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A Phase IIb Randomized Clinical Trial of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-based Maintenance Therapy in Patients with Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer

A Phase IIb Randomized Clinical Trial of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-based Maintenance Therapy in Patients with Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 1Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0011168
Enrollment
160
Registered
2025-11-17
Start date
2026-03-17
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-05-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Drug : "This phase IIb randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) monotherapy maintenance compared with ICI-based combination maintenance therapy

Sponsors

Yonsei University Health System, Severance Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with advanced biliary tract cancer who have completed at least 8 cycles of Durvalumab plus Gemcitabine and Cisplatin treatment without radiologic evidence of disease progression, and are planned to receive Durvalumab maintenance therapy. (Patients treated with Pembrolizumab plus Gemcitabine/Cisplatin are also eligible if they are to continue Pembrolizumab monotherapy without Gemcitabine as maintenance therapy.) 2. Patients who are 20 years of age or older at the time of signing the informed consent form. 3. Patients with histologically confirmed biliary tract cancer, including intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, or gallbladder carcinoma. (Patients with neuroendocrine tumors or sarcomas are excluded.) 4. Patients who are willing and able to provide written informed consent for participation in the study. 5. Patients with measurable disease according to RECIST version 1.1. 6. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1. 7. Estimated life expectancy = 3 months. 8. Patients with adequate organ and bone marrow function, without transfusion or administration of hematopoietic growth factors (e.g., G-CSF) within 2 weeks prior to treatment initiation, defined as follows: - Hemoglobin = 9.0 g/dL - Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) = 1.5 × 10?/L - Platelet count = 75 × 10?/L - Serum creatinine = 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN), or estimated creatinine clearance = 45 mL/min (calculated using the Cockcroft–Gault formula; see Appendix 7) - AST and ALT = 3.0 × ULN (= 5.0 × ULN if liver metastases are present) - Total bilirubin = 2.0 × ULN (= 3.0 × ULN for patients with Gilbert’s syndrome) - International normalized ratio (INR) = 1.5 or prothrombin time = 1.5 × ULN - Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) = 1.5 × ULN 9. Women of childbearing potential must agree to use highly effective contraception during the entire study period and for at least 6 months after the last dose of investigational product, and must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 14 days prior to first dose. 10. Male patients who have not undergone sterilization must agree to use highly effective contraception during the entire study period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of investigational product. 11. Patients who are willing to provide tumor tissue samples obtained by endoscopic biopsy or excisional biopsy. 12. Patients who are able to understand and comply with the study procedures and are considered likely to complete the study by the investigator.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who have received more than 10 cycles of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) plus Gemcitabine and Cisplatin combination therapy for advanced biliary tract cancer. 2. Patients who have been treated for, or have evidence of recurrence or progression of, any malignancy other than biliary tract cancer within the past 3 years. Exceptions: Patients who have been disease-free for =3 years after curative treatment, or patients with the following malignancies are not excluded: basal cell carcinoma of the skin, Stage I squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma in situ, intramucosal carcinoma, or superficial bladder carcinoma. 3. Patients with residual adverse events from prior therapy or surgery that may interfere with the safety evaluation of the investigational product. 4. Patients with a history of hypersensitivity to any component of monoclonal antibody products. 5. Patients with a history or evidence of active, non-infectious interstitial lung disease (pneumonitis). 6. Patients with symptomatic or clinically active brain or leptomeningeal metastases requiring treatment. (Patients with asymptomatic, stable, and untreated brain metastases may be enrolled.) 7. Patients who are immunodeficient or are receiving systemic corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of the investigational product. (Physiologic doses of corticosteroids, such as for acute asthma exacerbation, may be allowed after consultation with the principal investigator.) 8. Patients with uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease, defined as any of the following: - Myocardial infarction within 180 days prior to randomization - Uncontrolled angina within 180 days prior to randomization - Congestive heart failure classified as New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV - Uncontrolled hypertension despite appropriate therapy (systolic =150 mmHg or diastolic =90 mmHg for >24 hours) - Clinically significant arrhythmia requiring treatment 9. Patients with severe chronic infections or active infections, including active or previously known tuberculosis. 10. Patients with active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment (e.g., disease-modifying agents, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressants) within the past 2 years. (Replacement therapy, such as thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, is not considered systemic treatment.) 11. Patients who have received any anticancer therapy other than immune checkpoint inhibitor + Gemcitabine + Cisplatin combination therapy for biliary tract cancer. (Adjuvant chemotherapy completed =6 months before study drug initiation is permitted.) 12. Patients who have undergone major surgery under general anesthesia within 28 days or minor/local surgery within 14 days before the start of study treatment. (Diagnostic procedures such as laparoscopic biopsy may be allowed upon investigator’s discretion.) 13. Patients who, in the opinion of the investigator, have any condition, treatment, active or ongoing symptomatic infection, or abnormal laboratory finding that could confound study results, interfere with study participation, or pose undue risk to the patient. 14. Patients with a known history of psychiatric disorders or substance abuse that may interfere with compliance to study requirements. 15. Patients with a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1/2) infection. 16. Patients with active hepatitis B (

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Phase II: Progression Free Survival, PFS;Phase Ib: Recommended Phase II Dose

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Objective response rate, ORR);Overall Survival, OS;Disease Control Rate, DCR;Duration of Response, DOR;Safety/EORTC QLQ-C30, EORTC QLQ-BIL21

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public Contactchoong-kun Lee

Yonsei University Health System, Severance Hospital

cklee512@yuhs.ac+82-2-2228-3122

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 16, 2026