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Gemcitabine plus cisplatin for Cholangiocarcinoma

Phase 2
Waitlist Available
Led By Baek-Yeol Ryoo, MD
Research Sponsored by Asan Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 4 years
Awards & highlights
All Individual Drugs Already Approved
Approved for 10 Other Conditions
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

There is no proven adjuvant treatment after curative surgical resection in patients with cholangiocarcinoma, although previous meta-analysis suggested potential survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy in patients with lymph node-positive resected cholangiocarcinoma. Despite of lack of level 1 evidence and no data which regimen is optimal, adjuvant chemotherapy is widely used in daily practice setting. Based on this background, the investigators designed the randomized phase 2 trial comparing capecitabine and gemcitabine plus cisplatin in patients with resected lymph node-positive extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Eligible Conditions
  • Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Bile Duct Cancer
  • Biliary Tract Cancer
  • Adjuvant Chemotherapy
  • Capecitabine
  • Gemcitabine
  • Cisplatin

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~4 years
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 4 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
2-year disease-free survival
Secondary study objectives
Disease-free survival
Overall survival
Toxicities (Adverse events related with chemotherapy)

Awards & Highlights

All Individual Drugs Already Approved
Therapies where all constituent drugs have already been approved are likely to have better-understood side effect profiles.
Approved for 10 Other Conditions
This treatment demonstrated efficacy for 10 other conditions.
No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Gemcitabine plus cisplatinExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Adjuvant Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin
Group II: CapecitabineActive Control1 Intervention
Adjuvant Capecitabine
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Cisplatin
FDA approved

Find a Location

Who is running the clinical trial?

Asan Medical CenterLead Sponsor
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210,629 Total Patients Enrolled
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870,781 Total Patients Enrolled
~12 spots leftby Dec 2025