Real-world outcomes of patients with HER2-positive biliary tract cancer treated with zanidatamab through an Early Access Programme

ISRCTN ISRCTN13555554
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN13555554
Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) 364497
Central Portfolio Management System (CPMS) 70928
Sponsor Protocol ID JZP598-527
Sponsor Jazz Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Funder Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Submission date
10/08/2026
Registration date
10/08/2026
Last edited
10/08/2026
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Overall study status
Ongoing
Condition category
Cancer
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Background and study aims
Biliary tract cancer (BTC) is a rare and aggressive cancer affecting the gallbladder and bile ducts. Many patients are diagnosed when the disease is advanced and treatment options are limited. Zanidatamab is a medicine that targets HER2-positive cancers and has shown promising results in clinical trials. Before becoming widely available, some patients in the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy received zanidatamab through an Early Access Programme. This study aims to understand how zanidatamab is used and how effective it is in routine clinical practice by analysing information collected during normal patient care.

Who can participate?
Adults aged 18 years or older with previously treated unresectable locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive biliary tract cancer who received at least one dose of zanidatamab through the Early Access Programme in the United Kingdom, Spain or Italy.

What does the study involve?
This is a retrospective observational study using existing medical records. No additional treatments, tests, procedures or study visits are required. Researchers will collect pseudonymised information from patient medical records, including demographic characteristics, medical history, cancer characteristics, details of zanidatamab treatment, tumour response, disease progression, subsequent treatments and survival outcomes. The information will be used to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of zanidatamab and to better understand how it is used in clinical practice.

What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
Participants will not receive any direct medical benefit from taking part because no additional treatment or assessments are involved. However, the findings may improve understanding of zanidatamab and help inform future treatment decisions for patients with HER2-positive biliary tract cancer. The main risk is a potential loss of confidentiality. To minimise this risk, only pseudonymised data will be used for research purposes and identifiable information will remain securely protected at participating sites.

Where is the study run from?
The study is sponsored by Jazz Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd and is being conducted at participating cancer centres in the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy.

When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
August 2026 to October 2026

Who is funding the study?
Jazz Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd

Who is the main contact?
Prof. John Bridgewater, j.bridgewater@ucl.ac.uk

Plain English summary under review with external organisation

Contact information

Prof John Bridgewater
Principal investigator

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
JRO UCL, Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

ORCiD logoORCID ID 0000-0001-9186-1604
Phone +44 (0)20 3447 9093
Email j.bridgewater@ucl.ac.uk
Dr Sophie Thornton
Scientific, Public

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Ltd
80 Charlotte Street
London
W1T 4DF
United Kingdom

ORCiD logoORCID ID 0000-0001-7693-7279
Phone +44 (0)20 3307 4847
Email Sophie.Thornton@jazzpharma.com

Study information

Primary study designObservational
Observational study designCohort study
Scientific titleMultinational real-world study of patients with HER2-positive biliary tract cancer treated with zanidatamab in an Early Access Program (RealiZe)
Study acronymRealiZe
Study objectives 1. To evaluate the real-world effectiveness of zanidatamab in patients with previously treated unresectable locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive biliary tract cancer who received treatment through an Early Access Programme.
2. To characterise treatment patterns and utilisation of zanidatamab in routine oncology practice, including treatment duration, dose modifications, treatment interruptions and reasons for discontinuation.
3. To describe baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of patients receiving zanidatamab through the Early Access Programme, including disease characteristics, HER2 status, prior treatments and performance status.
4. To describe clinical outcomes following zanidatamab treatment, including tumour response, progression-free survival, overall survival, duration of response, time to next treatment and outcomes of subsequent anticancer therapies.
Ethics approval(s)

1. Approved 23/03/2026, Health and Social Care Research Ethics Committee B (HSC REC B) (Office for Research Ethics Committees Northern Ireland (ORECNI), 2nd Floor James House, 2-4 Cromac Avenue, BELFAST, BT7 2JA, United Kingdom; +44 (0)28 95 361400; PRS@hscni.net), ref: 26/NI/0041

2. Approved 26/04/2026, Comité de Ética de la Investigación de la Fundación Jiménez Díaz (CEIm) (C/ del Maestro Ángel Llorca, 6, Bajo B, Edificio Alto, Madrid, 28003, Spain; +34 (0)91 544 37 20; ceic@fjd.es), ref: EO093-26_FJD

3. Submitted 14/07/2026, Comitato Etico Territoriale Lombardia 5 (Via Alessandro Manzoni 56, Rozzano (MI), 20089, Italy; +39 (0)2 8224 7216; cetlombardia5@humanitas.it), ref: 436/26

Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedHER2-positive biliary tract cancer (BTC), including unresectable locally advanced or metastatic disease
MethodologyThis is a multinational, retrospective, longitudinal, observational cohort study conducted in the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy. Patients with previously treated unresectable locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive biliary tract cancer who received at least one dose of zanidatamab through an Early Access Programme will be included.

No treatments, interventions, study visits, tests, questionnaires or biological samples will be required as part of the study. Pseudonymised data will be collected retrospectively from existing medical records at participating cancer centres and entered into a standardised electronic case report form. Medical records covering medical history, zanidatamab treatment and subsequent follow-up will be reviewed.

Data collected will include demographic and clinical characteristics, biliary tract cancer subtype, HER2 test results, ECOG performance status, relevant comorbidities, previous anticancer therapies, zanidatamab treatment details (including treatment dates, dose modifications, interruptions and reasons for discontinuation), concomitant medications, tumour response, disease progression, subsequent anticancer treatments and survival status.

Real-world effectiveness outcomes assessed from medical records will include real-world time on treatment (rwToT), real-world progression-free survival (rwPFS), real-world subsequent-line progression-free survival (rwPFS2), real-world overall survival (rwOS), real-world duration of response (rwDOR), and real-world objective response rate (rwORR). Patients will be followed from initiation of zanidatamab treatment until treatment discontinuation, death, or the end of available follow-up.
Intervention typeDrug
PhaseNot Applicable
Drug / device / biological / vaccine name(s)Zanidatamab
Primary outcome measure(s)
  1. Real-world time on treatment (rwToT) measured using the time from zanidatamab treatment initiation to treatment discontinuation for any reason, including physician-assessed disease progression, treatment-related toxicity, clinical decision, or death, derived from patient medical records and recorded in the electronic case report form (eCRF) at the end of the available follow-up
  2. Real-world progression-free survival (rwPFS) measured using the time from zanidatamab treatment initiation to physician-assessed disease progression or death from any cause, whichever occurs first, derived from patient medical records and recorded in the eCRF at the end of the available follow-up
  3. Real-world subsequent-line progression-free survival (rwPFS2) measured using the time from zanidatamab treatment initiation to physician-assessed disease progression following subsequent-line treatment or death from any cause, whichever occurs first, derived from patient medical records and recorded in the eCRF at the end of the available follow-up
  4. Real-world overall survival (rwOS) measured using the time from zanidatamab treatment initiation to death from any cause, derived from patient medical records and recorded in the eCRF at the end of the available follow-up
  5. Real-world duration of response (rwDOR) measured using the time from first documented physician-assessed partial response or complete response to disease progression or death, derived from patient medical records and recorded in the eCRF at the end of the available follow-up
  6. Real-world objective response rate (rwORR) measured using the proportion of patients achieving a physician-assessed complete response or partial response to zanidatamab treatment, based on medical record review and recorded in the eCRF at the end of the available follow-up
Key secondary outcome measure(s)
  1. Patient demographics and relevant medical history measured using demographic and clinical characteristics abstracted from medical records, including country of treatment, age at zanidatamab initiation, sex at birth, relevant comorbidities, date of biliary tract cancer diagnosis, HER2 test results, previous surgery, biliary tract cancer subtype, previous lines of treatment, ECOG performance status and participation in other interventional clinical trials at baseline (zanidatamab treatment initiation)
  2. Dates of zanidatamab treatment initiation and discontinuation measured using patient medical records and recorded in the eCRF at the end of the available follow-up
  3. Zanidatamab dose, dose modifications and treatment interruptions measured using patient medical records and recorded in the eCRF at the end of the available follow-up
Completion date31/10/2026

Eligibility

Participant type(s)
Age groupMixed
Lower age limit18 Years
Upper age limit99 Years
SexAll
Target sample size at registration42
Key inclusion criteriaPatients with previously treated unresectable locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive biliary tract cancer who received at least one dose of zanidatamab through the Early Access Programme (no upper age limit).

In Spain and Italy, living patients must provide informed consent where required by local regulations. In the United Kingdom, eligible patients may be included using the approved opt-out process.
Key exclusion criteriaUnited Kingdom only: Patients with an NHS National Data Opt-Out and patients who choose to opt out of participation.

Spain and Italy: Patients who do not provide informed consent where consent is required by local regulations.
Date of first enrolment03/08/2026
Date of final enrolment30/09/2026

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • United Kingdom
  • England
  • Italy
  • Spain

Study participating centres

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
250 Euston Road
London
NW1 2PG
England
Humanitas Cancer Center – IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital
Via Manzoni 56
Rozzano (Milan)
20089
Italy
IRCCS Candiolo Cancer Institute
Strada Provinciale 142 Km 3.95
Candiolo (Turin)
10060
Italy
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano
Via Giacomo Venezian 1
Milan
20133
Italy
Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz
Avenida de los Reyes Católicos 2
Madrid
28040
Spain
Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology
Calle Natzaret 115-117
Barcelona
08035
Spain
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
Avenida de Córdoba s/n
Madrid
28041
Spain

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo

Editorial Notes

10/08/2026: Study's existence confirmed by the Health and Social Care Research Ethics Committee B (HSC REC B).