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Gall Bladder CancerPhase 2/3RUGBNCT06214572

Radiation Therapy in Unresectable Gall Bladder Cancer

A Phase 2/3 study testing Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin), RT and Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin) in people with Gall Bladder Cancer, run by Tata Memorial Centre at 1 site in India.

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Trial summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare two treatment regimes, namely, systemic therapy (chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy) alone vs. systemic therapy and radiation therapy in patients with inoperable but localized gallbladder cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Gall Bladder Cancer
What is being tested?
Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin), RT and Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin)
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
249 participants
Where
1 siteIndia
Study dates
7 Mar 2024to 21 Jul 2029
Phase
Phase 2/3
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Histologically proven (biopsy/cytology) adenocarcinoma of gall bladder. Gall bladder neck primaries with hilar block mimicking hilar cholangiocarcinoma will also be included.
  • Non metastatic at presentation as determined using cross sectional imaging and diagnostic laparoscopy if done as a part of standard work up recommended in the joint clinic.
  • Locally advanced disease with one or more of the following
  • Extensive liver infiltration not amenable for surgery but feasible for safe radiation delivery (Liver minus gross tumor volume at least 700cc)
  • Vascular involvement: encasement (>180-degree angle) of one of the vessels: Hepatic artery, main portal vein, right or left portal vein
  • Obstructive jaundice with hilar involvement (type 2 non communicating block and higher blocks as per Bismuth-Corlette classification)
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  • Stable disease or partial response (RECIST 1.1) after initial 3 months of Gemcitabine based chemotherapy
  • More than 18 years of age
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2 fit for chemotherapy
  • Normal hematological and renal and hepatic functions allowing safe delivery of chemotherapy
  • Hematological- Hb> 80 g/L, ANC ≥ 1.5 x 109/L, platelets ≥ 100 x 109/L.
  • Liver functions- bilirubin ≤ 2 x upper limit normal (ULN), AST/ALT ≤ 5 x ULN, alkaline phosphatase ≤ 6 x upper limit normal (ULN) S. albumin ≥ 30 g/L
  • Renal function- Creatinine ≤ 1.5 ULN, Creatinine clearance >= 50 mL/min

Who cannot join

  • Patients with distant metastasis (including nonregional lymph nodes metastasis) will be excluded.
  • Prior abdominal therapeutic radiation
  • Past or current history of other malignancies not curatively treated and without evidence of disease for more than 5 years, except for curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin and in situ carcinoma of the cervix
  • Pregnancy/Lactating women

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

India1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Tata Memorial Centre

    Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400012

    Shivakumar Gudi, MD, +912224177000 ext. 6863, shivakumargudi@gmail.com

    Reena Engineer, MD, +912224177000 ext. 7165, reena.engineer@gmail.com

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About this study

Official title: Systemic Therapy With or Without Radiation Therapy in Unresectable Nonmetastatic Gall Bladder Carcinoma: Open Label, Parallel Arm, Phase 2/3 Integrated Randomized Clinical Trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare two treatment regimes, namely, systemic therapy (chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy) alone vs. systemic therapy and radiation therapy in patients with inoperable but localized gallbladder cancer. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Whether adding radiation therapy to systemic therapy improves overall survival?
  • What are the effects on other endpoints like cancer-free intervals, side effects, and quality of life? Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the two treatment regimes mentioned earlier by a computer-based program. Researchers will compare survival and quality of life outcomes between the two groups.
Read the detailed description

Gallbladder cancer (GBC) incidence is exceptionally high in India and most patients present with an unresectable or advanced disease. There is limited clinical evidence on optimal therapy of biliary tract cancers in general and more so for gall bladder cancers which are relatively rare in the Western world.

As per current clinical practice, Surgery remains the mainstay of curative treatment for resectable GBC, and systemic therapy with or without radiotherapy is offered for unresectable GBC. The current standard of systemic therapy is to administer 6 months of Gemcitabine-based regimen and the median overall survival of these patients is about 10-12 months. The national and Institutional guidelines suggest the use of radiation in unresectable GBC. The role of radiation therapy in this setting has not been evaluated in phase 3 randomized clinical trials although it is being offered routinely at our Centre if the patients remain nonmetastatic after initial systemic therapy. We propose a phase 2/3 integrated randomized clinical trial evaluating the role of adding radiotherapy to chemotherapy in improving survival outcomes in patients with unresectable GBC based on nonrandomized data from our institution suggesting a benefit with the addition of radiation therapy in this setting.

Patients with histologically verified, unresectable GBC who do not progress (RECIST 1.1) after an initial 3 months of Gemcitabine-based systemic therapy are invited to participate in this open-label, parallel arm, superiority design randomized controlled trial. Patients randomized to the 'RT arm' will receive hypo fractionated conformal image-guided radiotherapy to a dose of 40-55Gy in 10 (up to 15) fractions to the primary and regional lymph node basins delivered over 2-3 weeks. Systemic therapy is resumed after completion of radiotherapy for 3 more months. The patients in the 'Chemo alone arm' or 'Systemic therapy alone' arm will complete 3 more months of systemic therapy as per the current institutional standard. All patients will be considered for further systemic therapy (either as maintenance therapy or at the time of relapse) at the discretion of the treating medical oncologist.

The primary outcomes of the Phase 2 and Phase 3 components are progression-free survival and Overall survival respectively with an interim analysis planned at 36 months to evaluate futility. Secondary outcomes include local control, toxicity, and quality of life measures. The estimated sample size 249 is and the expected duration of the study is 67 months including the follow-up period.

Being tested
Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin), RT, Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin), Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin plus Durvalumab), Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus cisplatin plus nab-paclitaxel)
Keywords
Biliary tract cancer, Gall Bladder Cancer, Radiation therapy, Unresectable
Medical subject headings
Gallbladder Neoplasms, Biliary Tract Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin)Drug

    Participants will receive one of the following Gemcitabine-based systemic therapy alone:

    Gemcitabine 1000mg/m2 and Cisplatin 25 mg/m2, each administered on Days 1 and 8 every 3 weeks (q3w)

    Duration: 3 months (in addition to 3 months previously received)

  • RTRadiation

    Participants will receive radiation therapy in addition to systemic therapy Hypofractionated external image guided radiation to a dose of 40-55Gy in 10 sessions (up to 60Gy in 15 sessions) over 2-3 weeks.

    This is followed by systemic therapy as in the Systemic therapy alone arm.

  • Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin)Drug

    Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 and oxaliplatin 100 mg/m2 IV infusion on days 1 and 8 q2w.

    Duration: 3 months

  • Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin plus Durvalumab)Drug

    Durvalumab 1500 mg via intravenous (IV) infusion q4w, starting on Cycle 1 in combination with cisplatin 25 mg/m2 and gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 each administered on Days 1 and 8, q3w.

    Duration 3 months Durvalumab (12 months)

  • Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus cisplatin plus nab-paclitaxel)Drug

    Gemcitabine 800 mg/m2, cisplatin, 25 mg/m2, and nab-paclitaxel 100 mg/m2, on days 1 and 8, q3w Duration: 3 months

Study groups in NCT06214572
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Systemic therapyActive comparatorParticipants will receive one of the following Gemcitabine-based systemic therapy alone: 1. Gemcitabine plus cisplatin: Gemcitabine 1000mg/m2 and Cisplatin 25 mg/m2, each administered on Days 1 and 8 every 3 weeks (q3w) 2. Gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin: Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 and oxaliplatin 100 mg/m2 IV infusion on days 1 and 8 q2w. 3. Gemcitabine plus cisplatin plus Durvalumab: Durvalumab 1500 mg via intravenous (IV) infusion q4w, starting on Cycle 1 in combination with cisplatin 25 mg/m2 and gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 each administered on Days 1 and 8, q3w. 4. Gemcitabine plus cisplatin plus nab-paclitaxel: Gemcitabine 800 mg/m2, cisplatin, 25 mg/m2, and nab-paclitaxel 100 mg/m2, on days 1 and 8, q3w. duration: 3 months
Receives: Drug: Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin); Drug: Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin); Drug: Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin plus Durvalumab); Drug: Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus cisplatin plus nab-paclitaxel)
RT (Radiation therapy)Active comparatorParticipants will receive radiation therapy in addition to systemic therapy Hypofractionated external image guided radiation to a dose of 40-55Gy in 10 sessions (up to 60Gy in 15 sessions) over 2-3 weeks. This is followed by systemic therapy as in the Systemic therapy arm
Receives: Drug: Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin); Radiation: RT; Drug: Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin); Drug: Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin plus Durvalumab); Drug: Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus cisplatin plus nab-paclitaxel)

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Median overall survival

    Time interval between the date of diagnosis and death due to any case.

    Measured: 2 years

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. Progression free survival

    Time interval between the date of diagnosis and radiological or histological (whichever earlier) evidence of disease progression or death from any cause

    Measured: 2 years

  2. Locoregional progression free survival

    Time interval between the date of diagnosis and radiological or histological (whichever earlier) evidence of locoregional disease progression or death from any cause

    Measured: 2 years

  3. Response rate

    Response to treatment after completion of 6 months of systemic therapy with or without radiotherapy will be assessed using a PET CT or CECT scan using the RECIST (Ver 1.1) criteria

    Measured: 6 months

  4. Acute toxicities

    RTOG criteria

    Measured: 3 years

  5. Late toxicities

    RTOG criteria

    Measured: 3 years

  6. Acute toxicities

    CTCAE v5 criteria

    Measured: 3 years

  7. Late toxicities

    CTCAE v5 criteria

    Measured: 3 years

  8. Quality of life assessment (Gen)

    EORTC QLQ-c30

    Measured: 2 years

  9. Quality of life assessment (Liver specific)

    FACT-Hep version 4

    Measured: 2 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted19 Jan 2024
  2. Study start7 Mar 2024
  3. Primary completion21 Jul 2029 (estimated)
  4. Study completion21 Jul 2029 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2/3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
249 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06214572
Sponsor's protocol ID
4145
Acronym
RUGB
Status last verified
Apr 2025
First submitted
29 Dec 2023
Last updated
11 Apr 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Verma V, Surkar SM, Brooks ED, Simone CB 2nd, Lin C. Chemoradiotherapy Versus Chemotherapy Alone for Unresected Nonmetastatic Gallbladder Cancer: National Practice Patterns and Outcomes. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2018 Jan;16(1):59-65. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2017.7067.

    PubMed 29295882
  • Sinha S, Engineer R, Ostwal V, Ramaswamy A, Chopra S, Shetty N. Radiotherapy for locally advanced unresectable gallbladder cancer - A way forward: Comparative study of chemotherapy versus chemoradiotherapy. J Cancer Res Ther. 2022 Jan-Mar;18(1):147-151. doi: 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_1568_20.

    PubMed 35381776

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2/3 study testing Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin), RT and Systemic therapy (Gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin) in people with Gall Bladder Cancer, run by Tata Memorial Centre at 1 site in India.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 13 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Apr 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in India. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this combined phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Shivakumar Gudi, MD (+912224177000 ext. 6863, shivakumargudi@gmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Median overall survival (time frame: 2 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06214572, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Apr 2025.

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