CCA Summit 2020 Highlights

December 2020, Vol 1, No 3 — January 5, 2021
At the 2020 Cholangiocarcinoma Summit, Nabeel El-Bardeesy, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Associate Geneticist, Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA, moderated a session titled “Molecular Biomarkers in CCA: Focus on Current and Emerging Technologies.” The session focused on how best to integrate the array of genomic testing platforms into clinical practice. The session included 2 presenters who discussed this topic.
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December 2020, Vol 1, No 3 — January 5, 2021
Patients with relapsed or refractory HER2-amplified biliary tract cancer have few treatment options after first-line therapy. Shubham Pant, MD, Associate Professor, Gastrointestinal Oncology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, presented the results of a phase 1 clinical trial he and his colleagues conducted. The study examined the safety and antitumor activity of zanidatamab, a bispecific (ie, binding to 2 distinct sites on the HER2 receptor) HER2-targeted antibody. The unique antibody geometry of zanidatamab enables it to activate several mechanisms of action after binding to the HER2 receptor.
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December 2020, Vol 1, No 3 — January 5, 2021
At diagnosis, the majority of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) present with advanced disease and a poor prognosis. Comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) of intrahepatic CCA has revealed multiple potential therapeutic targets, including FGFR2, ERBB2 (HER2), and IDH1. Therefore, performing CGP early in the disease course is critical to increasing first-line clinical trial enrollment and access to treatment with FGFR inhibitors.
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December 2020, Vol 1, No 3 — January 5, 2021
The metabolism of serotonin is dysregulated in cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) cell lines compared with normal cholangiocytes and in tissue and bile from patients with CCA.1 Telotristat ethyl (Xermelo) is a tryptophan hydroxylase inhibitor that is indicated for the treatment of patients with carcinoid syndrome–related diarrhea not well-controlled by somatostatin analog. Telotristat ethyl is currently being investigated for the treatment of patients with biliary tract cancer, including CCA tumors that express serotonin.
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December 2020, Vol 1, No 3 — January 5, 2021
Cancer-related venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. There is a paucity of studies characterizing VTE in patients with biliary tract cancer; however, a few retrospective analyses suggest an incidence of VTE of up to 23%.
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