Lab test may guide smarter chemo for bile duct cancer patients
NCT ID NCT07296666
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a lab test (3D-PTA) that checks which chemotherapy drugs work best on a patient's tumor can improve outcomes after bile duct cancer surgery. About 98 adults with stage II/III bile duct cancer will be randomly assigned to receive either standard capecitabine alone or a chemotherapy combination chosen by the test. The goal is to see if the personalized approach delays cancer recurrence.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- chemotherapy (guided by 3D-PTA drug sensitivity testing) plus capecitabine, or capecitabine alone
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that personalized chemotherapy based on lab testing improves outcomes for bile duct cancer patients after surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase (Phase 2) trial with only 98 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The testing method is experimental and may not reliably predict real-world drug response.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 98 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2028
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.
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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: 1. Signing of written informed consent prior to participation; 2. Age ≥18 years, regardless of sex; 3. Histologically confirmed stage II/III biliary tract malignancies (including intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, extrahepatic/hilar cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder cancer, distal bile duct cancer, or ampullary cancer); 4. Must have undergone radical resection (R0/R1), including liver/pancreatic resection or, less commonly, both; 5. ECOG performance status (PS) score: 0-1; 6. Expected survival \>6 months and ability to tolerate combined therapy; 7. Adequate organ function (without blood component or growth factor support within 14 days): 8. Hematology: Neutrophils ≥1,500/mm³, platelets ≥100,000/mm³, hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL; 9. Liver/kidney function: Serum creatinine (SCr) ≤1.5×ULN or creatinine clearance ≥50 mL/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula); total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤2×ULN; AST/ALT ≤3×ULN; urine protein \<2+ (if ≥2+, 24-hour urine protein ≤1 g); Biliary drainage: Adequate surgical drainage, no signs of infection; 10. Normal coagulation function, no active bleeding or thrombotic disease:INR ≤1.5×ULN, APTT ≤1.5×ULN, PT ≤1.5×ULN; 11. Contraception: 1. Non-surgically sterilized or reproductive-age patients must use medically approved contraception (e.g., IUD, oral contraceptives, condoms) during and for 3 months after treatment; 2. Reproductive-age females must have negative serum/urine pregnancy test (HCG) within 7 days before enrollment and must not be breastfeeding; 3. Reproductive-age males must agree to use contraception with partners during and for 3 months after treatment; 12. Voluntary participation, good compliance, and willingness to follow up for safety and survival assessments. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Early-stage BTC patients; 2. Pancreatic cancer patients; 3. Patients who have undergone other postoperative radiotherapy/chemotherapy; preoperative chemoradiotherapy followed by radical resection, but postoperative pathology still indicates Stage II/III disease is allowed; 4. Incomplete surgical recovery or unresolved biliary obstruction; 5. Patients with radiologically confirmed distant metastasis; 6. Patients with a history of or concurrent other malignancies (except for cured basal cell carcinoma of the skin and in-situ carcinoma of other sites); 7. Known allergies to any component of the investigational drug; 8. Factors significantly affecting oral drug absorption, such as inability to swallow, chronic diarrhea, or intestinal obstruction; 9. Patients with any active autoimmune disease or a history of autoimmune disease (e.g., but not limited to: autoimmune hepatitis, interstitial pneumonia, uveitis, enteritis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, vasculitis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism, or hypothyroidism; patients with vitiligo or childhood asthma that has been completely resolved and requires no intervention in adulthood may be included; patients requiring bronchodilators for medical intervention due to asthma cannot be included); 10. Patients using immunosuppressants or systemic/absorbable local corticosteroids for immunosuppressive purposes (dose \>10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent) and continuing use within 2 weeks prior to enrollment; 11. Symptomatic ascites or pleural effusion requiring therapeutic paracentesis or drainage; 12. Poorly controlled cardiac symptoms or diseases, such as: 1. NYHA Class II or higher heart failure, 2. unstable angina, 3. myocardial infarction within 1 year, 4. clinically significant supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmias requiring treatment or intervention; 13. Coagulation abnormalities (PT \>16s, APTT \>43s, TT \>21s, Fbg \>2g/L), bleeding tendency, or receiving thrombolytic/anticoagulant therapy; 14. Active infection or unexplained fever \>38.5°C during screening or before the first dose; 15. History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within 4 weeks before the first dose; 16. History of pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, radiation pneumonia, drug-related pneumonia, or severe lung dysfunction; 17. Congenital or acquired immunodeficiency, such as HIV infection, or active hepatitis (liver enzymes not meeting inclusion criteria; for hepatitis B: HBV DNA ≥103/ml; for hepatitis C: HCV RNA ≥103/ml); chronic HBV carriers with HBV DNA \<2000 IU/ml (\<104 copies/ml) may be included if receiving antiviral therapy during the trial; 18. Participation in other drug-related clinical trials within 1 month before enrollment or potential receipt of other systemic anti-cancer therapies during the study; 19. Live vaccination within 4 weeks before the first dose or planned during the study; 20. History of substance abuse, alcoholism, or drug addiction; 21. Inability or unwillingness to bear the cost of self-funded examinations and treatments; 22. Other factors deemed by the investigator to exclude the patient, such as severe diseases (including mental illness) requiring treatment, significant laboratory abnormalities, or family/social factors that may compromise patient safety or data/sample collection.
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