Status:

TERMINATED

Chemoradiation +Gemcitabine +Continuous 5-FU (Fluorouracil) Followed by High Dose Brachytherapy/Stereotactic Radiation Boost in Locally Advanced Intra/Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

Lead Sponsor:

University of Utah

Conditions:

Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

OBJECTIVES: This study proposes to evaluate the feasibility of delivery of this treatment in terms of toxicity. If toxicity is not acceptable, the treatment is not feasible. Primary Objectives * To ...

Detailed Description

Cholangiocarcinoma is an uncommon tumor arising from the biliary tract. It can be stratified into two categories based on location, intrahepatic and extrahepatic. In the United States, approximately 4...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients over age 18
  • Intra or extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma confirmed by biopsy/brushings, biliary aneuploidy demonstrated by FISH, or elevated CA 19-9 greater than 100 ng/mL in the presence of a radiographic malignant stricture
  • Deemed surgically unresectable by a surgical oncologist
  • Malignant disease encompassable within a single radiation field
  • ECOG 0-2
  • Laboratory values: Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 (can be transfused to attain this value), Granulocytes \> 1,500, platelets \> 100,000/ul

Exclusion

  • Chemotherapy within one month of starting radiation therapy
  • Previous abdominal radiotherapy
  • Uncontrolled infection or severe active comorbid disease
  • Previous malignancy in the past five years, excluding nonmelanoma skin cancers and in situ cervical, bladder or uterine cancer
  • Distant metastatic disease (outside regional lymph nodes)
  • Pregnancy or lactating women

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

1 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00983541

Start Date

September 1 2009

End Date

March 1 2012

Last Update

August 19 2015

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Huntsman Cancer Institute

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112