Fluorouracil, Cisplatin, and Radiation Therapy or Gemcitabine and Oxaliplatin in Treating Patients With Nonmetastatic Biliary Tract Cancer That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00304135 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : March 17, 2006
Last Update Posted : May 30, 2016
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fluorouracil, cisplatin, oxaliplatin, and gemcitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known whether giving fluorouracil and cisplatin together with radiation therapy is more effective than giving gemcitabine together with oxaliplatin in treating nonmetastatic biliary tract cancer.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase II/III trial is studying fluorouracil, cisplatin, and radiation therapy to see how well they work compared to gemcitabine and oxaliplatin in treating patients with nonmetastatic biliary tract cancer that cannot be removed by surgery.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer Gallbladder Cancer Liver Cancer | Drug: cisplatin Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride Drug: oxaliplatin | Phase 2 Phase 3 |
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- Compare the 3-month progression rate in patients with unresectable, nonmetastatic cancer of the biliary tract treated with fluorouracil, cisplatin, and radiotherapy vs gemcitabine hydrochloride and oxaliplatin. (phase II)
- Compare the overall survival of patients treated with these regimens. (phase III)
Secondary
- Compare toxicities of these regimens in these patients. (phase II)
- Compare the quality of life at initial drainage (phase II) and overall (phase III) of patients treated with these regimens.
- Compare the biliary complication rate in patients treated with these regimens.
- Compare the duration of hospitalization of patients treated with these regimens.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to disease location (gallbladder vs intrahepatic biliary duct vs extrahepatic biliary duct). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I: Patients undergo radiotherapy once daily, 5 days a week on days 1-33. Patients also receive fluorouracil IV continuously over 5 days once a week in weeks 1-5 and cisplatin IV over 15 minutes on days 1-4 and 29-32 (or days 1 or 2 and 29 or 30) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
- Arm II: Patients receive gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 100 minutes and oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 1. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 12 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Quality of life is assessed at baseline and then every 3 months thereafter.
After completion of study therapy, patients are followed periodically for 2 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 170 patients will be accrued for this study.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 34 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Randomized Phase II-III Study of Chemoradiation With Fluorouracil and Cisplatin Versus Chemotherapy (Gemcitabine/Oxaliplatin) in Non Resectable But Non Metastatic Cancer of the Biliary Tract |
Study Start Date : | October 2005 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2012 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Radio-chimiothérapie
Radio-chimiothérapie
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Drug: cisplatin |
Experimental: GEMOX
GEMOX
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Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride Drug: oxaliplatin |
- Progression rate at 3 months [ Time Frame: 2012 ]
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: 2012 ]
- Toxicity [ Time Frame: 2012 ]
- Biliary complication rate [ Time Frame: 2012 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 120 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
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Diagnosis of cancer of the biliary tract by 1 of the following methods:
- Histologic confirmation
- Stenosis of the biliary tract by MRI, CT scan, or ECHO
- Unresectable disease
- Amenable to radiotherapy
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No visceral metastases by imaging
- Hepatic adenopathies that can be included in a radiation field allowed
- No known ampulla of Vater or pancreatic cancer involving the biliary tract
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- WHO performance status 0-2
- Creatinine < 1.5 mg/dL
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count ≥ 75,000/mm^3
- Prothrombin time > 70%
- Bilirubin ≤ 2.9 mg/dL (after hepatic draining, if needed)
- No unstable angina
- No symptomatic cardiac insufficiency
- No other comorbidity that would preclude study therapy
- No other prior malignancy except basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
- No prior hydatid cyst or alveolar echinococciasis
- Not pregnant or nursing
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- No recent biliary surgery
- No hepatic intra-arterial chemotherapy
- No prior anticancer therapy

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00304135
France | |
Centre Hospitalier General | |
Belfort, France, 90000 | |
Centre Hospitalier Pierre Oudot | |
Bourgoin-Jallieu, France, 38300 | |
Hopital Louis Pasteur | |
Colmar, France, 68024 | |
Centre Hospitalier de Dax | |
Dax, France, 40100 | |
Hopital Du Bocage | |
Dijon, France, 21034 | |
Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer Georges-Francois Leclerc | |
Dijon, France, 21079 | |
Centre Hospitalier Departemental | |
La Roche Sur Yon, France, F-85025 | |
C. H. Du Mans | |
Le Mans, France, 72037 | |
CHU de la Timone | |
Marseille, France, 13385 | |
Centre Hospitalier General de Mont de Marsan | |
Mont-de-Marsan, France, 40000 | |
CHR D'Orleans - Hopital de la Source | |
Orleans, France, 45100 | |
Hopital Bichat - Claude Bernard | |
Paris, France, 75018 | |
CHU Pitie-Salpetriere | |
Paris, France, 75651 | |
Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud | |
Pierre Benite, France, 69495 | |
Hopital Sebastopol, C.H.U. de Reims | |
Reims, France, 51092 | |
Centre Eugene Marquis | |
Rennes, France, 35062 | |
Hopital Charles Nicolle | |
Rouen, France, 76031 | |
Centre Hospitalier de Semur en Auxois | |
Semur en Auxois, France, 21140 | |
Hopital Universitaire Hautepierre | |
Strasbourg, France, 67098 | |
Centre Hospitalier de Tarbes | |
Tarbes, France, 65013 |
Principal Investigator: | Bruno Chauffert | Centre Georges Francois Leclerc |
Publications of Results:
Responsible Party: | Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00304135 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CDR0000470411 FFCD-9902 SANOFI-FFCD-9902 LILLY-FFCD-9902 FFCD-FNCLCC-SFRO-9902 |
First Posted: | March 17, 2006 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 30, 2016 |
Last Verified: | December 2006 |
Keywords provided by Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive:
localized unresectable adult primary liver cancer unresectable extrahepatic bile duct cancer unresectable gallbladder cancer |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Liver Neoplasms Gallbladder Neoplasms Bile Duct Neoplasms Cholangiocarcinoma Digestive System Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Digestive System Diseases Liver Diseases Biliary Tract Neoplasms Biliary Tract Diseases Gallbladder Diseases Bile Duct Diseases Adenocarcinoma Carcinoma |
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Gemcitabine Oxaliplatin Cisplatin Fluorouracil Antineoplastic Agents Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Enzyme Inhibitors Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors |