New targeted pill shows promise for rare bile duct cancer in small trial

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Have nonresectable or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma and are not eligible for curative resection, transplantation or ablative therapies * Have documented IDH1 gene-mutated disease from a tumor biopsy * Have an ECOG PS score of 0 or 1 * Have an expected survival of 3 months or more * Have at least one evaluable and measurable lesion * Have disease progression following the most recent of 1 or 2 prior systemic regimens for advanced disease with progression on the treatment that was most recently given at a minimum, and must have received at least 1 gemcitabine- or 5-FU -containing regimen * Have recovered from side effects associated with the prior treatment therapy * Have adequate bone marrow function * Have adequate hepatic (liver) and renal (kidney) function * Women of child bearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test before starting study treatment, and use birth control during the study and for 90 days after the last dose of ivosidenib * Fertile men with female partners of child bearing potential must use birth control during the study and for 90 days after the last dose of ivosidenib Exclusion Criteria: * Received a prior IDH inhibitor. * Have known symptomatic brain metastases requiring steroids. * Pregnancy, possibility of becoming pregnant during the study and breast-feeding women or woman who plans to restart breast-feeding after the study drug administration/intake. * Are taking known strong cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 inducers or sensitive CYP3A4 substrate medications with a narrow therapeutic window * Have significant heart disease, including congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction (heart attack) unstable angina (chest pain) and/or stroke, within 6 months before starting the study * Have a heart-rate corrected QT interval ≥450 msec or other factors that increase the risk of QT prolongation or arrhythmic events * . Have active inflammatory gastrointestinal disease, chronic diarrhea, previous gastric resection or lap band dysphagia, short-gut syndrome, gastroparesis (paralysis of the stomach), or other conditions that limit the ingestion or gastrointestinal absorption of drugs administered orally. * Have known medical history of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)