Apatinib for Advanced Biliary Carcinoma

Summary

This is a phase II open-label, one-arm, single-center study of apatinib for eligible patients with advanced biliary tract carcinoma after the first-line treatment failure. A total of 55 patients is planned for enrollment. The time for enrollment is from Nov 2017 to Nov 2020, the the follow-up will be ended after Nov 2021. Patients in the study would receive oral apatinib 500-750mg qd until progression of disease.

Timeline

Start

2017-11-01

Primary completion

2021-10-31

Completion

2022-10-31

Publications

• Background Cereda S, Belli C, Rognone A, Mazza E, Reni M. Second-line therapy in advanced biliary tract cancer: what should be the standard? Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2013 Nov;88(2):368-74. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2013.05.010. Epub 2013 Jun 17.
• 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 Li J, Qin S, Xu J, Guo W, Xiong J, Bai Y, Sun G, Yang Y, Wang L, Xu N, Cheng Y, Wang Z, Zheng L, Tao M, Zhu X, Ji D, Liu X, Yu H. Apatinib for chemotherapy-refractory advanced metastatic gastric cancer: results from a randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-arm, phase II trial. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Sep 10;31(26):3219-25. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.48.8585. Epub 2013 Aug 5.
• Background Li J, Qin S, Xu J, Xiong J, Wu C, Bai Y, Liu W, Tong J, Liu Y, Xu R, Wang Z, Wang Q, Ouyang X, Yang Y, Ba Y, Liang J, Lin X, Luo D, Zheng R, Wang X, Sun G, Wang L, Zheng L, Guo H, Wu J, Xu N, Yang J, Zhang H, Cheng Y, Wang N, Chen L, Fan Z, Sun P, Yu H. Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Trial of Apatinib in Patients With Chemotherapy-Refractory Advanced or Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach or Gastroesophageal Junction. J Clin Oncol. 2016 May 1;34(13):1448-54. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.63.5995. Epub 2016 Feb 16.
• Background Peng H, Zhang Q, Li J, Zhang N, Hua Y, Xu L, Deng Y, Lai J, Peng Z, Peng B, Chen M, Peng S, Kuang M. Apatinib inhibits VEGF signaling and promotes apoptosis in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Oncotarget. 2016 Mar 29;7(13):17220-9. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.7948.
• Wang C, Huang M, Geng Q, Li W, Chang J, Tang W, Guo W. Apatinib for patients with metastatic biliary tract carcinoma refractory to standard chemotherapy: results from an investigator-initiated, open-label, single-arm, exploratory phase II study. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2021 Aug 31;13:17588359211039047. doi: 10.1177/17588359211039047. eCollection 2021.

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