Medicine

D. Oh, A. Ruth He, S. Qin, Li‐Tzong Chen, T. Okusaka, A. Vogel, J. W. Kim, T. Suksombooncharoen, Myung Ah Lee, Masayuki Kitano, H. Burris, Mohamed Bouattour, S. Tanasanvimon, M. McNamara, R. Zaucha, A. Avallone, Benjamin Tan, Juan Cundom, Choong-kun Lee, Hidenori Takahashi, M. Ikeda, Jen‐Shi Chen, Julie Wang, M. Makowsky, N. Rokutanda, P. He, J. Kurland, G. Cohen, J. Valle

2022.6.1NEJM Evidence

DOI: 10.1056/evidoa2200015

tlooto Summary

Patients with previously untreated locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer to receive durvalumab or placebo in combination with gemcitabine plus cisplatin received durvalumab or placebo in combination with gemcitabine plus cisplatin.

Abstract

Durvalumab Combination for Biliary Tract CancerThis trial randomly assigned patients with previously untreated locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer to receive durvalumab or placebo in combination with gemcitabine plus cisplatin. Median overall survival (95% Cl) was 12.8 (11.1-14.0) months in the durvalumab group. Rates of grade 3 or 4 adverse events were similar between groups.

Citation format

OH, D., et al. Durvalumab plus gemcitabine and cisplatin in advanced biliary tract cancer. NEJM Evidence, 2022, 1 8: EVIDoa2200015.