A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label, Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Nanvuranlat in Patients With Previously Treated Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer

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Sponsor: J-Pharma Co., Ltd. (industry)

Phase: 3

Start date: Dec. 5, 2025

Planned enrollment: 480

Trial ID: NCT07265674
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Goal: To select an optimal nanvuranlat dosing regimen (Part A) and then determine whether nanvuranlat improves clinical outcomes versus physician’s best choice (FOLFOX, FOLFIRI, or best supportive care) in previously treated advanced biliary tract cancer.

Patients: Adults (≥18 years) with histologically/cytologically confirmed biliary tract cancer (intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, or gallbladder cancer) that is metastatic or locally advanced/unresectable and not amenable to local therapies. Patients must have progressed after exactly 1 prior platinum-based systemic regimen for advanced disease (prior appropriately matched targeted therapy for actionable alterations and/or PD-1/PD-L1 therapy for MSI-H disease is allowed and does not count as an additional line), have ECOG 0–1, and have measurable disease by RECIST v1.1 with adequate hematologic, renal, and hepatic function. Key exclusions include active CNS metastases, significant uncontrolled cardiovascular disease/QTcF >470 ms, uncontrolled viral hepatitis, and need for certain transporter-interacting concomitant medications.

Design: Phase 3, multicenter, randomized, open-label, two-part trial with planned enrollment of 480. Randomization is stratified by biliary tract cancer subtype (IHC, EHC, GBC). Part A randomizes patients 1:1:1:1 to three nanvuranlat regimens or physician’s best choice to support dose-regimen selection; Part B randomizes 1:1 to the selected nanvuranlat regimen versus physician’s best choice. Treatment cycles are 14 days and continue until progression, unacceptable toxicity, or investigator decision.

Treatments: Nanvuranlat is an investigational intravenous small-molecule inhibitor of L-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1/SLC7A5), intended to disrupt uptake of essential amino acids (e.g., leucine) and downstream growth signaling pathways such as mTOR, thereby inhibiting tumor proliferation. In prior clinical experience, a randomized phase 2 study in previously treated advanced BTC showed a progression-free survival benefit versus placebo (hazard ratio about 0.56) with an acceptable safety profile, while overall survival was not statistically different. In this trial, Part A evaluates nanvuranlat 50 mg or 75 mg as a 90-minute infusion once daily for 5 consecutive days followed by 9 days off (5/9 schedule), and nanvuranlat 375 mg as a 46-hour continuous infusion once every 14 days; Part B uses the Part A–selected nanvuranlat regimen. The comparator is physician’s best choice: FOLFOX, FOLFIRI, or best supportive care at investigator discretion.

Outcomes: Primary endpoints are overall survival in Part A (preliminary) and overall survival in Part B. Key secondary endpoints in Part B include progression-free survival (RECIST v1.1), objective response rate, treatment-emergent adverse events/serious adverse events, relative dose intensity during the first 8 weeks, rates of dose reductions/interruptions/discontinuations, and the proportion of patients with clinically significant treatment-emergent ECG abnormalities.

Burden on patient: Moderate to high. Treatment requires repeated intravenous administrations on a 14-day cycle; depending on the selected regimen, this may involve 5 consecutive daily infusion visits every cycle or a prolonged 46-hour continuous infusion every 2 weeks, both of which can be more logistically demanding than typical day-1-only chemotherapy schedules and may require central access and pump management. Safety monitoring includes regular physical exams, labs, and ECGs, plus serial tumor imaging for response assessment, which is broadly consistent with advanced BTC trials but adds visit frequency driven by infusion scheduling. There is mandatory LAT1 testing and required NAT2/transporter genotyping, and a fresh biopsy may be requested when archival tissue is unavailable, which can add procedural burden for some patients.

Last updated: Feb 2026

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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (Site 103)

New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States

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Status: Recruiting

Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center (Site 106)

Gilbert, Arizona, 85234, United States

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Status: Not yet recruiting

City of Hope (Site 107)

Duarte, California, 91010, United States

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UCLA Medical Center (Site 117)

Santa Monica, California, 90404, United States

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University of California at Irvine (Site 101)

Orange, California, 92868, United States

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Norton Cancer Institute (Site 115)

Louisville, Kentucky, 40127, United States

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Ochsner Medical Center (Site 120)

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70121, United States

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Henry Ford Cancer Center (Site 113)

Detroit, Michigan, 48186, United States

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Karmanos Cancer Center (Site 109)

Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States

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Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota (Site 116)

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Site 108)

New York, New York, 10065, United States

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Rosewell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Site 114)

Buffalo, New York, 14263, United States

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James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute (Site 119)

Columbus, Ohio, 43219, United States

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University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Seidman Cancer Center (Site 111)

Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

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Mercy Clinic (Site 110)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73120, United States

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Allegheny Health Network (Site 121)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212, United States

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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Site 102)

Hosuton, Texas, 77030, United States

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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Site 104)

Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

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