST) ≤ 3 times the upper limit of normal (ULN); d. Serum albumin ≥ 3.5 g/dL; total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the ULN. Patients with obstructive jaundice who meet the eligibility criteria after percutaneous transhepatic cholangial drainage or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography treatment are also eligible for enrollment; e. Child-Pugh class A or B; f. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 times the ULN;
  • Patients with high-risk factors for recurrence. The criteria are defined as meeting at least one of the following: a. Preoperative CA19-9 ≥ 200 U/mL; b. Tumor diameter ≥ 5 cm or multiple tumor nodules on imaging; c. Regional lymph node metastasis with a short-axis diameter ≥ 1.0 cm on imaging; d. Vascular invasion (portal vein or hepatic artery) on imaging; e. Low or undifferentiated histologic grade;
  • Participants who have at least 1 measurable lesion (RECIST v1.1);
  • Be able to provide fresh stool samples and liver samples if undergoing surgery.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Pathological diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma, mixed hepatocellular carcinoma, and other non-cholangiocarcinoma malignant tumor components;
  • Prior systemic therapy for BTC, including immunotherapy, targeted therapy, or chemotherapy;
  • History of other prior or concurrent malignancies, except those with complete treatment and disease-free survival for more than 5 years;
  • Presence of an active, known or suspected autoimmune disease, or requirement for long-term systemic corticosteroid therapy (equivalent to ≥ 10 mg prednisone daily) or other immunosuppressive agents. Participants using inhaled or topical corticosteroids will not be excluded;
  • Presence of ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, sclerosing cholangitis, or other concurrent organ dysfunctions that would preclude tolerance of general anesthesia or hepatectomy;
  • Women who are breastfeeding or pregnant;
  • Any other factors that, in the investigator's judgment, may compromise participant safety or trial compliance, including serious comorbidities requiring ongoing treatment, clinically significant laboratory abnormalities, or relevant social or family-related issues.

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: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: GC Chemotherapy Plus Envafolimab Arm
Participants first receive GC chemotherapy plus envafolimab every 3 weeks (Q3W) for a total of 3 cycles (each cycle is 21 days). Eligibility for surgery is then assessed; eligible patients undergo radical resection.
Drug: Neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgery

First:

Envafolimab: 400 mg on Day 1, repeated every 3 weeks (Q3W). GC chemotherapy: Gemcitabine: 1000 mg/m2 in 100 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride injection, administered intravenously over 30 minutes on Days 1 and 8, repeated Q3W. Cisplatin: 25 mg/m2 in 500 mL of 5% glucose injection, administered intravenously over 2 hours on Day 1 and 8, repeated Q3W.

Of note, no target drugs is involved.

Second:

Radical resection eligibility will be assessed by the investigator; those with indeterminate resectability require additional MDT discussion confirmation. The criteria for radical resection:

  1. No invasion of the main trunk of the hepatic vein, portal vein, or inferior vena cava;
  2. No distant metastasis except for hilar lymph node metastases;
  3. Minimum distance between surgical margin and tumor border ≥ 0.5 cm;
  4. Residual liver volume ≥ 30% (≥ 40% for participants with cirrhosis).
Other Names:
  • Envafolimab, Gemcitabine, Cisplatin; Neoadjuvant GC-Envafolimab for Resectable Biliary Tract Malignancies

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Major Pathologic Response (MPR)
Time Frame: From enrollment to 2-4 weeks after completion of thrid cycle (each cycle is 21 days) of neoadjuvant therapy, surgical pathological findings will be obtained, or patients will be assessed as unresectable.
MPR is defined as ≤10% residual viable tumor cells in the primary lesion and regional lymph nodes following neoadjuvant therapy, with Pathologic Response Rate (PCR, 0% viable tumor cells) included in the MPR definition.
From enrollment to 2-4 weeks after completion of thrid cycle (each cycle is 21 days) of neoadjuvant therapy, surgical pathological findings will be obtained, or patients will be assessed as unresectable.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Residual viable tumor cell ratio
Time Frame: From enrollment to 2-4 weeks after completion of thrid cycle (each cycle is 21 days) of neoadjuvant therapy, surgical pathological findings will be obtained, or patients will be assessed as unresectable.
Postoperative resected specimens are analyzed via pathological section to determine the residual viable tumor cell ratio
From enrollment to 2-4 weeks after completion of thrid cycle (each cycle is 21 days) of neoadjuvant therapy, surgical pathological findings will be obtained, or patients will be assessed as unresectable.
Objective Response Rate (ORR)
Time Frame: From enrollment until 2-4 weeks after completion of neoadjuvant therapy (three cycles, each cycle is 21 days)
ORR is defined as the sum of Complete Response (CR) and Partial Response (PR), representing the proportion of participants with sustained tumor regression meeting predefined criteria.
From enrollment until 2-4 weeks after completion of neoadjuvant therapy (three cycles, each cycle is 21 days)
Pathologic Response Rate (PCR)
Time Frame: From enrollment to 2-4 weeks after completion of thrid cycle (each cycle is 21 days) of neoadjuvant therapy, surgical pathological findings will be obtained, or patients will be assessed as unresectable.
No viable tumor cells are found in the review of pathological sections.
From enrollment to 2-4 weeks after completion of thrid cycle (each cycle is 21 days) of neoadjuvant therapy, surgical pathological findings will be obtained, or patients will be assessed as unresectable.
R0 resection
Time Frame: From enrollment to 2-4 weeks after completion of thrid cycles (each cycle is 21 days) of neoadjuvant therapy, surgical pathological findings will be obtained, or patients will be assessed as unresectable.
R0 resection rate refers to the proportion of patients achieving complete surgical resection with negative margins.
From enrollment to 2-4 weeks after completion of thrid cycles (each cycle is 21 days) of neoadjuvant therapy, surgical pathological findings will be obtained, or patients will be assessed as unresectable.
Overall Survival (OS)
Time Frame: From enrollment up to 2 years following treatment initiation
OS is defined as the time from participant receiving the first treatment until death from any cause.
From enrollment up to 2 years following treatment initiation
Disease-free survival (DFS)
Time Frame: From enrollment up to 2 years following treatment initiation
DFS is defined as the time from the date of surgery to neoplasm recurrence or death for participants without residual lesions after surgery, whichever occurs first.
From enrollment up to 2 years following treatment initiation

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Biomarker Evaluation
Time Frame: From enrollment until 2 years after treatment
Correlations between these biomarkers (including CEA, CA19-9, CA125, spatial transcriptome, and gut microbiome metagenomic sequencing) and overall treatment efficacy, as well as subsequent basic research, are permitted.
From enrollment until 2 years after treatment

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Yuelong Liang, Ph.D, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Schoole of Medicine, Zhejiang University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

May 30, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

March 30, 2028

Study Completion (Estimated)

March 30, 2030

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 28, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 17, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

May 20, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 20, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 17, 2026

Last Verified

May 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SRRSH

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

After study completion and publication of study results, other individuals or groups may apply to the study executive committee for data sharing.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

After study completion and publication of study results

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

Medical institutions & personnel, non-commercial use

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP
  • ICF
  • ANALYTIC_CODE
  • CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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