The prospective, multicenter, single-arm design study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of fruquintinib for patients with advanced or metastatic biliary tract adenocarcinoma who failed first-line chemotherapy with gemcitabine, platinum/S-1, and albumin paclitaxel.
Biliary tract cancer arises from the epithelial cells of the bile ducts. Until nowadays, no standard second-line treatment has been established following recurrence from the first-line treatment. Angiogenesis plays a key role in the carcinogenesis and development of biliary tract adenocarcinoma. Studies have shown that VEGF is expressed in more than 50% of biliary tract adenocarcinoma, and microvessel density is significantly associated with tumor progression, metastasis, and prognosis. Fruquintinib (trade name: Elunate) is a novel small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor. It is currently being evaluated in clinical trials for multiple cancers including lung cancer, gastric cancer and colorectal cancer and showed strong anti-tumor activity. The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of fruquintinib for patients with advanced or metastatic biliary tract adenocarcinoma who failed first-line chemotherapy. The trial is a prospective, multicenter, single-arm design study. Eligible participants with advanced or metastatic biliary tract adenocarcinoma who have failed first-line chemotherapy with gemcitabine, platinum/S-1, and albumin paclitaxel. The study will explore the efficacy and safety of second-line treatment with fruquintinib, and quality of life during treatment. Tumor assessment was performed every 8 weeks as defined by RECIST 1.1. Blood samples will be collected at baseline (before treatment) and 2 weeks after treatment, and cfDNA will be collected for gene detection analysis to evaluate the correlation between different gene mutations and their changes and efficacy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
33
Fruquintinib will be administered orally at a dose of 5 mg/d, 3 weeks on, 1 week off (4 weeks as a cycle) until progression, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal unless toxicity not relieved after dose adjustment.
Chinese PLA General Hospital 5th Medical Center
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
Hebei Tumor Hospital
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Changsha, Hunan, China
Progression free survival (PFS)
Defined as the time from the date of enrollment to the first date of documented objective progression disease or of death from any cause
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Objective response rate (ORR)
Defined as the percentage of patients who have a partial or complete response to therapy
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Disease control rate (DCR)
Defined as the percentage of patients who have achieved complete response, partial response and stable disease
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Overall survival (OS)
Defined as the time from the date of enrollment to the date of death from any cause
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Safety and Tolerability
Defined by treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v4.0
Time frame: 3 months after the last administration of fruquintinib
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Jilin Cancer Hospital
Changchun, Jilin, China
Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital
Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
West China Hospital, Sichuan University
Chengdu, Sichuan, China