Low-Dose Radiation Therapy to the Whole Liver With Gemcitabine and Cisplatin in IHC

Summary

The overall goal of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of combination treatment of low-dose fractionated radiation therapy with gemcitabine-cisplatin chemotherapy for locally advanced mass forming intra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Timeline

Start

2014-09

Primary completion

2016-09

Completion

2016-09

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Business): “lack of funding”

Publications

• Background Bridgewater J, Galle PR, Khan SA, Llovet JM, Park JW, Patel T, Pawlik TM, Gores GJ. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. J Hepatol. 2014 Jun;60(6):1268-89. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.01.021. Epub 2014 Mar 27. No abstract available.
• Background Ilyas SI, Gores GJ. Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of cholangiocarcinoma. Gastroenterology. 2013 Dec;145(6):1215-29. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.10.013. Epub 2013 Oct 15.
• Background de Jong MC, Nathan H, Sotiropoulos GC, Paul A, Alexandrescu S, Marques H, Pulitano C, Barroso E, Clary BM, Aldrighetti L, Ferrone CR, Zhu AX, Bauer TW, Walters DM, Gamblin TC, Nguyen KT, Turley R, Popescu I, Hubert C, Meyer S, Schulick RD, Choti MA, Gigot JF, Mentha G, Pawlik TM. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: an international multi-institutional analysis of prognostic factors and lymph node assessment. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Aug 10;29(23):3140-5. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.35.6519. Epub 2011 Jul 5.
• Background Endo I, Gonen M, Yopp AC, Dalal KM, Zhou Q, Klimstra D, D'Angelica M, DeMatteo RP, Fong Y, Schwartz L, Kemeny N, O'Reilly E, Abou-Alfa GK, Shimada H, Blumgart LH, Jarnagin WR. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: rising frequency, improved survival, and determinants of outcome after resection. Ann Surg. 2008 Jul;248(1):84-96. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318176c4d3.
• Background Lang H, Sotiropoulos GC, Sgourakis G, Schmitz KJ, Paul A, Hilgard P, Zopf T, Trarbach T, Malago M, Baba HA, Broelsch CE. Operations for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: single-institution experience of 158 patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Feb;208(2):218-28. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.10.017.
• Background Choi SB, Kim KS, Choi JY, Park SW, Choi JS, Lee WJ, Chung JB. The prognosis and survival outcome of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma following surgical resection: association of lymph node metastasis and lymph node dissection with survival. Ann Surg Oncol. 2009 Nov;16(11):3048-56. doi: 10.1245/s10434-009-0631-1. Epub 2009 Jul 22.
• Background Paik KY, Jung JC, Heo JS, Choi SH, Choi DW, Kim YI. What prognostic factors are important for resected intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma? J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008 May;23(5):766-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.05040.x. Epub 2007 Sep 12.
• Background Nakagohri T, Kinoshita T, Konishi M, Takahashi S, Gotohda N. Surgical outcome and prognostic factors in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. World J Surg. 2008 Dec;32(12):2675-80. doi: 10.1007/s00268-008-9778-3.
• Background Tamandl D, Herberger B, Gruenberger B, Puhalla H, Klinger M, Gruenberger T. Influence of hepatic resection margin on recurrence and survival in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Oct;15(10):2787-94. doi: 10.1245/s10434-008-0081-1. Epub 2008 Aug 7.
• 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 Woo SM, Lee WJ, Kim JH, Kim DH, Han SS, Park SJ, Kim TH, Lee JH, Koh YH, Hong EK. Gemcitabine plus cisplatin versus capecitabine plus cisplatin as first-line chemotherapy for advanced biliary tract cancer: a retrospective cohort study. Chemotherapy. 2013;59(3):232-8. doi: 10.1159/000354539. Epub 2013 Dec 13.
• Background Alberts SR, Al-Khatib H, Mahoney MR, Burgart L, Cera PJ, Flynn PJ, Finch TR, Levitt R, Windschitl HE, Knost JA, Tschetter LK. Gemcitabine, 5-fluorouracil, and leucovorin in advanced biliary tract and gallbladder carcinoma: a North Central Cancer Treatment Group phase II trial. Cancer. 2005 Jan 1;103(1):111-8. doi: 10.1002/cncr.20753.
• Background Jensen LH, Lindebjerg J, Ploen J, Hansen TF, Jakobsen A. Phase II marker-driven trial of panitumumab and chemotherapy in KRAS wild-type biliary tract cancer. Ann Oncol. 2012 Sep;23(9):2341-2346. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mds008. Epub 2012 Feb 23.
• Background Lubner SJ, Mahoney MR, Kolesar JL, Loconte NK, Kim GP, Pitot HC, Philip PA, Picus J, Yong WP, Horvath L, Van Hazel G, Erlichman CE, Holen KD. Report of a multicenter phase II trial testing a combination of biweekly bevacizumab and daily erlotinib in patients with unresectable biliary cancer: a phase II Consortium study. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Jul 20;28(21):3491-7. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.28.4075. Epub 2010 Jun 7.
• Background Darwish Murad S, Kim WR, Harnois DM, Douglas DD, Burton J, Kulik LM, Botha JF, Mezrich JD, Chapman WC, Schwartz JJ, Hong JC, Emond JC, Jeon H, Rosen CB, Gores GJ, Heimbach JK. Efficacy of neoadjuvant chemoradiation, followed by liver transplantation, for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma at 12 US centers. Gastroenterology. 2012 Jul;143(1):88-98.e3; quiz e14. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.04.008. Epub 2012 Apr 12.
• Background Kim YI, Park JW, Kim BH, Woo SM, Kim TH, Koh YH, Lee WJ, Kim CM. Outcomes of concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for advanced-stage unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Radiat Oncol. 2013 Dec 21;8:292. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-8-292.
• Background Ben-Josef E, Normolle D, Ensminger WD, Walker S, Tatro D, Ten Haken RK, Knol J, Dawson LA, Pan C, Lawrence TS. Phase II trial of high-dose conformal radiation therapy with concurrent hepatic artery floxuridine for unresectable intrahepatic malignancies. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Dec 1;23(34):8739-47. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.01.5354.
• Background Servajean C, Gilabert M, Piana G, Monges G, Delpero JR, Brenot I, Raoul JL. One case of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma amenable to resection after radioembolization. World J Gastroenterol. 2014 May 7;20(17):5131-4. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i17.5131.
• Background Vouche M, Lewandowski RJ, Atassi R, Memon K, Gates VL, Ryu RK, Gaba RC, Mulcahy MF, Baker T, Sato K, Hickey R, Ganger D, Riaz A, Fryer J, Caicedo JC, Abecassis M, Kulik L, Salem R. Radiation lobectomy: time-dependent analysis of future liver remnant volume in unresectable liver cancer as a bridge to resection. J Hepatol. 2013 Nov;59(5):1029-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.06.015. Epub 2013 Jun 25.
• Background Inarrairaegui M, Pardo F, Bilbao JI, Rotellar F, Benito A, D'Avola D, Herrero JI, Rodriguez M, Marti P, Zozaya G, Dominguez I, Quiroga J, Sangro B. Response to radioembolization with yttrium-90 resin microspheres may allow surgical treatment with curative intent and prolonged survival in previously unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2012 Jul;38(7):594-601. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2012.02.189. Epub 2012 Mar 21.
• Background Mullen JT, Ribero D, Reddy SK, Donadon M, Zorzi D, Gautam S, Abdalla EK, Curley SA, Capussotti L, Clary BM, Vauthey JN. Hepatic insufficiency and mortality in 1,059 noncirrhotic patients undergoing major hepatectomy. J Am Coll Surg. 2007 May;204(5):854-62; discussion 862-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.12.032. Epub 2007 Feb 15.
• Background Marples B, Wouters BG, Collis SJ, Chalmers AJ, Joiner MC. Low-dose hyper-radiosensitivity: a consequence of ineffective cell cycle arrest of radiation-damaged G2-phase cells. Radiat Res. 2004 Mar;161(3):247-55. doi: 10.1667/rr3130.
• Background Short SC, Woodcock M, Marples B, Joiner MC. Effects of cell cycle phase on low-dose hyper-radiosensitivity. Int J Radiat Biol. 2003 Feb;79(2):99-105.
• Background Joiner MC, Marples B, Lambin P, Short SC, Turesson I. Low-dose hypersensitivity: current status and possible mechanisms. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2001 Feb 1;49(2):379-89. doi: 10.1016/s0360-3016(00)01471-1.
• Background Kunos CA, Sill MW, Buekers TE, Walker JL, Schilder JM, Yamada SD, Waggoner SE, Mohiuddin M, Fracasso PM. Low-dose abdominal radiation as a docetaxel chemosensitizer for recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer: a phase I study of the Gynecologic Oncology Group. Gynecol Oncol. 2011 Feb;120(2):224-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.10.018.
• Background Arnold SM, Regine WF, Ahmed MM, Valentino J, Spring P, Kudrimoti M, Kenady D, Desimone P, Mohiuddin M. Low-dose fractionated radiation as a chemopotentiator of neoadjuvant paclitaxel and carboplatin for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: results of a new treatment paradigm. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 Apr 1;58(5):1411-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.09.019.
• Background Harney J, Short SC, Shah N, Joiner M, Saunders MI. Low dose hyper-radiosensitivity in metastatic tumors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 Jul 15;59(4):1190-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.12.029.
• Background Joiner MC, Denekamp J. The effect of small radiation doses on mouse skin. Br J Cancer Suppl. 1986;7:63-6. No abstract available.
• Background Krueger SA, Wilson GD, Piasentin E, Joiner MC, Marples B. The effects of G2-phase enrichment and checkpoint abrogation on low-dose hyper-radiosensitivity. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Aug 1;77(5):1509-17. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.01.028.
• Background Marples B, Wouters BG, Joiner MC. An association between the radiation-induced arrest of G2-phase cells and low-dose hyper-radiosensitivity: a plausible underlying mechanism? Radiat Res. 2003 Jul;160(1):38-45. doi: 10.1667/rr3013.
• Background Regine WF, Hanna N, Garofalo MC, Doyle A, Arnold S, Kataria R, Sims J, Tan M, Mohiuddin M. Low-dose radiotherapy as a chemopotentiator of gemcitabine in tumors of the pancreas or small bowel: a phase I study exploring a new treatment paradigm. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 May 1;68(1):172-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.11.045. Epub 2007 Feb 2.
• Background Wrenn DC, Saigal K, Lucci JA 3rd, Pearson MJ, Simpkins F, Schuman S, Twiggs LB, Walker GR, Wolfson AH. A Phase I Study using low-dose fractionated whole abdominal radiotherapy as a chemopotentiator to full-dose cisplatin for optimally debulked stage III/IV carcinoma of the endometrium. Gynecol Oncol. 2011 Jul;122(1):59-62. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.03.007. Epub 2011 Apr 6.
• Background Eisenhauer EA, Therasse P, Bogaerts J, Schwartz LH, Sargent D, Ford R, Dancey J, Arbuck S, Gwyther S, Mooney M, Rubinstein L, Shankar L, Dodd L, Kaplan R, Lacombe D, Verweij J. New response evaluation criteria in solid tumours: revised RECIST guideline (version 1.1). Eur J Cancer. 2009 Jan;45(2):228-47. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.10.026.

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