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NCT04924062CompletedPhase 3

Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Plus Gemcitabine/Cisplatin Versus Placebo Plus Gemcitabine/Cisplatin for First-Line Advanced and/or Unresectable Biliary Tract Carcinoma (BTC) (MK-3475-966/KEYNOTE-966)-China Extension Study

A Phase 3 Randomized, Double Blind Study of Pembrolizumab Plus Gemcitabine/Cisplatin Versus Placebo Plus Gemcitabine/Cisplatin as First-Line Therapy in Participants With Advanced and/or Unresectable Biliary Tract Carcinoma

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Apr 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

In this China Extension study, pembrolizumab plus gemcitabine/cisplatin will be compared with placebo plus gemcitabine/cisplatin as first-line therapy in Chinese adults with advanced and/or unresectable biliary tract carcinoma. The primary hypothesis is pembrolizumab plus gemcitabine/cisplatin is superior to placebo plus gemcitabine/cisplatin with respect to overall survival (OS).

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
158 (actual)
First submitted
8 Jun 2021
Start date
10 Jul 2020
Primary completion date
15 Dec 2022
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
NCT number
NCT04924062

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Participants enrolled: 158
  • From 10 Jul 2020 to the primary completion date, 15 Dec 2022
  • 22 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Has had previous systemic therapy for advanced (metastatic) or unresectable (locally advanced) biliary tract cancer (intra-or extra hepatic cholangiocarcinoma or gallbladder cancer)
  • Has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant

Other illness

  • Has ampullary cancer
  • Has small cell cancer, neuroendocrine tumors, lymphoma, sarcoma, mixed tumor histology and/or mucinous cystic neoplasms
  • Has a known history of, or any evidence of, central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis, as assessed by local site investigator

Lab values

  • Has received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death 1 (anti-PD-1), anti- programmed cell death ligand 1 or 2 (anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2) agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor (e.g., cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 \[CTLA-4\], OX-40, CD137)

Who the study is looking for

  • Has histologically confirmed diagnosis of advanced (metastatic) and/or unresectable (locally advanced) biliary tract cancer (intra-or extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma or gallbladder cancer)
  • Has measurable disease based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST 1.1), as determined by the site investigator
  • Participants with a history of hepatitis B or hepatitis C can be enrolled if they meet study criteria
  • Is able to provide archival tumor tissue sample or newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion
  • Has a life expectancy of greater than 3 months
  • Has adequate organ function

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (22)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Beijing Cancer Hospital ( Site 0138)
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BeijingChinaUnknown status
Peking Union Medical College Hospital ( Site 0150)
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BeijingChinaUnknown status
The First Hospital of Jilin University ( Site 0131)
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ChangchunChinaUnknown status
The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University ( Site 0157)
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ChangshaChinaUnknown status
Hunan Cancer Hospital ( Site 0132)
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ChangshaChinaUnknown status
Hunan Provincial People Hospital ( Site 0142)
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ChangshaChinaUnknown status
West China Hospital of Sichuan University ( Site 0147)
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ChengduChinaUnknown status
First Affiliated Hospital of The Third Military Medical University ( Site 0130)
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ChongqingChinaUnknown status
900 Hospital of the Joint ( Site 0137)
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FuzhouChinaUnknown status
Fujian Provincial Cancer Hospital ( Site 0154)
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FuzhouChinaUnknown status
Guangdong Provincial People s Hospital ( Site 0161)
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GuangzhouChinaUnknown status
Zhejiang Cancer Hospital ( Site 0134)
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HangzhouChinaUnknown status
The First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University ( Site 0136)
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HangzhouChinaUnknown status
Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital ( Site 0133)
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HarbinChinaUnknown status
Anhui Provincial Hospital ( Site 0140)
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HefeiChinaUnknown status
The 81st Hospital of PLA ( Site 0128)
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NanjingChinaUnknown status
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center ( Site 0160)
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ShanghaiChinaUnknown status
Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University ( Site 0129)
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ShanghaiChinaUnknown status
Renji Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine ( Site 0158)
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ShanghaiChinaUnknown status
Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital ( Site 0155)
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TianjinChinaUnknown status
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi an Jiaotong University ( Site 0145)
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Xi’anChinaUnknown status
Tangdu Hospital ( Site 0146)
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Xi’anChinaUnknown status

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