New combo therapy aims to stop bile duct cancer return after surgery

NCT ID NCT07636824

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study is testing whether giving chemotherapy (capecitabine or S-1) together with radiation after surgery can help prevent bile duct and gallbladder cancers from coming back. It includes 92 patients whose cancers had high-risk features, like positive lymph nodes or narrow surgical margins. The main goal is to see how many patients remain cancer-free two years after treatment.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

Capecitabine (or S-1) chemotherapy plus radiation therapy

What this could lead to

If successful, this could provide a standard treatment to reduce the chance of cancer returning after surgery for these aggressive cancers.

What could go wrong

This is a small, early-phase study (92 people) without a comparison group, so results may not be definitive. Chemoradiotherapy can cause significant side effects like fatigue, nausea, and low blood counts.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

carcinoma of gallbladder and extrahepatic biliary tract cholangiocarcinoma extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma gallbladder carcinoma gallbladder neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

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    Beijing, China

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