Clinical trial • Phase II • Gastroenterology

GEMCITABINE for Advanced biliary tract carcinoma

Phase II trial of GEMCITABINE for Advanced biliary tract carcinoma.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Gastroenterology
Trial Disease
Advanced biliary tract carcinoma
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Small molecule|Monoclonal antibody|Peptide/protein/enzyme

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
12-06-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
24-09-2025

Trial design

Randomised, open-label, control arm: durvalumab + gemcitabine + cisplatin (chemoimmunotherapy). in maintenance cycles (cycles 6-8 chemoimmunotherapy followed by durvalumab monotherapy until progression or unacceptable toxicity). exact doses/schedule not specified in the summary., adaptive Phase II trial across 11 sites in France.

Randomised
Yes
Open Label
Yes
Comparator
Control arm: Durvalumab + Gemcitabine + Cisplatin (chemoimmunotherapy). In maintenance cycles (cycles 6-8 chemoimmunotherapy followed by durvalumab monotherapy until progression or unacceptable toxicity). Exact doses/schedule not specified in the summary.
Adaptive
True - the protocol includes a first step with semi-continuous monitoring of toxicity to evaluate tolerability (DLT monitoring) as part of primary objective assessment.
Target Sample Size
75
Trial Duration For Participant
365

Eligibility

Recruits 75 Patients under guardianship, curatorship or under the protection of justice are excluded. Informed consent must be signed and dated by the participant (Signed and dated informed consent). Subject information and informed consent form documents are listed in the trial documents. No paediatric/assent procedures are applicable because age ≥ 18 years is required..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Females must be using highly effective contraceptive measures, and have a negative pregnancy test prior to the start of dosing if of childbearing potential, or must have evidence of non-childbearing potential by fulfilling one of the following criteria at screening
Vulnerable Population
Patients under guardianship, curatorship or under the protection of justice are excluded. Informed consent must be signed and dated by the participant (Signed and dated informed consent). Subject information and informed consent form documents are listed in the trial documents. No paediatric/assent procedures are applicable because age ≥ 18 years is required.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Signed and dated informed consent\n- Documented virology status of hepatitis, as confirmed by screening HBV and HCV tests\n- Patient affiliated to or beneficiary of French social security system\n- Ability to comply with the study protocol, in the Investigator’s judgment\n- Histologically confirmed biliary tract carcinoma: intra/extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (note that gallbladder carcinoma are not eligible)\n- Locally advanced, metastatic, or unresectable disease\n- Patient who had not previously received systemic anti-cancer treatment (adjuvant treatment with Capecitabine is allowed if the end of the chemotherapy was at least 6 months ago)\n- Age ≥ 18 years\n- Measurable disease defined according to RECIST v1.1 guidelines (Annex 2) Note: Previously irradiated lesions can be considered as measurable disease only if disease progression has been unequivocally documented at that site since radiation.\n- Patients who have received previous chemoembolization, radioembolization and/or radiotherapy should have recovered from any treatment related toxicity, to a level of ≤ grade 1 according to National Cancer Institute [NCI] common terminology criteria for adverse events, version 5 (CTCAE v5) (Annex 5); with the exception of Grade 2 alopecia\n- Performance status ECOG-PS < 2\n- Females must be using highly effective contraceptive measures, and have a negative pregnancy test prior to the start of dosing if of childbearing potential, or must have evidence of non-childbearing potential by fulfilling one of the following criteria at screening"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients previously exposed to anti-tumor immunotherapy such as anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-CTLA4 agent or any immune therapy\n- Uncontrolled pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, ascites or symptomatic fistula\n- Uncontrolled tumor-related pain: exposing patients to risk of exposure to corticoids or iterative hospitalizations. Symptomatic lesions amenable to palliative radiotherapy should be treated prior to inclusion. Patients should be recovered from the effects of radiation. There is no required minimum recovery period\n- Inadequate organ functions: known cardiac failure of unstable coronaropathy, respiratory failure, or uncontrolled infection or another life-risk condition. Patients requiring oxygen therapy or with LEVF<40%.\n- HIV positive (HIV 1/2 antibodies patients), or a known history of active Tuberculosis bacillus\n- Any immunosuppressive therapy (i.e. corticosteroids >10 mg of hydrocortisone or equivalent dose) within 14 days before the planned start of study therapy\n- Active autoimmune disease that has required a systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e. corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs).\n- Prior allogeneic bone marrow transplantation or prior solid organ transplantation\n- History of severe allergic, anaphylactic, or other hypersensitivity reactions to chimeric or humanized antibodies or fusion proteins\n- Known hypersensitivity or allergy to Chinese hamster ovary cell products or any component of durvalumab\n- Receipt of a live, attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to inclusion or anticipation that such a live, attenuated vaccine will be required during the study\n- Known active central nervous system metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis\n- Inadequate hematology function: Lymphocyte count at baseline < 700/mm3; neutrophil count < 1 500/mm3, platelets < 10 0000/mm3 (without transfusion), Hemoglobin < 9g/dL (patients may be transfused to meet this criterion).\n- Inadequate hepatic function: bilirubin >2 fold ULN, AST/ALT >3 fold ULN, International normalized thromboplastin time ratio >2\n- Creatinine clearance (CrCl) < 60 ml/min (by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease [MDRD], Cockroft formula, or chronic kidney disease [CKD] formula])\n- Serum albumin < 28 g/L\n- History of angiocholitis, liver abscess, or acute pancreatitis within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment\n- Diagnosis of additional malignancy within 3 years prior to the inclusion with the exception of curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin and/or curatively resected in situ cervical or breast cancer\n- Patient with any medical or psychiatric condition or disease, which would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study\n- Current participation in a study of an investigational agent or in the period of exclusion\n- Patient under guardianship, curatorship or under the protection of justice\n- Other liver malignancy: hepatocellular carcinoma and hepato-cholangiocarcinoma\n- Cholangiocarcinoma displaying IDH1 mutations, FGFR2 fusions, BRAF mutations or HER2 amplification"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- The primary endpoint is the progression free survival status (PFS) at 12 months from the date of randomization evaluated by RECIST criteria v1.1.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Progression free survival status at 12 months from randomization evaluated by RECIST v1.1."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Dose limiting toxicity (DLT) evaluated with NCI-CTCAE criteria","definition_or_measurement_approach":"DLT evaluated according to NCI-CTCAE criteria (version 5)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Progression free survival status (PFS) at 12 months from the date of randomization evaluated by RECIST criteria v1.1.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PFS at 12 months evaluated by RECIST v1.1."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- The PFS evaluated by RECIST criteria v1.1. Progression-free survival (PFS): defined as the delay from the date of randomization to the disease progression or death from any cause whichever occurs first. Alive patient without progression will be censored at last radiological evaluation available showing no progression.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PFS defined as time from randomization to disease progression or death; censoring at last radiological evaluation showing no progression; assessed by RECIST v1.1."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Overall survival (OS): defined as the delay from the date of randomization to death from any cause. Alive patient will be censored at last date known to be alive.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"OS defined as time from randomization to death from any cause; alive patients censored at last known alive date."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Objective Response Rate (ORR): defined as the addition of complete response (CR) and partial response (PR) rates, evaluated by RECIST criteria v1.1. Disease control rate (DCR): defined as the addition of complete response (CR), partial response (PR), and stable disease (SD) rates, evaluated by RECIST criteria v1.1","definition_or_measurement_approach":"ORR = CR + PR rates by RECIST v1.1; DCR = CR + PR + SD rates by RECIST v1.1."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Health related quality of life: EORTC-QLQ-C30 + EORTC QLQ – BIL21","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient-reported HRQoL measured with EORTC-QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-BIL21 questionnaires."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Toxicities graded according to NCI-CTCAE criteria version 5","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Adverse events graded per NCI-CTCAE v5."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Tumor related biomarkers","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Tumor biomarkers assessed (details in protocol); includes immunohistochemistry and other assays as specified."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- On PBMC","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Analyses performed on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) to assess immune contexture before and after treatment."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- \tPD-L1/FAP/CD40 expression on tumor and immune cells will be determined by immunohistochemistry at baseline, as well as presence of Tertiary lymphoid structures (CD3/CD8/CD20 and CD68/SSP1/CXCL9)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"IHC assessment at baseline for PD-L1, FAP, CD40 and evaluation of tertiary lymphoid structures (CD3/CD8/CD20 and CD68/SSP1/CXCL9)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- On the serum: -\tAnti-drug antibodies (ADA) -\tMonitor the concentration of MP0317 drug (PK) in serum","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Serum assessments include ADA detection and pharmacokinetic monitoring of MP0317 concentration."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
75
Recruitment Window Months
36
Consent Approach
Signed and dated informed consent required from each participant. Subject information and ICF documents are listed in trial documents (e.g. L1_SIS and ICF patient). Participants must be ≥18 years so no child assent is applicable. Languages of consent documents not specified in the summary.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
11
Total Number Of Participants
75

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
18-08-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
24-09-2025
Processing Time Days
37
Number Of Sites
11
Number Of Participants
75

Sites

Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Montpellier
Department Name
Medical oncologist
Contact Person Name
Eric ASSENAT
Contact Person Email
e-assenat@chu-montpellier.fr
Site Name
Centre Leon Berard
Department Name
Medical oncologist
Contact Person Name
Philippe CASSIER
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire
Department Name
Medical oncologist
Contact Person Name
Christophe BORG
Contact Person Email
xtophe.borg@gmail.com
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes
Department Name
Hepato-gastroenterologist
Contact Person Name
Gaêl ROTH
Contact Person Email
groth@chu-grenoble.fr
Site Name
Centre De Lutte Contre Le Cancer Eugene Marquis
Department Name
Medical oncologist
Contact Person Name
Julien EDELINE
Contact Person Email
j.edeline@rennes.unicancer.fr
Site Name
Institut Gustave Roussy
Department Name
Medical oncologist
Contact Person Name
Antoine HOLLEBECQUE
Site Name
Centr Georges Francois Leclerc
Department Name
Medical oncologist
Contact Person Name
François GHIRINGHELLI
Contact Person Email
fghiringhelli@cgfl.fr
Site Name
Institut Curie
Department Name
Hepato-gastroenterologist/GI oncologist
Contact Person Name
Cindy NEUZILLET
Contact Person Email
cindy.neuzillet@curie.fr
Site Name
Hopitaux Universitaires Pitie Salpetriere
Department Name
Hepato-gastroenterologist
Contact Person Name
Jean-Baptisite BACHET
Contact Person Email
jean-baptiste.bahcet@aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire De Tours
Department Name
Gastroenterologist
Contact Person Name
Romain CHAUTARD
Contact Person Email
r.chautard@chu-tours.fr
Site Name
Hopital Beaujon
Department Name
Medical oncologist
Contact Person Name
Mohamed BOUATTOUR
Contact Person Email
mohamed.bouattour@aphp.fr

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
France

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
GEMCITABINE
Active Substance
GEMCITABINE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS
Route
INTRAVENOUS
Authorisation Status
2
Maximum Dose
1000 mg/m2 milligram(s)/sq. meter
Investigational Product Name
DURVALUMAB
Active Substance
DURVALUMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
SOLUTION FOR INFUSION
Route
SOLUTION FOR INFUSION
Authorisation Status
2
Maximum Dose
1500 mg/kg milligram(s)/kilogram
Investigational Product Name
CISPLATIN
Active Substance
CISPLATIN
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS
Route
INTRAVENOUS
Authorisation Status
2
Maximum Dose
25 mg/m2 milligram(s)/sq. meter
Investigational Product Name
MP0317
Active Substance
MP0317
Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS USE
Route
INTRAVENOUS USE
Authorisation Status
1
Maximum Dose
3 mg/Kg milligram(s)/kilogram
Combination Treatment
Yes

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