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Safety of Biliary Intraductal Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients With Unresectable Extrahepatic Biliary Tract Cancer
Sponsor: Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
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
Conditions
Interventions
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.
Biliary Radiofrequency Ablation
Biliary Radiofrequency Ablation is applied at baseline, 6 and 12 weeks
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