ACTICCA-1

Update December 2022: This trial is active but, as the total number of patients to be recruited has been met, it has now closed to further recruitment.

The ACTICCA-1 trial is a randomized Phase III trial which looks to compare Gemcitabine and Cisplatin against Capecitabine alone (currently the standard treatment) for those who have had a resection for their cholangiocarcinoma or gall bladder cancer.

ACTICCA-1 is an international multi-centre trial, and is currently open and recruiting at 20+ centres across the UK. For details on these centres, including contact details, see:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02170090

Also, see:
https://bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk and search for Study:  ACTICCA-1

Lead investigator on the ACTICCA-1 trial in the UK:
Professor John Bridgewater
Medical Oncologist, University College Hospital London

Tel: 020 3447 9093
Fax: 020 3447 9055
Email: j.bridgewater@ucl.ac.uk

UCL Cancer Institute
72 Huntley Street
London   WC1E 6AA

The BILCAP Study
Following the result of the long running BILCAP study, those who have undergone a resection for their cholangiocarcinoma or gall bladder cancer, and who fit the eligibility criteria, are now offered Capecitabine chemotherapy.

For more information on the BILCAP result, please see: https://ammf.org.uk/2017/05/18/bilcap-results-show-chemo-improves-survival  And:https://ammf.org.uk/2017/06/09/the-bilcap-study-results/

In this video Dr John Marshall of Georgetown University, and Professor John Primrose of the University of Southampton, discuss the practice-changing findings of the BILCAP study which investigated adjuvant capecitabine for biliary tract cancer (cholangiocarcinoma).  The pan-European study that Professor Primrose refers to (6:09 into the interview) is the ACTICCA-1 trial.


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