Gemcitabine and S-1 for Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer

Summary

This study will conduct a phase II study of gemcitabine and S-1 as first-line chemotherapy in patient with advanced biliary tract cancer

Timeline

Start

2005-08

Primary completion

2010-11

Completion

2013-12

Publications

• Background Oertli D, Herzog U, Tondelli P. Primary carcinoma of the gallbladder: operative experience during a 16 year period. Eur J Surg. 1993 Aug;159(8):415-20.
• Background de Groen PC, Gores GJ, LaRusso NF, Gunderson LL, Nagorney DM. Biliary tract cancers. N Engl J Med. 1999 Oct 28;341(18):1368-78. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199910283411807. No abstract available.
• Background Thongprasert S. The role of chemotherapy in cholangiocarcinoma. Ann Oncol. 2005;16 Suppl 2:ii93-6. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdi712. No abstract available.
• Background Hezel AF, Zhu AX. Systemic therapy for biliary tract cancers. Oncologist. 2008 Apr;13(4):415-23. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2007-0252.
• Background Valle J, Wasan H, Palmer DH, Cunningham D, Anthoney A, Maraveyas A, Madhusudan S, Iveson T, Hughes S, Pereira SP, Roughton M, Bridgewater J; ABC-02 Trial Investigators. Cisplatin plus gemcitabine versus gemcitabine for biliary tract cancer. N Engl J Med. 2010 Apr 8;362(14):1273-81. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0908721.
• Background Shirasaka T, Shimamato Y, Ohshimo H, Yamaguchi M, Kato T, Yonekura K, Fukushima M. Development of a novel form of an oral 5-fluorouracil derivative (S-1) directed to the potentiation of the tumor selective cytotoxicity of 5-fluorouracil by two biochemical modulators. Anticancer Drugs. 1996 Jul;7(5):548-57. doi: 10.1097/00001813-199607000-00010.
• Background Ueno H, Okusaka T, Ikeda M, Takezako Y, Morizane C. Phase II study of S-1 in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer. Br J Cancer. 2004 Nov 15;91(10):1769-74. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602208.
• Background Furuse J, Okusaka T, Boku N, Ohkawa S, Sawaki A, Masumoto T, Funakoshi A. S-1 monotherapy as first-line treatment in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer: a multicenter phase II study. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2008 Oct;62(5):849-55. doi: 10.1007/s00280-007-0673-7. Epub 2008 Jan 23.
• Background Sasaki T, Isayama H, Nakai Y, Ito Y, Kogure H, Togawa O, Toda N, Yasuda I, Hasebe O, Maetani I, Sasahira N, Hirano K, Tsujino T, Tada M, Omata M. Multicenter, phase II study of gemcitabine and S-1 combination chemotherapy in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2010 May;65(6):1101-7. doi: 10.1007/s00280-009-1115-5. Epub 2009 Aug 26.
• Background Kanai M, Yoshimura K, Tsumura T, Asada M, Suzuki C, Niimi M, Matsumoto S, Nishimura T, Nitta T, Yasuchika K, Taura K, Mori Y, Hamada A, Inoue N, Tada S, Yanagihara K, Yazumi S, Osaki Y, Chiba T, Ikai I, Fukushima M, Uemoto S, Hatano E. A multi-institution phase II study of gemcitabine/S-1 combination chemotherapy for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2011 Jun;67(6):1429-34. doi: 10.1007/s00280-010-1443-5. Epub 2010 Sep 2.
• Background Sasaki T, Isayama H, Nakai Y, Ito Y, Yasuda I, Toda N, Kogure H, Hanada K, Maguchi H, Sasahira N, Kamada H, Mukai T, Okabe Y, Hasebe O, Maetani I, Koike K. A randomized phase II study of gemcitabine and S-1 combination therapy versus gemcitabine monotherapy for advanced biliary tract cancer. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2013 Apr;71(4):973-9. doi: 10.1007/s00280-013-2090-4. Epub 2013 Jan 26.
• Background Morizane C, Okusaka T, Mizusawa J, Takashima A, Ueno M, Ikeda M, Hamamoto Y, Ishii H, Boku N, Furuse J. Randomized phase II study of gemcitabine plus S-1 versus S-1 in advanced biliary tract cancer: a Japan Clinical Oncology Group trial (JCOG 0805). Cancer Sci. 2013 Sep;104(9):1211-6. doi: 10.1111/cas.12218. Epub 2013 Jul 25.

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