Immunotherapy trial offers new hope for Tough-to-Treat bile duct cancers

NCT ID NCT02829918

Summary

This study tested whether the immunotherapy drug nivolumab could help control advanced bile duct cancer that had stopped responding to standard chemotherapy. The trial enrolled 54 adults whose cancer had progressed after one or two prior treatments. Researchers measured whether tumors shrank and how long patients lived without their cancer getting worse.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • City of Hope Cancer Center

    Duarte, California, 91010, United States

  • Emory University Winship Cancer Institute

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

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