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A trial looking at oxaliplatin and 5FU for advanced biliary tract cancers (ABC-06)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bile duct cancer, Biliary tree cancers, Gallbladder cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial was done to find out if oxaliplatin and 5FU is useful for people with advanced biliary tract cancer who have already had chemotherapy.

The trial was supported by Cancer Research UK. It was open for people to join between 2014 and 2017. The team published the results in 2021.

Recruitment start: 19 February 2014

Recruitment end: 31 December 2017

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Juan Valle

Supported by

AMMF – The Cholangiocarcinoma Charity

Cancer Research UK

Conquer Cancer Foundation

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Stand Up To Cancer

The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation

The Christie Charity

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/13/004.

Last reviewed: 13 September 2021

CRUK internal database number: 10895

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