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A Phase II Trial of Trifluridine/Tipiracil Plus Oxaliplatin in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Biliary Tract Cancer Following First-Line Therapy
Participants are eligible for this study who were treated for advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC) but the treatment either did not make the cancer better or is no longer working. The treatment for patients whose advanced BTC either did not make the cancer better or is no longer working is a combination of chemotherapy drugs called FOLFOX which consists of fluorouracil and oxaliplatin. Studies have shown that other treatments may work better to treat advanced BTC. In this study, investigators want to see if treating patients with the drug combination of trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) and another drug called oxaliplatin works better than FOLFOX for advanced BTC as second-line therapy. FTD/TPI are pills that are taken by mouth, whereas oxaliplatin is given intravenously (by IV).
BTCs are difficult to treat. It is estimated that in the United States (US) approximately 15,000-20,000 people will be diagnosed with a BTC per year. In 2024, liver and intrahepatic bile duct cancers were the 5th leading cause of death from cancer among men and 7th among women in the US (1). Most people with BTCs have cancer that has spread or cannot be removed with surgery, so systemic treatments are the only option. However, the median survival after being diagnosed with an advanced BTC is still only 4.5 months, so it is important that we find better treatment options (2). This study is evaluating the combination of a medicine called trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) and a medicine called oxaliplatin in treating advanced BTCs. While FTD/TPI has been used to treat other types of cancer, it is not yet approved to treat BTCs, so it is experimental. On the other hand, oxaliplatin is a medicine that has been previously used to treat BTCs.
Age
19 - No limit years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Start Date
December 1, 2025
Primary Completion Date
February 1, 2027
Completion Date
April 1, 2027
Last Updated
February 19, 2026
27
ESTIMATED participants
Trifluridine/tipiracil
DRUG
Oxaliplatin
DRUG
Lead Sponsor
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Collaborators
NCT05489211
NCT04900818
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