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NCT06274879
PHASE2

Safety of Biliary Intraductal Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients With Unresectable Extrahepatic Biliary Tract Cancer

Sponsor: Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to provide evidence for the general tolerability of radiofrequency ablation (bRFA) in patients with unresectable bile duct cancer undergoing systemic palliative treatment consisting of chemotherapy (gemcitabine and cisplatin) plus durvalumab (immune-checkpoint-inhibitor, ICI). The main question it aims to answer is whether it is safe to combine chemotherapy (gemcitabine and cisplatin) and immunotherapy (durvalumab) - CICI therapy. Participants will be assigned to either the control group or the experimental group. In the control group, the standard of care consists of endoscopy with stent placement in the bile duct and CICI, whereas in the experimental group, bRFA will be performed in addition to the standard of care. Participants will be followed up for 6 months, during the follow-up, the stage of the tumor, blood examination, the duration of the stent from the insertion until its failure, adverse events and quality of life will be examined. Researchers will compare the standard of care alone to the experimental group to see if the additional bRFA procedure causes higher or no difference in adverse events rate.

Official title: Safety of Biliary Intraductal Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients With Unresectable Extrahepatic Biliary Tract Cancer Undergoing Standard of Care Chemo-immune Checkpoint Inhibitor -Therapy: a Phase II, Multicenter, Randomized and Controlled

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

36

Start Date

2025-06-01

Completion Date

2028-12-30

Last Updated

2025-01-09

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

DRUG

Gemcitabin, Cisplatin and Durvalumab

CICI (Gemcitabin d1 \& d8 Cisplatin d1 \& d8, Durvalumab d1) are administered repeating every 21 days for a total of 8 cycles.

PROCEDURE

Biliary Radiofrequency Ablation

Biliary Radiofrequency Ablation is applied at baseline, 6 and 12 weeks

PROCEDURE

Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography with stenting

ERCP with stenting are applied at baseline and as clinically indicated

Locations (1)

Inselspital Bern University Hospital

Bern, Canton of Bern, Switzerland