Bile duct cancer, Biliary tree cancers, Gallbladder cancer
Open
Other
This study is looking at whether the number and types of bacteria that live naturally in our bowel affects how well the treatment for biliary cancer works.
It is for people with bile duct cancer that:
cannot be removed by surgery and you haven’t had any treatment for it
when you were first diagnosed the cancer had spread to another part of the body
has come back at least 6 months after treatment with the aim to cure
It is also open to people with gallbladder cancer that has spread or come back least 6 months after treatment with the aim to cure.
Recruitment start: 9 November 2023
Recruitment end: 31 December 2025
Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.
Dr Mairéad McNamara
AstraZeneca
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Cardiff University Centre for Trials Research
The University of Manchester
Last reviewed: 01 Sept 2025
CRUK internal database number: 18882