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A Study of Gemcitabine, Capecitabine and Bevacizumab to Treat Cancer of the Gall Bladder or Bile Ducts

A Multicenter Phase II Study of Gemcitabine, Capecitabine and Bevacizumab for Locally Advanced or Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Gall Bladder or Biliary Ducts.

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01007552
Enrollment
50
Registered
2009-11-04
Start date
2009-12-31
Completion date
2015-05-31
Last updated
2017-03-29

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

Conditions

Cholangiocarcinoma

Keywords

Biliary Duct Cancer, Cancer of the Gallbladder, Adenocarcinoma of the Gall Bladder, Adenocarcinoma of the Biliary Ducts, Cholangiocarcinoma, Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Brief summary

To assess the proposed therapy for patients with advanced gallbladder or biliary cancers.

Detailed description

The primary objective of this study is to assess progression free survival with proposed therapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder or biliary ducts.

Interventions

DRUGGemcitabine, Capecitabine and Bevacizumab

Bevacizumab 15 mg/ kg every 3 weeks, starting day 1; Capecitabine 650 mg/m2 bid x 14 days starting day 1, Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 days 1 and 8, cycles to be repeated every 21 days.

Sponsors

Genentech, Inc.
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed gallbladder or biliary tract adenocarcinoma that is unresectable or metastatic, or metastatic adenocarcinoma which is radiologically confirmed to be of gallbladder or biliary origin. No prior systemic therapy for metastatic disease. Prior adjuvant therapy is permitted if completed over 6months ago. * Age ≥ 18 years. Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use of bevacizumab in combination with gemcitabine in patients over 18 years of age, children are excluded from this study, but will be eligible for future pediatric phase 1 combination trials. * ECOG performance status 0 or 1. * Life expectancy \> 3 months. * Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below: * leukocytes ≥ 3,000/microL * absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/microL * platelets ≥ 1OO,OOO/microL * total bilirubin ≤ 2 mg/dl * AST or ALT ≤ 5 times upper limit of normal (UNL) for subjects with documented liver metastases; ≤ 2.5 times UNL for subjects without evidence of liver metastases. * creatinine \< 1.5 mg/dL or 24 hour urine creatinine clearance \> 50 ml/min. * Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately. * Signed, written informed consent document. * Patient must have measurable disease

Exclusion criteria

* Subjects meeting any of the following criteria are ineligible for study entry: * Compromised renal or hepatic function. * Screening clinical laboratory values INR ≥ 1.5 (except those subjects who are receiving full-dose warfarin) * Hemoglobin \< 9 gm/dL (may be transfused or receive epoetin alfa (e.g., Epogen@) to maintain or exceed this level). * Bevacizumab risk factors: History of serious systemic disease, including uncontrolled hypertension (blood pressure of greater than 160/110 mmHg on medication), prior history of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy, unstable angina, New York Heart Association (NYHA) Grade II or greater congestive heart failure, unstable symptomatic arrhythmia requiring medication (subjects with chronic atrial arrhythmia, i.e., atrial fibrillation or paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia are eligible), or clinically significant peripheral vascular disease (Grade II or greater). * Presence of central nervous system or brain metastases. * Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to Day 0, or anticipation of need for major surgical procedure during the course of the study; fine needle aspirations or core biopsies within 7 days prior to Day O. * Pregnancy (positive pregnancy test) or lactation. * 24 hour urine creatinine clearance \< 50 ml/min or urine protein/creatinine ratio greater than or equal to 1.0 at screening. * Serious, nonhealing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture. * Evidence of bleeding diathesis or coagu1opathy. * Recent (less than or equal to six months) arterial thromboembolic events, including transient ischemic attack (TIA), cerebrovascular accident (CVA), unstable angina, or myocardial infarction (MI). * Inability to comply with study and/or follow-up procedures. * Patients with known duodenal or gastric wall involvement should be excluded. * Patients with suspected involvement of stomach or duodenum should have screening endoscopies to exclude the same prior to therapy. * Patients with esophageal or gastric varices. * Patients with recent hemoptysis (within 1 week).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The Primary Objective of This Study is to Assess Progression Free Survival (PFS) With Proposed Therapy for Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Gallbladder and Biliary Cancers.From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 5 yearsProgression will be evaluated in this study using the international criteria proposed by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST 1.0). Changes in only the largest diameter (unidimensional measurement) of the tumor lesions are used in the RECIST criteria. Note: Lesions are either measurable or non-measurable using the criteria provided below. The term evaluable in reference to measurability will not be used because it does not provide additional meaning or accuracy.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Assess the Toxicity of the Regimen.up to 5 yearsNumber of patients with Serious Adverse Events. Please refer to the adverse event reporting for more detail.
Assess the Change in the Quality of Life Among Patients Using the FACT-Hep (Version 4) for Hepatobiliary Cancers.Baseline, Day 22 and Day 43We utilized the FACT-HEP TOTAL SCORE (version 4) quality-of-life scale, which is a 45 item scale ranging from 96-178. Higher scores of the reflect better quality of life. For a Detailed description see: Nancy Heffernan, David Cella, Kimberly Webster, Linda Odom, Mary Martone, Steven Passik, Marilyn Bookbinder, Yuman Fong, William Jarnagin, and Leslie Blumgart: Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Hepatobiliary Cancers: The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Hepatobiliary Questionnaire. Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 20, No 9 (May 1), 2002: pp 2229-2239. No subscales were analyzed. .
Estimate the Proportion of Patients With Clinical ResponseFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 5 yearsPer Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), \>=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR.
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) Will be Assessed at Baseline, Day 22 and Day 43baseline, day 22 and day 43Mean number of CTCs in 7.5 ml of whole blood
Collect Samples at Baseline, Day 8 and Day 43 for Future Biomarker Studies and Development of Profiles of Responders to Anti-VEGF Therapy (Optional)Baseline, day 8 and day 43This was a tissue banking end point of sample collection for future studies. No analysis was completed.
Assess Overall Survival (OS)From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 5 years

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Gemcitabine, Capecitabine and Bevacizumab
Estimate the toxicity of the regimen, and estimate the quality of life (QOL). Gemcitabine, Capecitabine and Bevacizumab: Bevacizumab 15 mg/ kg every 3 weeks, starting day 1; Capecitabine 650 mg/m2 bid x 14 days starting day 1, Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 days 1 and 8, cycles to be repeated every 21 days.
50
Total50

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject1

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicGemcitabine, Capecitabine and Bevacizumab
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
20 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
30 Participants
Age, Continuous61.6 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 12.2
Sex: Female, Male
Female
24 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
26 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
50 / 50
serious
Total, serious adverse events
30 / 50

Outcome results

Primary

The Primary Objective of This Study is to Assess Progression Free Survival (PFS) With Proposed Therapy for Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Gallbladder and Biliary Cancers.

Progression will be evaluated in this study using the international criteria proposed by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST 1.0). Changes in only the largest diameter (unidimensional measurement) of the tumor lesions are used in the RECIST criteria. Note: Lesions are either measurable or non-measurable using the criteria provided below. The term evaluable in reference to measurability will not be used because it does not provide additional meaning or accuracy.

Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 5 years

Population: All treated and eligible patients

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Gemcitabine, Capecitabine and BevacizumabThe Primary Objective of This Study is to Assess Progression Free Survival (PFS) With Proposed Therapy for Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Gallbladder and Biliary Cancers.8.1 months
Secondary

Assess Overall Survival (OS)

Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 5 years

Population: All treated and eligible patients

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)
Gemcitabine, Capecitabine and BevacizumabAssess Overall Survival (OS)10.2 months
Secondary

Assess the Change in the Quality of Life Among Patients Using the FACT-Hep (Version 4) for Hepatobiliary Cancers.

We utilized the FACT-HEP TOTAL SCORE (version 4) quality-of-life scale, which is a 45 item scale ranging from 96-178. Higher scores of the reflect better quality of life. For a Detailed description see: Nancy Heffernan, David Cella, Kimberly Webster, Linda Odom, Mary Martone, Steven Passik, Marilyn Bookbinder, Yuman Fong, William Jarnagin, and Leslie Blumgart: Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Hepatobiliary Cancers: The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Hepatobiliary Questionnaire. Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 20, No 9 (May 1), 2002: pp 2229-2239. No subscales were analyzed. .

Time frame: Baseline, Day 22 and Day 43

Population: All treated and eligible patients. Some measures were not complete for leading to missing values.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Gemcitabine, Capecitabine and BevacizumabAssess the Change in the Quality of Life Among Patients Using the FACT-Hep (Version 4) for Hepatobiliary Cancers.Baseline136.7 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 20.8
Gemcitabine, Capecitabine and BevacizumabAssess the Change in the Quality of Life Among Patients Using the FACT-Hep (Version 4) for Hepatobiliary Cancers.Cycle 2135.6 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 22.1
Gemcitabine, Capecitabine and BevacizumabAssess the Change in the Quality of Life Among Patients Using the FACT-Hep (Version 4) for Hepatobiliary Cancers.Cycle 3139.9 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 16.7
Secondary

Assess the Toxicity of the Regimen.

Number of patients with Serious Adverse Events. Please refer to the adverse event reporting for more detail.

Time frame: up to 5 years

Population: All treated and eligible patients

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Gemcitabine, Capecitabine and BevacizumabAssess the Toxicity of the Regimen.30 participants
Secondary

Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) Will be Assessed at Baseline, Day 22 and Day 43

Mean number of CTCs in 7.5 ml of whole blood

Time frame: baseline, day 22 and day 43

Population: All treated and eligible patients

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Gemcitabine, Capecitabine and BevacizumabCirculating Tumor Cells (CTC) Will be Assessed at Baseline, Day 22 and Day 43Baseline2.3 cellsStandard Deviation 0.9
Gemcitabine, Capecitabine and BevacizumabCirculating Tumor Cells (CTC) Will be Assessed at Baseline, Day 22 and Day 43Day 221.0 cellsStandard Deviation 0.4
Gemcitabine, Capecitabine and BevacizumabCirculating Tumor Cells (CTC) Will be Assessed at Baseline, Day 22 and Day 43Day 430.8 cellsStandard Deviation 0.7
Secondary

Collect Samples at Baseline, Day 8 and Day 43 for Future Biomarker Studies and Development of Profiles of Responders to Anti-VEGF Therapy (Optional)

This was a tissue banking end point of sample collection for future studies. No analysis was completed.

Time frame: Baseline, day 8 and day 43

Population: No patients were analyzed and no data were collected for this Outcome Measure. This was an optional aim and the research team decided to opted out of analyzing.

Secondary

Estimate the Proportion of Patients With Clinical Response

Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), \>=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR.

Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 5 years

Population: All treated and eligible patients

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Gemcitabine, Capecitabine and BevacizumabEstimate the Proportion of Patients With Clinical Response24 percentage of participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 4, 2026