Clinical trials a trial looking at stereotactic body radiotherapy and chemotherapy for people with locally advanced bile duct cancer abc 07 a trial of chemotherapy after surgery for cancer of the bile duct or gallbladder acticca 1 a trial of durvalumab with chemotherapy for biliary cancer topaz 1.
Bile duct cancer clinical trials uk.
All trials on the list are supported by nci.
They come from the national cancer institute s seer programme.
It develops when abnormal cells grow in an uncontrolled way.
The clinical trials on this list are for bile duct cancer.
In the uk around 1900 people are diagnosed each year with intrahepatic bile duct cancer and around 530 people are diagnosed with extrahepatic bile duct cancer.
There are no uk wide statistics available for bile duct cancer survival by stage.
By the time kelly arp discovered she had stage iv bile duct cancer the disease had already spread to her left arm and right rib.
Cancer of the bile duct is a rare cancer.
Bile ducts are small tubes that connect the liver and gallbladder to the small bowel.
The statistics below come from america.
What clinical trials are trials can find out if a new test or treatment is safe and better than those currently available.
Clinical trials look at new ways to prevent detect or treat disease.
Find information about uk clinical trials for bile duct cancer and summaries of trial results.
Bile duct cancer is usually called cholangiocarcioma.
The acticca 1 trial is looking at giving the chemotherapy drugs gemcitabine and cisplatin after surgery to remove bile duct cancer.
Doctors usually give a combination of cisplatin and gemcitabine for advanced bile duct cancer.
Now an experimental drug obtained through a clinical trial is stabilizing the cancer and preventing it from spreading further.
It is also called cholangiocarcinoma.
The type of bile duct cancer depends on which part of the bile duct the cancer starts in.
Chemotherapy for advanced bile duct cancer.
Wherever possible links for further information have been included to follow up for more information and to check eligibility.
Clinical trials are research studies that involve people.
They are for people diagnosed with bile duct cancer between 2000 and 2006.
