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Study identifier: NCT06274879 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 28, 2026
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Safety of Biliary Intraductal Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients With Unresectable Extrahepatic Biliary Tract Cancer

Condition: Bile Duct Cancer  ·  Sponsor: Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

PhasePhase 2
Planned participants36
Who can joinAll sexes, 18 Years to no upper limit
Healthy volunteersNo

About this study

The goal of this clinical trial is to provide evidence for the general tolerability of radiofrequency ablation (bRFA) in patients with unresectable bile duct cancer undergoing systemic palliative treatment consisting of systemic anti-tumor therapy with or without immune-checkpoint-inhibitor (ICI). The main question it aims to answer is whether it is safe to combine systemic anti-tumor therapy with or without ICI with and bRFA. Participants will be assigned to either the control group or the experimental group. In the control group, the standard of care consists of endoscopy with stent placement in the bile duct and systemic anti-tumor therapy, whereas in the experimental group, bRFA will be performed in addition to the standard of care. Participants will be followed up for 6 months, during the follow-up, the stage of the tumor, blood examination, the duration of the stent from the insertion until its failure, adverse events and quality of life will be examined. Researchers will compare the standard of care alone to the experimental group to see if the additional bRFA procedure causes higher or no difference in adverse events rate.

This description comes directly from the study's public registry record.

Talk to the study team

Prof. Dr. med. Reiner Wiest  ·  +41 31 632 59 41  ·  reiner.wiest@insel.ch

Prof. Dr. med. Martin Berger  ·  +41 31 632 41 14  ·  martin.berger@insel.ch

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Locations (4)

Inselspital Bern University HospitalBern, SwitzerlandRecruiting
Hôpitaux Universitaires GenèveGeneva, SwitzerlandNot Yet Recruiting
Luzerner KantonspitalLucerne, SwitzerlandNot Yet Recruiting
Universitätsspital ZürichZurich, SwitzerlandNot Yet Recruiting

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