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systemic chemotherapy alone or in combination with high dose chemoradiation for bile duct cancer

Phase III randomized trial of high dose chemoradiation and systemic chemotherapy vs systemic chemotherapy alone in patients with unresectable nonmetastatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2016/08/007156
Enrollment
155
Registered
2016-08-05
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- Cholangiocarcinoma

Interventions

Intervention1: chemoradiation and chemotherapy: 52.5-60 Gy/ 25 fractions to the gross disease and 45 Gy/ 25 fractions to suspected microscopic disease along with weekly gemcitabine (300 mg/ m2) . In

Sponsors

Tata Memorial Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ECOG 0 to 2 Tissue diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the biliary tract Wherever tissue diagnosis is not feasible inspite of repeated attempts a multidisciplinary consensus on clinicoradiological diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma CA 19.9 100mg per ml with a radiological evidence of malignant stricture should be made and patients consent should be available for treatment without tissue diagnosis Unresectable disease as determined by hepatobiliary surgical team No evidence of peritoneal or distant metastasis No radiological evidence of paraaortic nodal disease Child A or Child B score 7 Ability to tolerate radical treatment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Multicentric intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma however adjacent satellite lesions are permitted Inability to deliver safe radiation due to high tumor/ liver ratio Active cholangitis Expected Survival less than 6 months Unresolved biliary tract obstruction Inability in deliver systemic chemotherapy persistent bilirubin more than 3

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Overall Survival Progression Free SurvivalTimepoint: accrual 5 years followed by follow up of 3 years

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Cause Specific Survival CTCAE Toxicity Quality of LifeTimepoint: Accrual 5 years followed by follow up of 3 years

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSupriya Jayant Sastri

Tata Memorial Hospital

supriyasastri@gmail.com02224177147

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026