Clinical Research Directory

Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy (HAIC) Combined With Durvalumab and Lenvatinib in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: a Phase 2 Study(HAIC-quad Trial)

At present, the first-line treatment for patients with advanced unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is mainly systemic treatment, but the improvement in efficacy is limited and is not enough to meet the current clinical treatment needs. Hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) has the advantages of increasing local drug concentration and reducing toxic side effects compared to systemic intravenous chemotherapy. In order to enable patients with advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma to obtain better treatment effects, this study plans to explore HAIC combined with durvalumab and lenvatinib as the first-line treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic ICC, in order to provide a better treatment choice for their comprehensive treatment.

PDS01ADC in Combination With Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump (HAIP) and Systemic Therapy for Subjects With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma, or Metastatic Adrenocortical Carcinoma

Background: One way to treat liver cancer is to deliver chemotherapy drugs only to the liver (and not to the whole body). Researchers want to see if adding the drug PDS01ADC can improve the treatment. The drug triggers the immune system to fight cancer.\<TAB\> Objective: To see if treatment with HAIPs to deliver liver-directed FUDR and Dexamethasone chemotherapy in combination with PDS01ADC is effective for certain cancers. Eligibility: People aged 18 and older who have cancer of the bile ducts that is only in the liver, or colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver, or cancer of the adrenal glands that has spread to the liver, who are also receiving or planning to receive standard systemic chemotherapy for their disease. Design: Participants will be screened with: Medical history Physical exam Blood tests Pregnancy test (if needed) Tumor biopsy (if needed) Electrocardiogram Computed tomography (CT) scans Participants will have an abdominal operation. A catheter will be placed into an artery that feeds blood to the liver. The catheter will then be attached to the HAIP. The HAIP will lay under the skin on the left side of the abdomen. All participants will have liver-directed FUDR and Dexamethasone chemotherapy drugs or heparin with saline infused into the HAIP every 2 weeks. PDS01ADC will be injected under the skin every 4 weeks. They will receive this treatment until their cancer gets worse or they have bad side effects. Participants will also receive standard systemic chemotherapy for their disease, assigned based on diagnosis, through an IV by their medical oncologist (at NIH or by a local provider) every 2 weeks. Participants will have 2 study visits at NIH each month. They will have CT scans every 8 weeks. At visits, they will repeat some screening tests. Participants will have a follow-up visit 1 month after treatment ends. Then they will be contacted every 6 months for 5 years.

FOLFOX-HAIC Combined With Donafenib and Pucotenlimab as First-Line Treatment for Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

This is a prospective, open-label, single-arm phase II study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of FOLFOX-based hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) in combination with donafenib and pucotenlimab as first-line treatment in patients with unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Eligible patients will receive FOLFOX-HAIC administered every three weeks together with oral donafenib and intravenous pucotenlimab. Tumor response will be assessed according to RECIST v1.1. The primary objective of the study is to determine the objective response rate, and secondary objectives include progression-free survival, overall survival, disease control rate, and safety.

Prospective Evaluation of 68Ga-FAPI PET in Biliary Cancers

The goal of this prospective observational study is to evaluate whether Gallium-68 Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor (FAPI) PET/CT can improve detection, staging, and recurrence assessment in adult patients (≥18 years) with suspected or confirmed biliary tract cancers, including gallbladder cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, and post-treatment suspected recurrence. The main question(s) this study aims to answer are: Can FAPI PET/CT provide greater sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy for primary tumors, nodal disease, and metastatic lesions compared to standard FDG PET/CT? Does FAPI PET/CT offer additional diagnostic yield that may affect clinical decision-making and staging, potentially reducing need for invasive staging procedures? Researchers will compare FAPI PET/CT with FDG PET/CT to see if FAPI improves detection of metastatic or recurrent disease, especially peritoneal or liver metastasis and lymph node involvement. Participants will: Provide written informed consent. Undergo FAPI PET/CT imaging (baseline and/or at suspected biochemical or radiologic recurrence). Have quantitative imaging parameters evaluated (SUVmax, tumor-to-liver ratios, metabolic volume). May undergo comparison with FDG PET/CT and/or follow-up imaging or histopathology as gold standard.

Efficacy and Safety of TT-00420 (Tinengotinib) Tablets Versus Chemotherapy in Patients With Advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Harboring FGFR2 Fusions/Rearrangements or Mutations

This is an open-label, randomized, controlled, multicenter, phase III clinical study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TT-00420 tablets as monotherapy versus chemotherapy in subjects with unresectable advanced or metastatic intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma harboring FGFR2 gene fusions/rearrangements or mutations, who have experienced recurrence or progression after prior first-line systemic chemotherapy.

Study Assessing PET Imaging With Zirconium-labelled Girentuximab in Patients With HCC, ICC or NEN

Precision medicine represents a major goal in oncology. It has its underpinning in the identification of biomarkers with diagnostic, prognostic, or predictive values. Gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasia (GEP-NENs) are rare tumors, but their frequency is increasing. In this context, the tumor expression of carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX), complemented by a restricted profile in normal tissues, provides an opportunity for therapeutic targeting and precision medicine. Indeed, radiolabeling the anti-CAIX monoclonal antibody girentuximab with Zirconium 89 has shown promise as a novel positron emission tomography (PET) tracer and labeling with 177 Lutetium promise as a therapeutic agent in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) in the context of a theranostic approach. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of 89Zr-labeled girentuximab (89Zr-TLX250) as a novel, carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) targeted PET/CT tracer for the imaging of Gastro-Entero-Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms, Hepatocellular Carcinoma or IntraHepatic Cholangiocarcinoma.

A Trial of Apatinib and Adebrelimab in Combination With Chemotherapy in Patients With Unresectable ICC

The study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Apatinib and Adebrelimab in Combination With chemotherapy in patients with advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC)

A Randomized Trial of Surgical Decision-Making Guided by TDTP-RECIST

This project aims to conduct a prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled clinical trial. The study plans to enroll 270 patients with locally advanced iCCA who have successfully undergone GOLP conversion therapy. Participants will be randomized at a 1:2:2 ratio into three arms: Control Arm (continued medication), Direct Surgery Arm, and TDTP-RECIST Assessment Arm. The primary endpoint is Overall Survival (OS).

A Cell-free DNA Methylation Blood-Based Test for Biliary Tract Cancers Screening

Biliary tract carcinoma (BTC), including gallbladder cancer, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, ranks sixth in incidence among gastrointestinal malignancies and tenth in cancer-related mortality worldwide. Due to the lack of specific early symptoms, high malignancy, and frequent recurrence and metastasis, the rate of curative resection is only about 16.5%, and the overall 5-year survival rate is less than 5%. Early and accurate detection is therefore critical for improving patient outcomes. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), a fraction of circulating free DNA (cfDNA), carries genetic and epigenetic information from tumor cells and can be detected even at the early stages of cancer development. Among various liquid biopsy biomarkers, ctDNA methylation shows particular advantages in sensitivity and specificity for early cancer detection and monitoring. This study aims to evaluate the application of cfDNA methylation liquid biopsy in the diagnosis and management of BTC.

Preoperative Evaluation of Lymph Nodes of Cholangiocarcinoma (POELH-III)

In the POELH-II trial (Clinicaltrials.gov ID NCT05678218) patients with presumed resectable perihilar (pCCA), intrahepatic (iCCA) or mid-common bile duct (CBD) cholangiocarcinoma had the outcomes of their preoperative endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) registered. This EUS procedure was done systematically, targeting lymph nodes (LNs) with the aim to identify LN metastases preoperatively. The goal of this follow-up observational cohort study (POELH-III) is to assess the yield of preoperative EUS, with an improved EUS approach. The EUS protocol as used in the POELH-II trial was improved based on preliminary results of the POELH-II trial. The main questions it aims to answer is: \- The number of patients precluded from surgical work-up due to positive regional or extraregional LNs identified by EUS guided tissue acquisition

PErioperative CISGEM + Rilvegostomig in High-Risk Resectable Intra Hepatic CholangioCarcinoma

The goal of this trial is to determine whether the combination of CISGEM and Rilvegostomig during the perioperative period works to improve outcomes of patient undergoing surgery of high-risk of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Cryoablation Combined With Lenvatinib Plus QL1706 (Iparomlimab/Tuvonralimab) in Patients With Advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of cryoablation combined with lenvatinib plus QL1706 (iparomlimab/tuvonralimab) in patients with advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) who have progressed after first-line treatment.

A Study of an FGFR2/3 Inhibitor (CGT4859) in Patients With Cholangiocarcinoma and Other Advanced Solid Tumors

This is an open-label, phase 1/2 study evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic (what the body does to the drug), pharmacodynamic (what the drug does to the body), and antitumor activity of CGT4859 in adult participants with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) or other advanced solid tumors with FGFR2 and/or FGFR3 genetic alternations.

A Prospective Phase II Study of Postoperative Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

This is a single-arm prospective phase II clinical trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of adjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy with simultaneous integrated boost following hepatectomy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with narrow margin (\<1cm) or nodal involvement. Eligibility patients will receive IMRT or VMAT. The prescription dose to high-risk area of tumor bed or positive lymph node was planned at 55-60Gy and the prescription dose to lymphatic drainage regions was planned at 40-45Gy in 20-25 fractions. During radiotherapy, patients will concurrently receive capecitabine (1600 mg/m² on days 1-14, every 21 days for 2 cycles). After radiotherapy, maintenance therapy with capecitabine will continue (2000 mg/m² on days 1-14, every 21 days for 6 cycles). For patients who cannot tolerate capecitabine, S-1 will be used as an alternative. The primary endpoint is 2-year recurrence-free survival. The secondary endpoints are 2-year overall survival, local-regional control rate and incidence of grade 3 or higher adverse events.

Second-line Regimen Combined With Radiotherapy Versus Without Radiotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced/Oligometastatic ICC After Failure of First-line Treatment：an Open-label, Randomized, Controlled Phase II Clinical Study

Second-line regimen with or without consolidative radiotherapy in patients with oligometastatic/locally advanced unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: an open-label, randomised, controlled study.

Additional Chemotherapy Administered Directly Into the Liver Using a Chemo Pump in Patients With Bile Duct Cancer Inside the Liver Treatable by Surgery

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if additional chemotherapy by means of a chemo pump can prevent return of disease in adult patients with bile duct cancer in the liver that can be treated with surgery. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does addition of chemotherapy by means of a chemo pump lead to less return of disease within the liver two years after surgery? * Does addition of chemotherapy by means of a chemo pump lead to longer survival of patients? * Does addition of chemotherapy by means of a chemo pump lead to an increase in quality of life? Participants will receive an implanted chemo pump, through which additional chemotherapy will be given to the liver in addition to surgery.

Liver Transplantation for Unresectable Intrahepatic Colangiocarcinoma After Sustained Response to Neoadjuvant Treatments

This is single-arm, observational, academic, investigator-driven study investigating the efficacy of liver transplantation after successful and sustained downstaging/tumor control of liver-limited unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. The downstaging protocol includes chemotherapy +/- immunotherapy and transarterial radioembolization (TARE) with Yttrium-90 in various combinations.

Phase II Clinical Study of GemOX Hepatic Arterial Infusion Combined with Lenvatinib and Toripalimab for Advanced and Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer

For advanced unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer, the current standard first-line treatment is a combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy. However, the efficacy rates remain low. Hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy can reduce systemic drug dosages while increasing local drug concentrations, which is expected to enhance overall efficacy and minimize drug toxicity and side effects. This study utilized a hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy regimen that combines gemcitabine with oxaliplatin, along with the small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor lenvatinib and the immune checkpoint inhibitor toripalimab. The aim was to improve treatment efficacy and create opportunities for conversion surgery. The primary endpoint was the objective response rate, while the secondary endpoints included the surgical resection rate, complete pathological response rate (pCR), overall survival (OS), and the incidence of adverse reactions.

Toripalimab Combined With Gemcitabine and Cisplatin (GemCis) as Preoperative Neoadjuvant Therapy for Resectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

This study was a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of toripalimab combined with GemCis (gemcitabine and cisplatin) as preoperative neoadjuvant therapy for resectable ICC at high risk of recurrence.

Adebrelimab Combined with Irinotecan Liposomes, 5-FU, CF ± Lenvatinib As First-line Treatment for Advanced ICC

This is a multicenter, open label, randomized, two-arm clinical study to observe and evaluate the efficacy and safety of adebrelimab combined with irinotecan liposomes, 5-fluorouracil, calcium folinate ± lenvatinib as first-line treatment for advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC).