Safety Study of Liver Transplantation for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Hilar cholangiocarcinoma is a highly malignant tumor. Surgical resection or simple liver transplantation leads to poor prognosis accompanied by high recurrence rate and low survival rate. The newly proposed neoadjuvant therapy with liver transplantation strategy shows promising clinical application, which once reported 5-year survival rate 82%. However, transplantation centers conducting this kind of research are limited due to its complexity and long-term. The investigators would like to conduct a clinical trial for only unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma patients who should take neoadjuvant brachytherapy and chemoradiotherapy followed by orthotopic liver transplantation.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
|---|---|---|
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Phase 1/Phase 2 |
Detailed Description
The enrolled patients should be prescribed with several examinations when admitted to hospital consisting of CT, MRI, MRCP, ECT, PET/CT and other laboratory tests. All preoperative examinations must indicate that enrolled individuals should be diagnosed as unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma. In addition, repetitive ERCP manipulations are needed in order to obtain positive results by brush cytology. Of course, all enrolled patients should be adherent to the fundamental principles of liver transplantation.
We employed I-125 radioactive plastic stents (patent No: ZL 201610116321.3) to conduct brachytherapy. Each stent composed of a drainage tube with a stab at both ends that had a stabilizing effect. Two opposite channels were made in the wall of stents paralleling the drainage lumen, with irradiation window in the lateral wall of the channel. The diameter of the channel is a bit smaller than that of the radioactive seeds, so as is the length and width of irradiation windows. The stents are so designed to immobilize seeds and radiate properly. The radioactive I-125 seeds were 4.5 mm long and 0.8 mm thick, and their half-life was 60.1 days. The nasobiliary radiography was performed to determine the length of involvement of bile duct.Corresponding radioactive seeds are then put in appropriate location with biliary stents by ERCP procedure.
About a month later, external beam radiotherapy was administrated to a target dose of 30Gy in 30 fractions, 1.5Gy twice per day. Concomitantly, Intravenous capecitabine was given at 1.0g bid for two weeks, which is repeated after 14 days until transplantation.
Immunosuppressive therapy was provided with tacrolimus, mycophenolate and corticosteroids. Corticosteroids were withdrawn a week later. Chemotherapy was continued 1 month after OLT with expected 3 courses.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
|---|---|
| No Intervention: unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma control group |
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| Experimental: liver transplantation liver transplantation combined with neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy |
Other: liver transplantation combined with neoadjuvant therapy
liver transplantation combined with neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- survival rate [1-yr survival rate]
- survival rate [3-yr survival rate]
- survival rate [5-yr survival rate]
- tumor-free survival rate [1-yr tumor-free survival rate]
- tumor-free survival rate [3-yr tumor-free survival rate]
- tumor-free survival rate [5-yr tumor-free survival rate]
Secondary Outcome Measures
- acute rejection rate [usually within 2 months after liver transplantation]
- chronic rejection rate [usually 2 months upon liver transplantation]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma tumor diameter less than 3 cm adherence to liver transplantation requirements
Exclusion Criteria:
intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma uncontrolled infection intrahepatic or extrahepatic metastasis distant lymph node metastasis
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hepatobiliary department, Nanjing DrumTower Hospital | Nanjing | Jiangsu | China | 210008 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- The Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School
Investigators
- Study Chair: Yitao Ding, The Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- 20140615