Study of Nivolumab in Patients With Advanced Refractory Biliary Tract Cancers (NCT02829918) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedPhase 2
Study of Nivolumab in Patients With Advanced Refractory Biliary Tract Cancers
United States54 participantsStarted 2016-10-05
Plain-language summary
This research study is designed to see if a drug called Nivolumab is effective in treating patients with advanced refractory biliary tract cancers. Nivolumab has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of certain types of cancer but is not approved by the FDA for treatment of your type of cancer.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Must have histologically or cytologically documented carcinoma primary to the intra- or extra-hepatic biliary system or gall bladder with clinical and/or radiologic evidence of unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic disease. Patients with ampullary carcinoma are not eligible.
* Must have failed or are intolerant to one line of systemic treatment but no more than 2 prior lines of systemic chemotherapy for advanced BTC. Patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy and had evidence of disease recurrence within 6 months of completion of the adjuvant treatment are also eligible. If the patient received adjuvant treatment and had disease recurrence after 6 months, patients will only be eligible after failing or having intolerance to one line of systemic chemotherapy used to treat the disease recurrence.
* Age ≥ 18
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status Assessment of 0 or 1.
* Must have radiographic measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1.
* Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks (3 months).
* For patients who have received prior radiation, cryotherapy, radiofrequency ablation, therasphere, ethanol injection, transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) or photodynamic therapy, the following criteria must be met: 28 days have elapsed since that therapy; Lesions that have not been treated with local therapy must be present and measureable.
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What they're measuring
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Overall Response Rate (ORR) After 4 Cycles of Treatment
Timeframe: 16 weeks
Trial details
NCT IDNCT02829918
SponsorH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute