The Purpose of This Research Study is to See if Combining Gemcitabine, Cisplatin and Durvalumab Chemotherapy Treatments With a Direct Tumor Therapy Yittrium-90 (Y-90) Will Work Better Together to Shrink Tumors and Control Cancer

NCT ID: NCT05422690

Last Updated: 2025-07-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

16 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-06-12

Study Completion Date

2028-09-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this research is to see if combining gemcitabine, cisplatin and Durvalumab chemotherapy treatments with a direct tumor therapy called Yittrium-90, will work better together to shrink the tumor and control cancer.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Treatments are repeated every 21 days. Chemotherapy will be administered on days 1 and 8 of the 21 day cycle. For the first two cycles, treatment will consist of three drugs, gemcitabine, cisplatin and Durvalumab.

After these two cycles, the Durvalumab will be removed from the treatment plan and participants will continue on trial with gemcitabine and cisplatin alone for 6 additional cycles (8 total cycles, or 6 months total of treatment). During the 3rd and possibly the 4th cycle, these drugs will be given at a reduced dose as y-90 treatment to the tumors in your liver will also be given. The interventional team will administer y-90 during these cycles as either one dose during cycle 3, or two doses, one during cycle 3 and one during cycle 4 if there is too much cancer to treat all at once.

The remaining cycles of treatment will be with gemcitabine and cisplatin by themselves.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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gemcitabine, cisplatin and Durvalumab chemotherapy with Yittrium-90

single arm - Induction Gemcitabine, Cisplatin and Durvalumab Triplet Chemotherapy followed by Gemcitabine, Cisplatin in combination with yttrium-90 (Y-90) Radioembolization

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Induction Chemotherapy Triplet Therapy

Intervention Type DRUG

Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2, Cisplatin 25 mg/m2 infused on both day 1 and day 8 of a 21-day cycle. Durvalumab 1500 mg will be given on day 1 of each cycle.

Concurrent Y-90 treatment

Intervention Type RADIATION

Patients will undergo a Y-90 treatment planning consultation by the treating interventional radiologist during cycle 1. One or two cycles (depending on tumor size) of cisplatin, 25 mg/m2 and gemcitabine 300 mg/m2 given on day 1 and day 8 in combination with Yttrium-90 (Y-90) microspheres which will be given on day 3-7 or day 10-21 at the discretion of the interventional radiologist, separated in time by at least 2 days from a chemo infusion during that cycle

Consolidation Doublet Therapy:

Intervention Type DRUG

Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 and Cisplatin 25 mg/m2 given on days 1 and 8 of a 21-day cycle with durvalumab 1500 mg given on day 1 of each cycle for 3-5 additional cycles. For the cycle directly after Y-90, gemcitabine will be kept at a dose of 300 mg/m2 to minimize risk of toxicity.

Interventions

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Induction Chemotherapy Triplet Therapy

Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2, Cisplatin 25 mg/m2 infused on both day 1 and day 8 of a 21-day cycle. Durvalumab 1500 mg will be given on day 1 of each cycle.

Intervention Type DRUG

Concurrent Y-90 treatment

Patients will undergo a Y-90 treatment planning consultation by the treating interventional radiologist during cycle 1. One or two cycles (depending on tumor size) of cisplatin, 25 mg/m2 and gemcitabine 300 mg/m2 given on day 1 and day 8 in combination with Yttrium-90 (Y-90) microspheres which will be given on day 3-7 or day 10-21 at the discretion of the interventional radiologist, separated in time by at least 2 days from a chemo infusion during that cycle

Intervention Type RADIATION

Consolidation Doublet Therapy:

Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 and Cisplatin 25 mg/m2 given on days 1 and 8 of a 21-day cycle with durvalumab 1500 mg given on day 1 of each cycle for 3-5 additional cycles. For the cycle directly after Y-90, gemcitabine will be kept at a dose of 300 mg/m2 to minimize risk of toxicity.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult males and females at least 18 years of age
* Histologically and/or cytologically confirmed iCCA that is previously untreated or, if systemic therapy has been rendered for prior disease, has been administered at least 6 months before the development of recurrent or de novo new sites of disease.
* Unresectable disease, as deemed by the Inova multidisciplinary tumor board (i.e. disease that cannot be safely resected with negative margins, leaving 2 adjacent segments of liver with intact portal venous and hepatic arterial inflow and intact biliary and hepatic venous outflow with the future liver remnant of sufficient volume to avoid postoperative liver insufficiency)
* Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 at least 2 cm in size
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1
* Noncirrhotic liver - patients should not have a preexisting diagnosis of cirrhosis either diagnosed via biopsy or with features consistent with cirrhosis on imaging (e.g. shrunken liver with nodularity consistent with cirrhosis). Child-Pugh score must be less than 5.
* No evidence of extrahepatic disease, except for regional adenopathy that would be resected as part of a standard oncologic surgical procedure
* Adequate organ function as indicated by the following laboratory values (Table 1)
* Ability to complete testing in the protocol
* Able and willing to consent to protocol

Exclusion Criteria

* Female patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding
* History of allogeneic organ transplantation.
* Active or history of autoimmune disease or immune deficiency, including, but not limited to, myasthenia gravis, myositis, autoimmune hepatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, Wegener granulomatosis, Sjögren syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome, or multiple sclerosis, with the following exceptions:

* Patients with a history of autoimmune-related hypothyroidism who are on thyroid-replacement hormone are eligible for the study.
* Patients with controlled type 1 diabetes on an insulin regimen are eligible for the study.
* Patients with vitiligo or alopecia.
* Any chronic skin condition that does not require systemic therapy.
* Patients without an active autoimmune disease in the last 5 years may be included but only after consultation with the study physician.
* Patients with diet controlled celiac disease.
* Current or recent use of immunosuppressive medication within 14 days before durvalumab initiation except if:

* Intranasal, inhaled, topical or local steroid injections
* Systemic corticosteroids at physiologic doses that do not exceed 10 mg/day of prednisone or its equivalent.
* Steroids as premedication for hypersensitivity reactions, (i.e. CT scan premedication).
* Child-Pugh B7 or greater cirrhosis
* Extrahepatic or perihilar cholangiocarcinoma
* Gallbladder cancer
* Pancreatic or ampullary cancer
* Portal vein thrombosis involving the main portal vein or first order right or left portal vein branches
* Extrahepatic disease, other than regional lymph nodes that would be removed at time of surgery as part of a routine oncologic procedure for iCCA
* Previous treatment with chemotherapy, intra-arterial or radiotherapy for iCCA is exclusionary, with the exception of adjuvant therapy with capecitabine which is allowed.
* Contraindication to durvalumab, gemcitabine, or cisplatin
* Active hepatitis B or C for which patients refuse treatment. Patients who are newly diagnosed with active disease as part of protocol screening and are agreeable to initiate on antiviral treatment are allowed to enroll.
* Contraindication found during work-up angiography, including significant lung shunting (lung dose \>30 Gy for a single treatment or \>50 Gy cumulative), or non-manageable extrahepatic deposition of technetium Tc 99m macroaggregated albumin on scintigraphy performed after planning angiography
* \> 75% hepatic tumor burden
* Inability to protect non-target arteries to intestines or solid organs from radioembolization
* Serum albumin \< 3 g/dL
* Serum bilirubin \> 2 mg/dL, serum aspartate aminotransferase or alanine aminotransferase \> 5 times upper limit of normal
* Concomitant illness that would prevent adequate patient assessment or in the investigators' opinion pose an added risk for study participants.
* Life-threatening intercurrent illness
* Anticipated poor compliance
* Prisoners or subjects who are involuntarily incarcerated
* Persons with decisional incapacity/cognitive impairment
* Any history or evidence of severe illness or any other condition that would make the patient, in the opinion of the investigator unsuitable for the study
* Subject is enrolled in a separate interventional clinical trial
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Inova Health Care Services

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Arthur A. Winer, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Inova Schar Cancer Institute

Locations

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Keary Janet

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Keary Janet, BS

Role: CONTACT

571-472-0024

Elahe Mollapour

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Keary Janet, BS

Role: primary

571-472-0224

Elahe Mollapour

Role: backup

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Other Identifiers

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U22-02-4670

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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