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Trial reportJournal of the National Cancer Institute2025

Long-term outcomes in patients with advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma treated with hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy.

Darren Cowzer, Kevin Soares, Henry Walch, Mithat Gönen, Taryn M Boucher, Richard K G Do, James J Harding, Anna M Varghese, Diane Reidy-Lagunes, Leonard Saltz and 12 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Darren CowzerDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0969-3259
Kevin SoaresDepartment of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Henry WalchCenter for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Mithat GönenDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8683-8477
Taryn M BoucherDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Richard K G DoDepartment of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
James J HardingDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7029-4310
Anna M VargheseDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Diane Reidy-LagunesDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2688-4556
Leonard SaltzDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8353-4670
Louise C ConnellDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Ghassan K Abou-AlfaDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1522-8054
Alice C WeiDepartment of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2505-959X
Nikolaus SchultzCenter for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
T Peter KinghamDepartment of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Michael I D'AngelicaDepartment of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Jeffrey A DrebinDepartment of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Vinod BalachandranDepartment of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Francisco Sanchez-VegaCenter for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2990-4893
Nancy E KemenyDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
William R JarnaginDepartment of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Andrea CercekDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5054-8192

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
National Cancer Institute Cancer Center P30CA008748NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHepatic artery infusion of chemotherapy has demonstrated disease control and suggested improvement in overall survival in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. We report herein the long-term results and role of molecular alterations of a phase II clinical trial of hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy plus systemic chemotherapy, with a retrospective cohort of patients treated with hepatic artery infusion at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

methodsThis is a secondary analysis of a single-institution, phase II trial, and retrospective cohort of unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma treated with hepatic artery infusion floxuridine plus systemic gemcitabine and oxaliplatin. The primary aim was to assess long-term oncologic outcomes. A subset underwent tissue-based genomic sequencing, and molecular alterations were correlated with progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival.

resultsA total of 38 patients were treated on trial with a median follow-up of 76.9 months. Median PFS was 11.8 months (95% confidence interval [CI] = 11 to 15.1 months). The median overall survival was 26.8 months (95% CI = 20.9 to 40.6 months). The 1-, 2-, and 5-year overall survival rate was 89.5%, 55%, and 21%, respectively. Nine (24%) patients received hepatic artery infusion with mitomycin C post-floxuridine progression with an objective response rate of 44% and a median PFS of 3.93 months (95% CI = 2.33 months to not reached). A total of 170 patients not treated on the clinical trial were included in a retrospective analysis. Median PFS and overall survival were 7.93 months (95% CI = 7.27 to 10.07 months) and 22.5 months (95% CI = 19.5 to 28.3 months), respectively. Alterations in the TP53 and cell-cycle pathway had a worse PFS to hepatic artery infusion-based therapy compared with wild-type disease.

conclusionIn locally advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, hepatic artery infusion with floxuridine in combination with systemic therapy can offer long-term durable disease control. Molecular alterations may predict for response.

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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBile Duct NeoplasmsCholangiocarcinomaAdultAgedDeoxycytidineFemaleFloxuridineGemcitabineHepatic ArteryHumansInfusions, Intra-ArterialMaleMiddle AgedOxaliplatinProgression-Free SurvivalDeoxycytidineFloxuridineGemcitabineOxaliplatin

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PMID39331613
PMCPMC11807433

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