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"Combination chemotherapy with NAB<sup>&#xAE;</sup>-paclitaxel and capecitab" by Rachel Woodford, Daniel Brungs et al.

Background: Advanced biliary tract cancer (ABTC) is a highly aggressive malignancy, with a 5-year overall survival of < 10%. Although preliminary evidence suggests a role of targeted treatments or immunotherapy in a subset of patients, chemotherapy remains the standard second-line treatment in the majority. We conducted a pilot study of second-line chemotherapy with capecitabine and nab-paclitaxel after failure of gemcitabine and platinum. Methods: Eligible patients had histologically proven, unresectable biliary tract cancer, which had progressed on a gemcitabine/platinum doublet. In this single-arm, multicenter trial, all patients received capecitabine (825 mg/m2 bd PO D1-14 q21d) and nab-paclitaxel (125 mg/m2 IV D1,8 q21d) until progression or unacceptable toxicity. The primary objective was feasibility of delivering the proposed regimen, with secondary objectives of disease control measures and QOL outcomes. Results: Ten patients were enrolled between 2015 and 2016 from four can ....

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