Ramucirumab Plus Pembrolizumab in Patients with Previously Treated Advanced or Metastatic Biliary Tract Cancer: Nonrandomized, Open‐Label, Phase I Trial (JVDF)
Arkenau H, Martin‐Liberal J, Calvo E, Penel N, Krebs MG, Herbst RS, Walgren RA, Widau RC, Mi G, Jin J, Ferry D, Chau I. Ramucirumab Plus Pembrolizumab in Patients with Previously Treated Advanced or Metastatic Biliary Tract Cancer: Nonrandomized, Open‐Label, Phase I Trial (JVDF). The Oncologist 2018, 23: 1407-e136. PMID: 29853658, PMCID: PMC6292555, DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2018-0044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic biliary tract cancerTreatment-related adverse eventsBiliary tract cancerObjective response rateProgression-free survivalOverall survivalTract cancerCommon grade 3 treatment-related adverse eventsGrade 3 treatment-related adverse eventsGrade 4 treatment-related adverse eventsDay 1Response rateAdvanced biliary tract cancerMedian progression-free survivalBiomarker-unselected patientsEfficacy of ramucirumabInfrequent grade 3Limited clinical activityPD-1 antagonistsTreatment-related deathsUnexpected safety findingsVEGFR-2 antagonistGrowth factor receptor 2Phase I trialExtrahepatic bile duct