To investigate the efficacy and tolerability of neoadjuvant tislelizumab, gemcitabine, cisplatin and S-1 (TisGCS) in patients with resectable high-risk iCCA.
Patients with cholangiocarcinoma have limited therapeutic options and a poor prognosis. Margin-free resection is the only curative treatment to treat intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA). However, patients with resectable disease still suffer from high recurrence or progression. Both immune checkpoint inhibitors and chemotherapy have shed light on treating patients with iCCA. Nevertheless, the role of neoadjuvant chemo-immunotherapy has not been established in patients with resectable iCCA harboring a high risk for recurrence. The aim of the trial is to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of neoadjuvant tislelizumab, gemcitabine, cisplatin and S-1 (Tis-GCS) in patients with resectable high-risk iCCA. The primary outcome is R0 resection rate. The secondary outcome includes objective response rate, event-free survival, overall survival, protocol completion rate and adverse events. The study is an open-label, single-arm and multi-center phase II investigator-initiated trial with Simon two-stage design. Subjects with resectable iCCA harboring a high risk for recurrence or those suffer from very early recurrent disease who are eligible for a curative resection are included. A total of 35 subjects are expected with a minimal sample size of 14 when the R0 resection rate is of the lower threshold. Tis-GCS (14 days as a cycle) 3 cycles every 2 weeks will be administered and followed by surgery. Tislelizumab 200 mg fixed-dose, gemcitabine 800 mg/m2 and cisplatin 25 mg/m2 is given intravenously on day 1. S-1 (35 mg/m2) is given twice daily per oral on day 1 to 7. The study will prove the feasibility and efficacy of neoadjuvant chemo-immunotherapy in resectable high-risk iCCA. The results may provide critical fundamentals into future phase III clinical trials.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
35
Tislelizumab plus chemotherapy (14 days as one cycle) 3 cycles every 2 weeks as neoadjuvant therapy and followed by a curative surgery. Tislelizumab 200 mg fixed-dose IVD on day 1. Gemcitabine 800 mg/m2 on day 1 with a fixed-infusion rate of 80 mins. Cisplatin 25 mg/m2 on day 1. S-1 70 mg/m2 daily as a BID dosing per oral on day 1 to 7. (daily total dose determined by body surface area (BSA): \<1.25 m2, 80 mg; 1.25-1.50 m2, 100 mg; ≥1.50 m2, 120 mg)
National Cheng Kung University Hospital
Tainan, Taiwan
R0 resection rate
Margin-free resection (R0) rate: (Number of patients with surgical results achieving an uninvolved margin under microscopic and macroscopic inspection) / (Number of patients receiving a surgery) x 100%
Time frame: From enrollment to surgical resection at 2 weeks
Objective response rate
Patients who achieve a complete or partial response as defined by revised Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of neoadjuvant therapy at 2 weeks
Overall survival
The time interval from enrollment to death by any causes
Time frame: From the date of enrollment until the date of death from any cause
Event-free survival
The time interval from enrollment to an event, defined as disease progression, recurrence, withdrawal from trial treatment, initiation of subsequent anticancer treatment or death by any cause, in whichever happens first.
Time frame: From the date of enrollment until the date of any predefined event which happens first
Disease control rate
Patients who achieve a complete response, partial response or stable disease, as defined by revised Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of neoadjuvant therapy at 2 weeks
Clinical Trial Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital
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