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Active, not recruitingNCT04238637Updated Dec 5, 2025

Immunotherapy Combined With Y-90 SIRT Therapy in Advanced Stage Intrahepatic Biliary Tract Cancer (BTC)

A Phase 2 interventional study of Durvalumab and Tremelimumab in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma, sponsored by Institut für Klinische Krebsforschung IKF GmbH at Krankenhaus Nordwest. Active, not recruiting at 8 sites in Germany. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 99 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-05.

Sponsored by Institut für Klinische Krebsforschung IKF GmbH at Krankenhaus Nordwest · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 99 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

A multicenter Phase II, randomized, prospective, open-label Trial investigating the clinical impact on combining Specific Internal Radiotherapy (SIRT) with the PD1-L Inhibitor Durvalumab and the CTLA-4 Inhibitor Tremelimumab in patients with intrahepatic Biliary Tract Cancer

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IMMUWHY Phase II Clinical Trial will test the Addition of the immunotherapeutic agents Durvalumab and Tremelimumab after an initial Standard of Care SIRT in patients suffering from non-resectable intrahepatic Biliary Tract Cancer. Patients will be randomized into two experimental arms, one receiving Durvalumab only, the other one receiving Durvalumab + Tremelimumab. Clinical Outcomes will be compared vs. historical datasets.

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Conditions studied

  • Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

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Keywords

  • Intrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
  • Intrahepatic Biliary Tract Carcinoma
  • Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
  • BTC
  • iBTC
  • iCCA
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In context

Cholangiocarcinoma

914 studies on the registry are indexed under Cholangiocarcinoma; 286 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 50 is close to the median of 50 across 687 interventional studies indexed under Cholangiocarcinoma.

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Lead sponsor

Institut für Klinische Krebsforschung IKF GmbH at Krankenhaus Nordwest is the lead sponsor of 63 studies on the registry; 16 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 99 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Fully-informed written consent and locally required authorization (European Union [EU]: General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR)) obtained from the patient prior to performing any protocol-related procedures, including screening evaluations.
  2. Age ≥ 18 years.
  3. Histologically documented diagnosis of locally-advanced OR limited metasized intrahepatic BTC not amenable to curative treatment (tumor resection or ablation), specified as

    • Tumor being confined to the liver or
    • In case of presence of extrahepatic lesions, metastasis must be stable AND of limited extent* AND patient must have a potential benefit from study participation in comparison to standard of care systemic therapy per local tumor board evaluation.

      *Limited extent is defined in this protocol as presence of

      • EITHER ≤3 malignant extrahepatic lymph nodes (short axis diameter ≥3cm)
      • OR metastatic lesions in one organ other than liver (if only single lesion is present diameter MUST be \< 3cm; if up to 3 lesions in one organ each lesion MUST be ≤ 1cm).
      • Presence of peritoneal or brain metastatsis excludes patients from study participation (see exclusion criterion #4)
    • Tumor tissue (block or at least 4 slides) is available for translational research.
  4. Patients with prior chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy can be enrolled if ONE of the following criteria is met:

    • Capecitabin or gemcitabine+cisplatin in the adjuvant setting
    • Experienced progressive disease under gemcitabine+cisplatin therapy in the advanced setting
    • Stable disease after 3 months of gemcitabine+cisplatin treatment
    • Experienced progressive disease under durvalumab+ gemcitabine+cisplatin in first line treatment
    • Experienced progressive disease under pembrolizumab+ gemcitabine+cisplatin in first line treatment
  5. Has been considered candidate for standard-of-care Y-90 SIRT therapy per Investigator decision and after prior consultation with the tumor board if available at site and does not display contraindications against SIRT.

    Contraindications against SIRT would be

    • hepatic tumor load > 50%
    • any Gastrointestinal deposition that cannot be corrected via angiographic techniques
    • irreversibly elevated serum bilirubin
    • renal insufficiency
    • increased pulmonary shunt fraction being able to deliver > 16.5 mCi to the lungs
    • gastrointestinal ulceration
    • hepatic dysfunction
    • biliary complications
    • portal hypertension
    • vascular injury and lymphopenia.
  6. Performance status (PS) ≤ 1 (ECOG scale).
  7. Body weight >30 kg
  8. At least one measurable site of disease as defined by RECIST 1.1 criteria.
  9. Adequate bone marrow and renal function
  10. Adequate hepatic function (with stenting for any obstruction, if required)
  11. Female patients with reproductive potential must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to start of trial.
  12. Evidence of post-menopausal status or negative urinary or serum pregnancy test for female pre-menopausal patients. Women will be considered post-menopausal if they have been amenorrheic for 12 months without an alternative medical cause.
  13. The patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study, including hospital visits for treatment and scheduled follow-up visits and examinations.
  14. Must have a life expectancy of at least 12 weeks.
  15. If patient has concurrent Hepatitis B virus (HBV) or Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, meets the following criteria:

    • Patients with HBV or HCV infection should be monitored for viral levels during study participation.
    • Patients with detectable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or detectable HBV DNA should have HBV DNA \< 100 IU/ml and should be managed per local treatment guidelines.

Controlled (treated) hepatitis B subjects will be allowed if they started treatment at the time point of enrollment into the study by the latest and treatment is continued during study participation and for ≥ 6 months after end of study treatment.

- HCV patients with advanced BTC are mostly not treated for their HCV infection. However, patients treated for HCV are considered suitable for inclusion if antiviral therapy has been completed ≥ 30 days prior to first administration of study drug.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Concurrent enrolment in another clinical study, unless it is an observational (non-interventional) clinical study, or during the follow-up period of an interventional study.
  2. Participation in another clinical study with an investigational product within 21 days prior to the first dose of the study treatment.
  3. Prior immunotherapy or use of other investigational agents, including prior treatment with an anti-Programmed Death receptor-1 (PD-1), anti-Programmed Death-1 ligand-1 (PD-L1), anti-PD-L2, or anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated antigen-4 (anti-CTLA-4) antibody, therapeutic cancer vaccines, apart from durvalumab and pembrolizumab as PD-L1 inhibitor in first line therapy.
  4. Presence of peritoneal carcinomatosis or brain metastases.
  5. Any unresolved toxicity NCI CTCAE Grade ≥ 2 from previous anticancer therapy with the exception of alopecia, vitiligo, and the laboratory values defined in the inclusion criteria
  6. Any concurrent chemotherapy, investigational product (IP), biologic, or hormonal therapy for cancer treatment. Concurrent use of hormonal therapy for non-cancer related conditions (eg, hormone replacement therapy) is acceptable.
  7. Prior radiotherapy treatment before the first dose of any study drug.
  8. Major surgery (as defined by the Investigator) within 4 weeks prior to enrollment into the study; patients must have recovered from effects of any major surgery. Note: Local non-major surgery for palliative intent (e.g. surgery of isolated lesions, per-cutaneous biliary drainage or biliary stenting) is acceptable.
  9. Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders (including inflammatory bowel disease [e.g. colitis or Crohn's disease], diverticulitis [with the exception of diverticulosis], celiac disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sarcoidosis syndrome, or Wegener syndrome [granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Graves' disease, rheumatoid arthritis, hypophysitis, uveitis].
  10. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, , serious active, uncontrolled, gastrointestinal conditions associated with diarrhea, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirement, substantially increase risk of incurring AEs or compromise the ability of the patient to give written informed consent.
  11. History of non-infectious pneumonitis requiring steroids, or patients with Grade ≥ 2 pneumonitis.
  12. History of another primary malignancy except for:

    • Malignancy treated with curative intent and with no known active disease ≥ 5 years before the first dose of IP and of low potential risk for recurrence
    • Adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or lentigo maligna without evidence of disease
    • Adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease
  13. History of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
  14. Brain metastases or spinal cord compression. Patients with suspected brain metastases at screening should have a CT/ MRI of the brain prior to study entry.
  15. History of active primary immunodeficiency
  16. History of allogenic organ transplantation.
  17. Active infection including tuberculosis (clinical evaluation that includes clinical history, physical examination and radiographic findings, and TB testing in line with local practice), or human immunodeficiency virus (positive HIV 1/2 antibodies) or active hepatitis B/hepatitis C co-infection.
  18. Current or prior use of immunosuppressive medication within 14 days before the first dose of durvalumab or tremelimumab.
  19. Female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding or male or female patients of reproductive potential who are not willing to employ highly effective birth control from screening to 180 days after the last dose of durvalumab.
  20. Known allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the IMPs or any of the constituents of the product.
  21. Any co-existing medical condition that in the investigator's judgement will substantially increase the risk associated with the patient's participation in the study.
  22. Patient who has been incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized by court order or by the authorities § 40 Abs. 1 S. 3 Nr. 4 AMG.
  23. Patients who are unable to consent because they do not understand the nature, significance and implications of the clinical trial and therefore cannot form a rational intention in the light of the facts [§ 40 Abs. 1 S. 3 Nr. 3a AMG].
  24. Receipt of live attenuated vaccine within 30 days prior to the first administration of any of the IMPs and without need to receive any live attenuated vaccines during study conduct and for up to 30 days after end of Durvalumab treatment or 90 days after end of Tremelimumab treatment respectively.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Arm 1

    Durvalumab

    Drug: Durvalumab

  • Experimental
    Arm 2

    Durvalumab in combination with Tremelimumab

    Drug: Durvalumab · Drug: Tremelimumab

Interventions

  • DrugDurvalumab

    Durvalumab IV (intravenous Infusion)

    Also known as: Other Name: MEDI4736

  • DrugTremelimumab

    Tremelimumab IV (intravenous Infusion)

    Also known as: Study treatment

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Objective Response rate (ORR) according to RECIST 1.1

    Proportion of allocated subjects with best response of complete or partial response

    Time frame: 20 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Safety (rate of adverse events)

    Type, incidence and severity of AEs and SAEs graded according to NCI CTCAE v5.0

    Time frame: From first patient included until study closure (approx. 43 months after First Patient Included)

  2. Duration of response (DoR)

    Time from that the measurement criteria are first met for CR or PR (whichever is first recorded) until the first date that the PD is objectively documented or death

    Time frame: From first measurement of CR or PR per RECIST 1.1 until disease progression occurs (up to 43 months until Study Closure)

  3. Progression free survival (PFS)

    Time from the date of randomization to the date of first observed disease progression (investigator assessment according to RECIST 1.1) or death from any cause

    Time frame: From date of randomization until disease progression occurs (up to 43 months until Study Closure)

  4. Overall Survival (OS)

    time from the date of treatment allocation to the date of death.

    Time frame: Date of enrollment until date of death if applicable (up to 43 months until Study Closure)

Other outcomes

  1. Translational research

    Exploratory: Predictive biomarkers that with a potential effect on Objective Response Rate, Duration of Response, Progression Free Survival and Overall Survival via blood sample collection + genetic subset analysis. The following translational research is currently planned, but may be adapted taking into account new research data: Tumors will be tested for mRNA expression of PD-1, PD-L1 and PD-L2 expression, Immune cell infiltrates (IGHM, CD3, CD8, FOXP3, CD68, CD205), Chemokines (CXCL9. CXCL10, CXCL13) and invasion markers (MMP7, MMP9)

    Time frame: 3 months

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Study locations

8 sites
  • University Hospital Dresden
    Dresden, Germany
  • Clinic Essen Center
    Essen, Germany
  • University Hospital Essen
    Essen, Germany
  • University Hospital Halle
    Halle, Germany
  • Hannover Medical School
    Hanover, Germany
  • University Hospital Jena
    Jena, Germany
  • Munich Clinic Bogenhausen
    Munich, Germany
  • University Hospital Munich Grosshadern
    Munich, Germany
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — No IPD will be shared.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 5, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04238637
Lead sponsor
Institut für Klinische Krebsforschung IKF GmbH at Krankenhaus Nordwest
Collaborators
AstraZeneca
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 23, 2020
Start date
Nov 1, 2019
Primary completion
Aug 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 5, 2025

Study contacts

Salah-Eddin Al-Batran, Professor
study director · IKF Klinische Krebsforschung GmbH

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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