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Niger M, Nichetti F, Fornaro L, Pircher C, Morano F, Palermo F, Rimassa L, Pressiani T, Berardi R, Gardini AC, Sperti E, Salvatore L, Melisi D, Bergamo F, Siena S, Mosconi S, Longarini R, Arcangeli G, Corallo S, Delliponti L, Tamberi S, Fea E, Brandi G, Rapposelli IG, Salati M, Baili P, Miceli R, Ljevar S, Cavallo I, Sottotetti E, Martinetti A, Busset MDD, Sposito C, Di Bartolomeo M, Pietrantonio F, de Braud F, Mazzaferro V. A phase II/III randomized clinical trial of CisPlatin plUs Gemcitabine and Nabpaclitaxel (GAP) as pReoperative chemotherapy versus immediate resection in patIents with resecTable BiliarY Tract Cancers (BTC) at high risk for recurrence: PURITY study. BMC Cancer 2024; 24:436. [PMID: 38589856 PMCID: PMC11003088 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-024-12225-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Biliary tract cancers (BTCs) are rare and lethal cancers, with a 5-year survival inferior to 20%(1-3). The only potential curative treatment is surgical resection. However, despite complex surgical procedures that have a remarkable risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality, the 5-year survival rate after radical surgery (R0) is 20-40% and recurrence rates are up to ~ 75%(4-6). Up to ~ 40% of patients relapse within 12 months after resection, and half of these patient will recur systemically(4-6). There is no standard of care for neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in resectable BTC, but retrospective reports suggest its potential benefit (7, 8). METHODS PURITY is a no-profit, multicentre, randomized phase II/III trial aimed at evaluating the efficacy of the combination of gemcitabine, cisplatin and nabpaclitaxel (GAP) as neoadjuvant treatment in patients with resectable BTC at high risk for recurrence. Primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of neoadjuvant GAP followed by surgery as compared to upfront surgery, in terms of 12-month progression-free survival for the phase II part and of progression free survival (PFS) for the phase III study. Key Secondary objectives are event free survival (EFS), relapse-free survival, (RFS), overall survival (OS), R0/R1/R2 resection rate, quality of life (QoL), overall response rate (ORR), resectability. Safety analyses will include toxicity rate and perioperative morbidity and mortality rate. Exploratory studies including Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) in archival tumor tissues and longitudinal ctDNA analysis are planned to identify potential biomarkers of primary resistance and prognosis. DISCUSSION Considering the poor prognosis of resected BTC experiencing early tumor recurrence and the negative prognostic impact of R1/R2 resections, PURITY study is based on the rationale that NAC may improve R0 resection rates and ultimately patients' outcomes. Furthermore, NAC should allow early eradication of microscopic distant metastases, undetectable by imaging but already present at the time of diagnosis and avoid mortality and morbidity associated with resection for patients with rapid progression or worsening general condition during neoadjuvant therapy. The randomized PURITY study will evaluate whether patients affected by BTC at high risk from recurrence benefit from a neoadjuvant therapy with GAP regimen as compared to immediate surgery. TRIAL REGISTRATION PURITY is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06037980) and EuCT(2023-503295-25-00).
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Affiliation(s)
- Monica Niger
- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via G. Venezian, 1, 20133, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via G. Venezian, 1, 20133, Milan, Italy
- Computational Oncology, Molecular Diagnostics Program, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
| | - Chiara Pircher
- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via G. Venezian, 1, 20133, Milan, Italy
| | - Federica Morano
- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via G. Venezian, 1, 20133, Milan, Italy
| | - Federica Palermo
- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via G. Venezian, 1, 20133, Milan, Italy
| | - Lorenza Rimassa
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele (Milan), Italy
- Medical Oncology and Hematology Unit, Humanitas Cancer Center, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano (Milan), Italy
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- Medical Oncology and Hematology Unit, Humanitas Cancer Center, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano (Milan), Italy
| | - Rossana Berardi
- Clinica Di Oncologia Medica, A.O.U. Delle Marche, Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
| | - Andrea Casadei Gardini
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Department of Medical Oncology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute IRCCS, Milan, Italy
| | - Elisa Sperti
- Department of Oncology, University of Turin, AO Ordine Mauriziano Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Oncologia Medica, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Oncologia Medica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
| | - Davide Melisi
- Digestive Molecular Clinical Oncology Research Unit, Università Degli Studi Di Verona, Verona, Italy
- Investigational Cancer Therapeutics Clinical Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
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- Medical Oncology 1, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Hematology Oncology, and Molecular Medicine, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
- Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
| | - Stefano Tamberi
- Department of Medical Oncology, Ospedale Santa Maria Delle Croci, Ravenna AUSL Romagna, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, S. Croce E Carle Teaching Hospital, Cuneo, Italy
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- Medical Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera, Universitaria Di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo Per Lo Studio Dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Modena, Modena Cancer Centre, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Data Science Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Biostatistics for Clinical Research Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Biostatistics for Clinical Research Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Scientific Directorate, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via G. Venezian, 1, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via G. Venezian, 1, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Division of HPB, General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Department of Surgery, Division of HPB, General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via G. Venezian, 1, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via G. Venezian, 1, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via G. Venezian, 1, 20133, Milan, Italy
- Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Department of Surgery, Division of HPB, General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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