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Not yet recruitingNCT06171321Updated Dec 14, 2023

Circulating Tumor DNA Guided Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Biliary Tract Carcinoma

An interventional study of S-1(Intravenous combined with oral) in Biliary Tract Cancer, sponsored by Shanghai East Hospital. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-12-14.

Sponsored by Shanghai East Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Nov 2025, 10 months ago, but the record still lists the study as not yet recruiting.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
94
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

In recent years, circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)had achieved encouraging results in monitoring recurrence and metastasis after surgery, and has potential clinical application value. The presence of ctDNA after surgery predicts very poor recurrence-free survival, whereas its absence predicts a low risk of recurrence. The benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy for ctDNA-positive patients is not well understood.

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The results of the PRODIGE-12/ACCORD-18 study showed that, with a median follow-up of 47 months, the adjuvant chemotherapy arm did not lead to a significant improvement in recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS). Notably, the patients with gallbladder cancer experienced adjuvant chemotherapy significantly worse RFS and OS compared to those in the monitoring arm. ctDNA risk stratifies patients to guide adjuvant treatment decisions This study aimed to demonstrate that a escalation strategy of ctDNA guided adjuvant chemotherapy is superior to standard of care treatment as measured by 2 year disease free survival (DFS) in patients with stage II- III biliary tract cancers with minimal residual disease (MRD) (ctDNA positive).

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Conditions studied

  • Biliary Tract Cancer

Keywords

  • S-1
  • circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)
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In context

Biliary Tract Neoplasms

484 studies on the registry are indexed under Biliary Tract Neoplasms; 187 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 94 is above the median of 56 across 404 interventional studies indexed under Biliary Tract Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Shanghai East Hospital is the lead sponsor of 92 studies on the registry; 48 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

    1. Patients with pathologically confirmed BTCs according to the UICC/AJCC TNM staging system (8th edition 2017) for stage II-III tumours. Patients eligible for radical resection of BTCs. No synchronous or metastatic malignant tumour found in other organs other than the primary tumor.

      1. Personal status (PS) score as over 80 or Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score as 0 \~ 2.

      3)With expected survival of more than 12 months. 4) Radical operation performed.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

    1. Patients with positive surgical margins and residual lesions after biliary tract tumor surgery.

      1. Blood transfusion performed during operation or within 2 weeks before operation.
      1. Have a history of other malignant tumors within 5 years.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
94 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    Group 1: Patients testing negative for ctDNA treated using standard of care treatment

    Postoperative ctDNA-negative patients receive oral Teysuno (S-1) for adjuvant therapy。

  • Experimental
    Group 2: Patients with a positive ctDNA test are treated with an escalation strategy

    Postoperative ctDNA-positive patients receive intravenous combined oral Teysuno (S-1) for adjuvant therapy。

    Drug: S-1(Intravenous combined with oral)

Interventions

  • DrugS-1(Intravenous combined with oral)

    Oral combined with intravenous S-1 for ctDNA-positive patients (escalating treatment strategy)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. ctDNA guided adjuvant chemotherapy versus Translational sub study

    To demonstrate the superiority of an escalation strategy of ctDNA-guided adjuvant chemotherapy over standard-of-care treatment, 2-year disease-free survival (DFS) was measured as 2-year Disease-Free Survival (DFS) in high-risk stage II-III BTC patients with no evidence of minimal residual disease (ctDNA-negative).

    Time frame: Up to 60 months

  2. Sensitivity of postoperative ctDNA in monitoring recurrence and metastasis

    Number of patients with ctDNA positive and imaging confirmed recurrence or metastasis / number of all imaging confirmed recurrence or metastasis

    Time frame: Up to 60 months

  3. Specificity of postoperative ctDNA in monitoring recurrence and metastasis

    Number of patients with ctDNA negative and no recurrence and metastasis confirmed by imaging / number of patients with no recurrence and metastasis confirmed by imaging

    Time frame: Up to 60 months

  4. Accuracy of postoperative ctDNA in monitoring recurrence and metastasis

    True positive/ctDNA-positive samples

    Time frame: Up to 60 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. overall survival (OS)

    Overall survival of included patients

    Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented date of death from any cause, assessed up to 60 months.

  2. ctDNA clearance rate

    The rate of ctDNA positive before chemotherapy that turns negative after adjuvant chemotherapy

    Time frame: Up to 60 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine
    Shanghai, China
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 14, 2023, 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
NCT06171321
Lead sponsor
Shanghai East Hospital
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 14, 2023
Start date
Dec 2023 (estimated)
Primary completion
Nov 15, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 1, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 14, 2023

Study contacts

Jinghan Wang, M.D.
Contact
wangjinghan@126.com
+86-13795362134

Oversight

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