At a glance
- What the study gets you
- Access to the study treatment being tested
- Type of study
- Interventional (receives a drug or procedure)
- Time in hospital
- In-person visits at study sites — visit count not specified by the sponsor
- Drug or intervention
- Futibatinib (drug), Ivosidenib (drug), Zanidatamab (drug), Trastuzumab (drug)
- How long the study runs
- Study runs about 47 months (dates as stated)
- About the drug or intervention
- Futibatinib — drug: Dose 20 mg once a day (QD) · Ivosidenib — drug: Dose 500 mg QD · Zanidatamab — drug: Dose: Patients \< 70 kg: 1800 mg every 3 weeks (Q3W), Patients ≥ 70 kg: 2400 mg Q3W · Trastuzumab — drug: Loading dose 8 mg/kg, then 6 mg/kg Q3W (Combination with neratinib) · Neratinib — drug: Dose: 240 mg QD (combination with trastuzumab) · Encorafenib — drug: Dose: 450 mg QD (Combination with binimetinib) · Binimetinib — drug: Dose: 45 mg twice a day (BID) (Combination with encorafenib) · Niraparib — drug: Dose: 200 mg QD or 300 mg QD · Cisplatin — drug: Dose: 25 mg/m2 IV on days 1 and 8 Q3W (CISGEM) · Gemcitabine — drug: Dose: 1000 mg/m2 IV on days 1 and 8 Q3W (CISGEM)
- Patient visit burden
- Not specified by the sponsor
In plain English
This trial is for adults with advanced biliary tract cancer (cancer of the bile ducts or gallbladder) that cannot be removed by surgery or has spread. It looks at personalised medicine: after standard first-line treatment, patients whose tumours have certain genetic changes may be matched to a targeted drug. The sponsor is UNICANCER.
Who can take part
- Adults aged 18 or over with confirmed bile duct cancer (intrahepatic, perihilar or distal cholangiocarcinoma) or gallbladder cancer
- Cancer that is advanced and cannot be removed by surgery, or has spread, either new or recurring
- A stored tumour tissue sample available, or able to have a biopsy to get one
- Well enough for everyday activity (performance status of 0 or 1)
- Life expectancy of more than 3 months
- Able to have standard first-line treatment or have just started it (no more than 1 cycle so far)
- For the randomised part: the tumour must have at least one targetable genetic change matched to a drug in this study
- Disease controlled (stable or shrinking) after 4 cycles of standard first-line treatment
- Good enough bone marrow, liver, kidney and heart function, and adequate biliary drainage with no ongoing infection
- Agree to use contraception during the trial, and to attend all scheduled visits and tests
- Have social security cover or equivalent private health insurance
Who may not be able to
- Cannot have standard first-line treatment, or are suitable for local therapy such as surgery to the tumour area
- Previous palliative cancer treatment (adjuvant capecitabine allowed if finished at least 183 days before joining)
- Already had one of the targeted drugs used in this study
- Another current cancer (with some exceptions, such as treated skin cancer or fully cured cancer of 5+ years with negligible recurrence risk)
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Disease got worse before randomisation, or standard treatment stopped early due to side effects
- Side effects from standard treatment not settled down (except hair loss)
- Cancers that are microsatellite instability high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR)
- Untreated or symptomatic brain or spinal cord secondaries, or leptomeningeal disease with symptoms
- Serious heart problems, certain hearing problems (tinnitus or hearing loss since starting cisplatin), or active hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV
- Major surgery within 4 weeks or radiotherapy within 7 days of randomisation
- Certain medicines that cannot be swapped, such as phenytoin
- Taking part in another treatment trial within the past 30 days
- Unable or unwilling to swallow pills (for oral drugs), or conditions affecting gut absorption
- Extra checks apply for each specific drug — for example, eye, heart rhythm (QT), lung, liver or pancreas problems, or past anthracycline or steroid use, depending on the drug
What taking part involves
- • Initial screening phase: providing a tumour sample (from stored tissue or a biopsy) so its genetic changes can be analysed
- • Standard first-line treatment (the usual first treatment for this cancer)
- • If the tumour has a matching targetable change and the disease is controlled after 4 cycles, patients move to the randomised part and receive a matched targeted drug (examples in the study include futibatinib, ivosidenib, zanidatamab, neratinib with trastuzumab, and encorafenib with binimetinib)
- • Regular hospital visits, blood tests, scans and other checks to monitor health and how the cancer responds
Time commitment: Not stated — ask the trial team for details of how many visits, how long the trial lasts, and exactly what taking part involves.
Plain-English summary (AI-generated) from registry data. Not eligibility advice — only the trial team can confirm whether you can take part. Use the eligibility checker to see how your health profile matches this trial.
- Type of study
- Testing a treatment
- Ages
- 18 Years and over
- Who
- All
- Number of participants
- 800
- Started
- 2024-07-18
- Last checked
- 2026-04
Plain English Summary
What is this study?
- • Testing a new treatment for biliary tract neoplasms
- • Phase3 - 800 participants
- • The object of this trial is to evaluate whether the introduction of a targeted therapy after 4 cycles of the current standard-of-care treatment for advanced biliary cancer is superior to continuing with the standard treatment
Who can take part?
- • Ages 18 Years and over
- • Diagnosed with biliary tract neoplasms
Where?
- • Birmingham - Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- • Bristol - Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre
- • Cambridge - Addenbrooke's Hospital
- • Cottingham - Castle Hill Hospital
- • +16 more UK sites
This is a simplified summary. Always discuss with your doctor before making any decisions.
About This Trial
The object of this trial is to evaluate whether the introduction of a targeted therapy after 4 cycles of the current standard-of-care treatment for advanced biliary cancer is superior to continuing with the standard treatment. The trial is composed of two phases: (i) An initial screening phase to identify a suitable patient population, during which a molecular profile of the patient's tumour will be obtained, and (ii) a randomised comparative trial in which patients with disease control after 4 cycles of standard treatment, and whose tumour harbours a targetable molecular alteration, will be randomised (2:1) to receive either a matched targeted therapy or to continue with the standard treatment.
More detail
This is a Phase 3, multicentre, randomised, open-label trial to evaluate whether the introduction of molecular targeted therapy (MTT) as maintenance after 4 cycles of standard-of-care first-line systemic therapy (1L SoC) is superior to continuation of 1L-SoC in the treatment of patients with ABC. The trial is composed of two phases: (i) An initial screening phase to identify a suitable patient population, and (ii) a randomised comparative trial. The aim of the screening phase is to identify a medically suitable population, to obtain a molecular profile of the patient's tumour, to collect baseline data concerning patient demographics and disease characteristics and to obtain pre-treatment blood and tumour samples for further translational research. A genetic profile will be obtained from tumour-derived DNA and RNA samples by next-generation sequencing and from circulating tumour DNA. The trial Molecular Tumour Board will determine whether each patient harbours a targetable molecular alteration for one or more of the trial MTTs. Patients with disease control after 4 cycles of 1L-SoC, who did not experience limiting toxicity, and whose tumour harbours at least one targetable molecular alteration, will be invited to participate in the randomised phase of the trial in which 159 eligible patients will be randomised (2:1) to receive either maintenance therapy with a matched MTT or to continue 1L-SoC treatment.
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Eligibility at a Glance
Key info
- Age: 18 Years and over
- Who can join: All genders
- How fit you need to be: ECOG 0 or better
Biomarkers mentioned
What the study is looking for
- ✓Signed a written agreement to take part form prior to any trial specific procedures (Consent #1)
- ✓Histologically-proven intrahepatic, perihilar or distal cholangiocarcinoma, or gallbladder carcinoma (ampullary...
- ✓De novo or recurrent, that has grown locally (non-resectable) or that has spread disease
- ✓Availability of a suitable archived sample of primary or that has spread tumour tissue (frozen, or FFPE) or able to...
- ✓Aged ≥18 years
Who cannot take part
- ✗safety concern to 1L-SoC
- ✗Patients who are candidates for locoregional therapy
- ✗safety concern to tumour biopsy in the absence of suitable archived sample of tumour tissue
- ✗Prior anticancer therapy in the palliative setting. after surgery capecitabine allowed if completed ≥ 183 days prior to...
- ✗Received more than 1 cycle of treatment with 1L-SoC
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Where Is This Study? (20 UK sites)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre
Bristol, United Kingdom
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Castle Hill Hospital
Cottingham, United Kingdom
St James's Hospital
Leeds, United Kingdom
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Hammersmith Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Royal Free Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Royal Marsden Hospital
London, United Kingdom
University College London
London, United Kingdom
Maidstone Hospital
Maidstone, United Kingdom
The Christie Hospital
Manchester, United Kingdom
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
Northwood, United Kingdom
Nottingham University Hospital
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Churchill Hospital
Oxford, United Kingdom
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
Peterborough, United Kingdom
Weston Park Cancer Centre
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Southampton General Hospital
Southampton, United Kingdom
Singleton Hospital
Swansea, United Kingdom
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