Phase II-III Clinical Trial of PD1 Antibody (Toripalimab), Lenvatinib and GEMOX Neoadjuvant Treatment for Resectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma With High-risk Recurrence Factors

NCT ID: NCT04669496

Last Updated: 2025-09-04

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

178 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-01-20

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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A randomized controlled, multicenter, open, seamless phase II-III clinical trial is designed to target patients with resectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with high-risk recurrence factors which has extremely low postoperative recurrence-free survival. In this study, we aim to compare the prognosis in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma between Toripalimab combined with leventinib and GEMOX neoadjuvant treatment and the current clinical surgical treatment (traditional group).

Detailed Description

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Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is a malignant tumor of biliary epithelial cells that originates from the branches of the intrahepatic bile duct at the second level and above. Its incidence accounts for about 15%-20% of primary liver malignancies, showing a gradual increase trend. Surgical resection is currently the main method for the treatment of ICC. The data of a large number of ICC cases shows that even radical resection (R0) patients have an average survival of only 18.3 months, while for palliative resection patients, the average survival is only 6.6 months, and laparotomy patients only 5.6 months. Retrospective studies reported that positive resection margins, lymph node metastasis, lymphatic vessel invasion, nerve bundle invasion, preoperative CA199\>200U/ml, multiple tumor nodules and differentiation are the main factors affecting the survival of ICC patients after surgery. How to improve the surgical results of ICC patients, especially those with high risk factors for postoperative recurrence, is an important way to improve the overall survival of ICC. Neoadjuvant therapy refers to some treatments taken before surgery for newly treated tumor patients who have not found distant metastasis, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, etc., to reduce tumor size, reduce tumor stages, and reduce postoperative recurrence rate, prolonging survival time. Our previous study using Toripalimab combined with lenvatinib and Gemox chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of unresectable advanced cholangiocarcinoma (NCT03951597,2020ESMO) showed that the ORR was 80% and the DCR reached 93.3%, of which 1 case was CR, 23 cases were PR, and 2 cases were successfully treated with radical resection after downstage. And the adverse reactions are controllable. These data suggest that Toripalimab combined with lenvatinib and Gemox chemotherapy may be an ideal neoadjuvant treatment for patients with resectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with high-risk recurrence factors, needing more investigation.

Conditions

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Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma PD1 Antibody Lenvatinib Gemox Chemotherapy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Neoadjuvant treatment

1. Gemox chemotherapy D1 Oxaliplatin 85mg/m2+ gemcitabine 1g/m2, D8 gemcitabine 1g/m2 Three weeks is a course of treatment, a total of 3 courses.
2. Lenvatinib (8mg/d) for 9 weeks of continuous use.
3. Toripalimab (240 mg, once every 3 weeks), used 3 times in a row. All patients undergoing resection use capecitabine 1250mg/m2 twice a day for 2 weeks, stopping for 1 week as a course of treatment, totaling 8 courses.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Neoadjuvant treatment

Intervention Type DRUG

PD1 antibody (Toripalimab) combined with GEMOX chemotherapy and Lenvatinib neoadjuvant treatment

Traditional group

No anti-tumor drug treatment before surgery. All patients after resection use capecitabine 1250mg/m2 twice a day for 2 weeks, stopping for 1 week as a course of treatment, a total of 8 courses.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Neoadjuvant treatment

PD1 antibody (Toripalimab) combined with GEMOX chemotherapy and Lenvatinib neoadjuvant treatment

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 1\) Sign written informed consent 2) Male or female patients aged 18-70; 3) ECOG score 0 points, Child-Pugh rating A; 4) Pathological diagnosis by biopsy: Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). 5) Resectable ICC patients with high risk factors for recurrence (tumor diameter\>5cm or imaging vascular invasion, multiple tumor nodules or hilar lymph node metastasis or Preoperative CA19-9 \>37 U/mL or above the upper limit of normal (for centers where the normal range is not \<37 U/mL); 6) The functional indicators of important organs meet the following requirements

1. Neutrophils≥1.5\*109/L; platelets≥90\*109/L; hemoglobin≥9g/dl; serum albumin≥3.5g/dl;
2. Coagulation function: International standardization (prothrombin time) ratio (INR) \<1.2;
3. T3 and T4 do not exceed the normal upper and lower limits by 2 times;
4. Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal; ALT and AST ≤ 3 times the upper limit of normal;
5. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal, creatinine clearance ≥ 60ml/min; 7) The subject has at least 1 measurable liver disease (according to RECIST1.1); 8) For women who are not breastfeeding or pregnant, use contraception during treatment or 3 months after the end of treatment.

Exclusion Criteria

* 1\) Pathological diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma, mixed hepatocellular carcinoma and other non-biliary cell carcinoma malignant tumor components; 2) Patients who relapse after surgery, have received PD1 antibody, PDL1 antibody or CTLA4 antibody, lenvatinib, chemotherapy in the past; participated in other clinical trials 30 days before screening; 3) Past or simultaneous suffering from other malignant tumors, except for fully treated non-melanoma skin cancer, cervical carcinoma in situ and thyroid papillary carcinoma; 4) Active tuberculosis infection. Patients with active tuberculosis infection within 1 year before enrollment; a history of active tuberculosis infection more than 1 year before enrollment, no formal anti-tuberculosis treatment or tuberculosis is still active; 5) Suffer from active, known or suspected autoimmune diseases. Subjects with hypothyroidism who only need hormone replacement therapy and skin diseases without systemic therapy can be selected; 6) Past interstitial lung disease, or (non-infectious) pneumonia and need oral or intravenous steroid therapy; 7) Long-term use of systemic hormones (dose equivalent to \>10mg prednisone/day) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy is required. Subjects using inhaled or topical corticosteroids can be selected; 8) Active infections that require systemic treatment; 9) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV, HIV1/2 antibody) positive; 10) A history of psychotropic drug abuse, alcohol or drug abuse; 11) Significant clinically significant bleeding symptoms or a clear tendency to appear within 3 months before enrollment; 12) Suspected of being allergic to study drugs; 13) Suffer from hypertension, and cannot be well controlled by antihypertensive medication (systolic blood pressure ≥140mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90mmHg); 14) After antiviral therapy, HBvDNA\>104 copies/ml, HCV RNA\>1000; 15) Accompanied by ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, Gilbert syndrome, sclerosing cholangitis, etc. Combined with insufficiency of other organs, it is expected that they cannot accept general anesthesia or hepatectomy; 16) Other factors judged by the investigator that may affect the safety of the subject or the compliance of the trial. Such as serious illnesses (including mental illness) that require combined treatment, serious laboratory abnormalities, or other family or social factors.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

RenJi Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Shenzhen University General Hospital

OTHER

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Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Tang-Du Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

First Hospital of China Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

First Affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaotong University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Peking Union Medical College Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Meng Chao Hepatobiliary Hospital of Fujian Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Cancer Hospital of Guangxi Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Tongji Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Taizhou Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Shaoxing People's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jia Fan, MD & PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital

Locations

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Zhongshan hospital

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

References

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Shaib Y, El-Serag HB. The epidemiology of cholangiocarcinoma. Semin Liver Dis. 2004 May;24(2):115-25. doi: 10.1055/s-2004-828889.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15192785 (View on PubMed)

Shen WF, Zhong W, Xu F, Kan T, Geng L, Xie F, Sui CJ, Yang JM. Clinicopathological and prognostic analysis of 429 patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. World J Gastroenterol. 2009 Dec 21;15(47):5976-82. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5976.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20014463 (View on PubMed)

Cho SY, Park SJ, Kim SH, Han SS, Kim YK, Lee KW, Lee SA, Hong EK, Lee WJ, Woo SM. Survival analysis of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma after resection. Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Jul;17(7):1823-30. doi: 10.1245/s10434-010-0938-y. Epub 2010 Feb 18.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20165987 (View on PubMed)

Fisher SB, Patel SH, Kooby DA, Weber S, Bloomston M, Cho C, Hatzaras I, Schmidt C, Winslow E, Staley CA 3rd, Maithel SK. Lymphovascular and perineural invasion as selection criteria for adjuvant therapy in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a multi-institution analysis. HPB (Oxford). 2012 Aug;14(8):514-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2012.00489.x. Epub 2012 May 22.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22762399 (View on PubMed)

Yamashita Y, Taketomi A, Morita K, Fukuhara T, Ueda S, Sanefuji K, Iguchi T, Kayashima H, Sugimachi K, Maehara Y. The impact of surgical treatment and poor prognostic factors for patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: retrospective analysis of 60 patients. Anticancer Res. 2008 Jul-Aug;28(4C):2353-9.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18751418 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ZSAB-neoGOLP

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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