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Liver Transplantation for Unresectable Intrahepatic Colangiocarcinoma After Sustained Response to Neoadjuvant Treatments

This is single-arm, observational, academic, investigator-driven study investigating the efficacy of liver transplantation after successful and sustained downstaging/tumor control of liver-limited unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. The downstaging protocol includes chemotherapy +/- immunotherapy and transarterial radioembolization (TARE) with Yttrium-90 in various combinations.

ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT06862934
PhaseNot Applicable
Enrollment14
SponsorFondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano
Age18 Years
SexALL
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Conditions studied

Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma (Icc)

About this study

This is single-arm, observational, academic, investigator-driven study investigating the efficacy of liver transplantation after successful and sustained downstaging/tumor control of liver-limited unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. The downstaging protocol includes chemotherapy +/- immunotherapy and transarterial radioembolization (TARE) with Yttrium-90 in various combinations.

Primary outcomes

Eligibility information

Inclusion Criteria: * Histological diagnosis of iCCA (biopsy-proven tumor) * Either first diagnosis or post-resection recurrence (occurring ≥ 6 months after resection) * Unresectability assessment due to tumor location (leading to insufficient live remnant with/out implementation of hypertrophic parenchymal techniques) or underlying liver disease. Non-resectability assessed by an expert surgical team with experience on both resection and transplantation (centralized at INT Milan). * Age between 18 and 70 years * No macrovascular tumor invasion (NB: portal vein and/or hepatic vein occlusion from the external tumor compression and classified as "encasement" could be considered after expert radiology review) * No extrahepatic spread * Disease stability for at least 6 months * CA 19-9 \< 200 u/ml at transplant listing in absence of jaundice * No medical and surgical contraindications to liver transplantation * Good performance status, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0 or 1 * No concomitant malignancies or history of other malignancies in the previous 5 years * Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Hilar and distal cholangiocarcinoma * Progression of disease under chemotherapy +/- radiation therapy, assessed with either RECIST, mRECIST or Choi criteria * Evidence of lymph-nodal metastases * Evidence of extrahepatic disease * Prior extrahepatic metastatic disease * Concomitant malignancies or history of other malignancies in the previous 5 years * Substance abuse, medical, psychological, or social conditions that may interfere with the patient's participation in the study or evaluation of the study results * Any reason why, in the opinion of the investigator, the patient should not participate to the study

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov. Record last refreshed by Varda Clinical: 2026-09-27.