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to compare the two standard treatment protocol for carcinoma of biliary tract

COMPARISON OF EFFICACY & SAFETY OF TWO FRONTLINE CYTOTOXIC CHEMOTHERAPY REGIMENS IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED CANCER OF BILIARY TRACT:A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTROL CONTROL STUDY

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/07/054679
Enrollment
52
Registered
2023-07-03
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-07-25

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

Conditions

Health Condition 1: C249- Malignant neoplasm of biliary tract, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention1: gemcitabine with oxaliplatin: gemcitabine 100mg/m2 (BSA) on day 1 and 8 oxaliplatin 1000mg/m2(BSA) on day 1 Control Intervention1: gemcitabine with cisplatin: gemcitabine 1000mg/m2(BSA

Sponsors

NO SPONSOR
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age >=18 years 2. ECOG performance status 0,1,2,3 3. Histologically confirmed biliary tract cancer. 4. Radiologically confirmed unresectable or metastatic disease. 5. Patient with Haemoglobin level more than 9% 6. Patient with platelet count more than 100,000 7. Patient with serum Bilirubin level less than 5gm/dl 8. Patients with mild to moderate grade transaminitis, SGOT and SGPT level less than 3X of UNL 9. Estimated GFR more than 45 mL/min as measured by the Cockcroft-Gault method14 10. Left ventricular ejection fraction >=40% 11. Chemotherapy naïve patients

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Age less than 18 years 2. End-stage kidney disease requiring haemodialysis 3. New York Heart Association grade III or IV congestive heart failure, or history of unstable angina/ myocardial infarction within six months prior to study entry 4. Grade 2 or worse peripheral neuropathy 5. Serum SGOT/SGPT levels >5 times the upper normal limits (UNL) provided, Serum Bilirubin (Total) >3 times the UNL. 6. Any acquired immunodeficiency state 7. Presence of second malignancy 8. Pregnant or Lactating females. 9. Surgically resectable tumors 10. Active infections

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
event free survival after 12 weeks of therapy the chemotherapy will be given at 3 weekly intervals with a standard chemotherapy regimen.Timepoint: after 12 weeks of chemotherapy

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
safetyTimepoint: after 12 weeks of intervention

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDR NISHANT SINHA

AIIMS RISHIKESH

dramitsehrawat@gmail.com9958474477

Outcome results

None listed

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