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SIRT Followed by CIS-GEM Chemotherapy Versus CIS-GEM Chemotherapy Alone as 1st Line Treatment of Patients With Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

Phase 2
Terminated
Conditions
Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Interventions
Drug: Cisplatin-gemcitabine
Registration Number
NCT02807181
Lead Sponsor
Sirtex Medical
Brief Summary

The study planned to evaluate the benefit of applying Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) using SIR-Spheres Y-90 resin microspheres prior to receiving systemic chemotherapy treatment (cisplatin-gemcitabine, or CIS-GEM) in patients with unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Half of the patients were randomized to CIS-GEM chemotherapy plus SIRT, and half of the patients were randomized to CIS-GEM alone.

Detailed Description

This clinical study was a prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled study evaluating SIR-Spheres Y-90 resin microspheres followed by cisplatin-gemcitabine (CIS-GEM) chemotherapy vs. CIS-GEM chemotherapy alone as first-line treatment of patients with unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Randomized patients were to be followed until death, withdrawal of consent, or until end of study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
89
Inclusion Criteria
  • Willing, able and mentally competent to provide written informed consent.
  • Aged 18 years or older.
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed unresectable and non-ablatable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
  • Liver-only or liver predominant intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Patient are permitted to have loco-regional lymph node involvement defined as: portal LN </= to 2 cm and/or para aortic LN </= to 1.5 cm in longest diameter, and/or up to 2 indeterminate lung lesions < 1 cm if these lung lesions are positron emission tomography (PET) negative.
  • Chemotherapy naïve. Adjuvant chemotherapy is not permitted.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1.
  • Adequate hematological function defined as:

Hemoglobin >/= 10g/dL White Blood Cell count (WBC) >/= 3.0 x 10^9/L Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >/= 1.5 x 10^9/L Platelet count >/= 100,000/mm^3 - Adequate liver function defined as: Total bilirubin </= 30 umol/L (1.75 mg/dL) Albumin >/= 30 g/L

  • Adequate renal function defined as: Serum urea and serum creatinine < 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Creatinine clearance >/= 45 ml/min (calculated with Cockcroft-Gault Equation)
  • Life expectancy of at least 3 months without any active treatment
  • Female patients must either be postmenopausal, sterile (surgically or radiation- or chemically-induced), or if sexually active use an acceptable method of contraception during the study.
  • Male patients must be surgically sterile or if sexually active must use an acceptable method of contraception during the study.
  • Considered suitable to receive either regimen in the clinical judgement of the treating investigator.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients with only non-measurable lesions in the liver according to RECIST criteria
  • Incomplete recovery from previous liver surgery, e.g. unresolved biliary tree obstruction or biliary sepsis or inadequate liver function
  • Biliary stent in situ
  • Main trunk Portal Vein Thrombosis (PVT)
  • Ascites, even if controlled with diuretics. (A minor peri-hepatic rim of ascites detected at imaging is acceptable).
  • Mixed hepatocellular carcinoma - intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (HCC-ICC) disease
  • History of prior malignancy. Exceptions include in-situ carcinoma of the cervix treated by cone-biopsy/resection, non-metastatic basal and/or squamous cell carcinomas of the skin, recurrent intra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma post local treatment or any early stage (stage 1) malignancy adequately resected with curative intent at least 5 years prior to study entry
  • Suspicion of any bone metastasis/metastases or central nervous system metastasis/metastases on clinical or imaging examination.
  • Prior internal or external radiation delivered to the liver.
  • Pregnancy; breast feeding.
  • Participation within 28 days prior to randomization, in an active part of another clinical study that would compromise any of the endpoints of the study.
  • Evidence of ongoing active infection that may affect treatment feasibility or outcome.
  • Prior Whipple's procedure.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Chemotherapy (Cisplatin-Gemcitabine)Cisplatin-gemcitabineCisplatin 25mg/m2 in 1000ml 0.9% saline given over 1 hour followed by 500 ml 0.9% saline over 30 minutes, followed by Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 in 250-500 ml 0.9% saline over 30 minutes by intravenous infusions on days 1, and 8 of a 21-day cycle.
Radiation: SIRT + chemotherapy (Cisplatin-Gemcitabine)Cisplatin-gemcitabineA single treatment of hepatic arterial injection of SIR-Spheres Y-90 resin microspheres (SIRT) followed 14-16 days later by systemic chemotherapy (ABC-02 CIS-GEM protocol) with an intention to treat with 8 cycles of cisplatin + gemcitabine, or until progression, toxicity or patient choice. Treatment may be continued beyond 8 cycles in the absence of significant disease progression, at the treating clinicians' discretion.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Survival at 18 Months18 months following the date of randomization.

Survival at 18 months is defined as the proportion of patients still alive 18 months from the date of randomization. The outcome was analyzed but the clinical database is not deemed to be reliable.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Liver-specific Progression Free Survival (PFS)From date of randomization to the first documented date of progression in the liver or date of death from any cause, assessed up to 36 months..

Liver-specific PFS was defined as the number of days between randomization and the date of first tumor progression in the liver. Diagnosis of tumor progression was to be made using RECIST 1.1.

Progression Free Survival (PFS) at Any SiteFrom date of randomization to the date of progression at any site until the first date of documented tumor progression at any site or date of death from any cause, assessed up to 36 months.

PFS was defined as the time interval between randomization and the date of tumor progression. Diagnosis of tumor progression was to be made using RECIST 1.1. The outcome was not analyzed due to unreliability of the clinical database.

Objective Response Rate by RECIST 1.1 and Refined RECIST - LiverFrom the date of first treatment until the date of date of first documented progression in the liver, assessed up to 36 months.

The outcome was not analyzed due to unreliability of the clinical database.

Objective Response Rate by RECIST 1.1 and Refined RECIST - at Any SiteFrom the date of first treatment until progression at any site, assessed up to 36 months.

The outcome was not analyzed due to unreliability of the clinical database.

Overall SurvivalFrom date of randomization until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 36 months.

The outcome was not analyzed due to unreliability of the clinical database.

Liver Surgical Resection and Ablation Rate18 months following the date of randomization.

To assess the number of patients in each arm who are downstaged by protocol therapy and can proceed to liver resection or ablation. The specific assessments will be the classification of resection as R0, R1 or R2, the presence of viable tumor or fibrosis, and the nearest resection margin. The outcome was not analyzed due to unreliability of the clinical database.

Incidence of Adverse Events (Safety and Tolerability)Informed consent until 28 days post last dose of protocol chemotherapy.

Adverse events (AEs) as assessed by CTCAE v. 4.0. Summaries of non-serious AEs (clinical database, MedDRA 20.1) and serious adverse events (SAEs; pharmacovigilance database, MedDRA 25.1) are provided for information only in the 'Adverse Events' section - the data are deemed unreliable.

Trial Locations

Locations (23)

U.O. Oncologia Medica 2 Universitaria

🇮🇹

Pisa, Italy

CHU Dijon

🇫🇷

Dijon, France

Institut Paoli Calmettes

🇫🇷

Marseille, France

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

🇦🇺

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

CHU de Poitiers

🇫🇷

Poitiers, France

CHU Montpellier

🇫🇷

Montpellier, France

Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

Providence Health Care

🇺🇸

Spokane, Washington, United States

Macquarie University Hospital

🇦🇺

North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

Hopital Beaujon

🇫🇷

Clichy, France

CHU Nice - Hopital l'Archet 2

🇫🇷

Nice, France

CHU Lyon - Hospital de la Croix-Rousse

🇫🇷

Lyon, France

Hopital Haut-Leveque

🇫🇷

Pessac Cedex, France

Centre Eugene Marquis Hospital de Jour

🇫🇷

Rennes, France

Hopital Paul Brousse

🇫🇷

Villejuif, France

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Manchester, United Kingdom

AMC Academic Medical Center

🇳🇱

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hospital Clinic Barcelona

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hammersmith Hospital Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Clinica Universitaria de Navarra

🇪🇸

Pamplona, Spain

Southampton General Hospital

🇬🇧

Southampton, United Kingdom

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Wirral, United Kingdom

CHU de Grenoble

🇫🇷

Grenoble, France

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