Emerging Therapies

The primary results of the phase 2 FOENIX-CCA2 clinical trial of futibatinib in patients with previously treated intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) and FGFR2 fusions or rearrangements were presented by Lipika Goyal, MD, MPhil, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

In February 2021, Basilea Pharmaceuticals reported early results from the phase 2 FIDES-01 clinical trial (NCT03230318), which is evaluating the efficacy of derazantinib, an investigational small-molecule FGFR1-3 inhibitor, in patients with inoperable or advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) and FGFR2 gene fusions or FGFR2 gene mutations or amplifications. Derazantinib also inhibits the colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor kinase (CSF1R). CSF1R-mediated signaling is important for the maintenance of tumor-promoting macrophages.