About this trial
No validated biomarkers exist that can identify patients with biliary tract cancer at an early stage or predict treatment outcomes. The objective of the present study is to find diagnostic, prognostic and predictive biomarkers.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Histological or cytological diagnosis of BTC
Patients referred for treatment of BTC
Signed informed consent
Disqualifiers
None
Trial population
The study will include patients with BTC referred for oncological treatment (adjuvant, neoadjuvant, or palliative setting \[any treatment line\]) at the Department of Oncology, Herlev \& Gentofte Hospital, Denmark and patients referred for surgery at Rigshospitalet (Denmark). The two sites are responsible for all treatment of BTC in eastern Denmark, a region with a population of almost 2.7 million.
Trial design
Cohort
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Diagnostic accuracy (sensitivity and specificity)
Outcome for diagnostic biomarkers. Case-control design.
Overall survival (OS)
Outcome for prognostic and predictive biomarkers
Secondary outcomes
Progression free survival (PFS)
Outcome for prognostic and predictive biomarkers
Incidence of adverse events
Outcome for prognostic and predictive biomarkers related to treatment toxicity.
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