New drug cocktails aim to stop bile duct cancer return after surgery
NCT ID NCT07640048
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding immunotherapy (adebrelimab) to different chemotherapy or targeted therapy regimens can help prevent cancer recurrence in people with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma who have a high risk of the cancer coming back after surgery. About 90 participants will receive one of three treatment combinations and be compared to historical data. The goal is to see which approach improves survival without recurrence.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Adebrelimab, gemcitabine, cisplatin, apatinib, S-1
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could identify better post-surgery treatments to delay or prevent cancer recurrence in high-risk patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase real-world study without randomization, so results may not be conclusive. Side effects from chemotherapy and immunotherapy can be severe.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) at high risk of recurrence
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically confirmed ICC within 12 weeks after curative resection * Any T stage; N0/N+; M0. * At least one high-risk factor: Preoperative tumor penetration of the liver capsule or extrahepatic direct invasion; Preoperative imaging showing multifocal lesions or a single lesion \>5 cm; Vascular invasion (preoperative or postoperative pathology); Regional lymph node metastasis. * No prior systemic therapy for ICC. * ECOG performance status 0-2. * Expected survival ≥3 months. * Adequate organ function. * Agreement to use effective contraception (or surgical sterilization) during the study and for 120 days after the last dose. * Signed informed consent and anticipated good compliance with the study protocol. Exclusion Criteria: * Immunosuppressive therapy within 28 days prior to enrollment (excluding topical/inhaled corticosteroids or physiologic steroid doses ≤10 mg/day prednisone equivalent). * Systemic anticancer herbs/immunomodulators (e.g., thymosin, interferons) within 4 weeks, except for pleural effusion control. * Uncontrolled cardiovascular disease: Unstable angina/myocardial infarction Arrhythmias with QTc ≥450 ms (men) or ≥470 ms (women) NYHA Class III-IV heart failure or LVEF \<50% * Active infections (IV antibiotics/antivirals required) or fever \>38.5°C within 4 weeks; or major surgery within 3 weeks. * Active autoimmune/immunodeficiency diseases (e.g., hepatitis, pneumonitis, rheumatoid arthritis), except: Hypothyroidism on stable hormone replacement Type 1 diabetes with controlled glucose Uncontrolled asthma requiring systemic bronchodilators (resolved childhood asthma allowed). \- Active infections: HIV/AIDS HBV (DNA ≥500 IU/mL) or HCV (RNA-positive) unless: HBV DNA \<500 IU/mL + antiviral therapy ≥14 days * Prior/proposed organ transplantation (excluding corneal grafts). * Concurrent interventional trials or investigational drugs within 4 weeks without recovery to Grade ≤1 toxicity. * Hypersensitivity to study drug components. * Allogeneic transplant history/plans. * Uncontrolled psychiatric/substance abuse disorders. * Refractory hypertension (≥140/90 mmHg despite treatment). * Clinically significant bleeding/thromboembolism: GI bleeding within 3 months Thrombotic events within 6 months (stroke, DVT/PE) * Coagulopathy (INR \>1.5, PT \>ULN+4s, aPTT \>1.5×ULN) or anticoagulant use. * Proteinuria ≥++ on dipstick or 24-h urine protein ≥1 g. * Other high-risk conditions per investigator judgment.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH)
RECRUITINGBeijing, China
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