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Gemcitabine Hydrochloride and Oxaliplatin or Observation in Treating Patients With Biliary Tract Cancer That Has Been Removed by Surgery

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
Gallbladder Cancer
Liver Cancer
Interventions
Other: clinical observation
Procedure: adjuvant therapy
Procedure: quality-of-life assessment
Registration Number
NCT01313377
Lead Sponsor
UNICANCER
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine hydrochloride and oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Observation is watching a patient's condition but not giving treatment until symptoms appear. It is not yet known whether giving gemcitabine hydrochloride together with oxaliplatin is more effective than observation in treating patients with biliary tract cancer that has been removed by surgery.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying giving gemcitabine hydrochloride together with oxaliplatin to see how well it works compared with observation in treating patients with biliary tract cancer that has been removed by surgery.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Compare disease-free survival (DFS) of patients with resected biliary tract cancer treated with adjuvant gemcitabine hydrochloride and oxaliplatin versus clinical observation.

* Compare quality of life of these patients.

Secondary

* Compare overall survival of these patients.

* Determine the toxicity of the chemotherapy in these patients.

* Explore prognostic factors for DFS including resection result (R0 vs R1), location of primary tumor (intrahepatic vs extrahepatic vs gallbladder), evolution of CA19-9, and lymph node involvement (N0 vs N+ and Nx). (Exploratory)

* Study pathological factors in surgical specimens to identify main characteristics and phenotypic clinicoanatomical biliary tract cancers before therapy. (Exploratory)

* Identify nontumor-associated liver injury and factors that may facilitate the emergence of biliary tract cancers. (Exploratory)

* Identify signaling pathways that may predict response to therapy. (Exploratory)

* Determine the molecular characteristics to differentiate tumors according to their position in the biliary tract (extrahepatic bile duct, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma site \[hilar\], and peripheral cholangiocarcinoma vesicle site). (Exploratory)

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 100 minutes on day 1 and oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 2. Treatment repeats every 14 days for 12 courses.

* Arm II: Patients undergo clinical observation only every 4 weeks for 5 months. Quality of life is assessed at baseline, at 3 and 6 months, and then at all follow-up visits.

After completion of study therapy, patients are followed up at 6 months, every 3 months for 2 years, and then every 6 months for 3 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
190
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
ARM A: Gemox 85gemcitabine hydrochlorideAdjuvant chemotherapy for six months with gemcitabine - oxaliplatin 85mg / m² ( GEMOX 85)
ARM A: Gemox 85oxaliplatinAdjuvant chemotherapy for six months with gemcitabine - oxaliplatin 85mg / m² ( GEMOX 85)
ARM A: Gemox 85adjuvant therapyAdjuvant chemotherapy for six months with gemcitabine - oxaliplatin 85mg / m² ( GEMOX 85)
ARM A: Gemox 85quality-of-life assessmentAdjuvant chemotherapy for six months with gemcitabine - oxaliplatin 85mg / m² ( GEMOX 85)
ARM B:clinical observationObservation until progression or death
ARM B:quality-of-life assessmentObservation until progression or death
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Disease-free survivalup to 3 years
Quality of lifeup to 3 years
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall survivalup to 3 years
Toxicity of adjuvant chemotherapyup to 3 years

Trial Locations

Locations (37)

Hôpital Jean Minjoz

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Besancon, France

Hôpital Saint Joseph

🇫🇷

Marseille, France

Hôpital Nord

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Marseille, France

Institut Gustave Roussy

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Villejuif, France

Hôpital Beaujon

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Clichy, France

Centre Paul Papin

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Angers, France

CHU - Hôpital Nord

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Amiens, France

Institut Sainte Catherine

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Avignon, France

Hôpital Avicenne

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Bobigny, France

Centre hospitalier de la Côte Basque

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Bayonne, France

CHU Côte de Nacre

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Caen, France

CHD Vendée

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La Roche Sur Yon, France

CHU Brest - Hôpital Morvan

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Brest, France

CHU Estaing

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Clermont Ferrand, France

Hôpital Henri Mondor

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Créteil, France

Hôpital Bocage

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Dijon, France

Centre Léon Bérard

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Lyon, France

Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz

🇫🇷

Lyon, France

Hôpital Edouard Herriot

🇫🇷

Lyon, France

Institut Paoli Calmettes

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Marseille, France

Centre Hospitalier Saint Eloi

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Montpellier, France

Centre René Gauducheau

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Nantes, France

Hôpital La Source

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Orléans, France

Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou

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Paris, France

Centre Eugene Marquis

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Rennes, France

CHU de Rouen - Hôpital Ch. Nicolle

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Rouen, France

CHU de Poitiers

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Poitiers, France

CHU Sainte-Etienne - Hopital Nord

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Sainte-Etienne, France

CHU Brabois

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Vandouevre Les Nancy, France

Hôpital Trousseau

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Tours, France

Centre Paul Strauss

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Strasbourg, France

Hôpital de Hautepierre / Hôpital Civil

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Strasbourg, France

CHU Saint Louis

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Paris, France

Hôpital de la Pitié Salpétrière

🇫🇷

Paris, France

CHU Timone Adulte

🇫🇷

Marseille, France

Hôpital Saint Antoine

🇫🇷

Paris, France

Institut Mutualiste Montsouris

🇫🇷

Paris, France

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