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Short-Course RT Plus CAPOX and Tislelizumab vs Long-Course CRT Plus Tislelizumab for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Recruiting nowPhase 2Randomised

The trial at a glance
Registry number NCT07469306
Recruitment Recruiting now
Phase Phase 2
Design randomised, open label
Taking part 130 people (planned)
Who can join aged 18 Years to 75 Years
Run by Fujian Cancer Hospital
Started
Main results expected
Record last updated

What is being tested

  • Radiotherapy Modified Short-course radiotherapy
  • Radiotherapy Long-course radiotherapy
  • Drug Oxaliplatin
  • Drug Capecitabine
  • Drug Tislelizumab

What it is measuring

Complete Response (CR) Rate

This is the trial's main question — the one it is designed and sized to answer. Anything else it reports is a secondary finding, and secondary findings are far more likely to be chance.

Phase 2. Tests whether the treatment works well enough to be worth a larger trial. Usually too small to prove it changes survival.

How the researchers describe it

In the exploration of treatments for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC), the novel model combining short-course radiotherapy with CAPOX chemotherapy and PD-1 inhibitor (tislelizumab) is demonstrating promising potential. By comparing the efficacy and safety of modified short-course radiotherapy versus traditional long-course radiotherapy within this combination regimen, this study aims to identify the optimal radiotherapy strategy to maximize tumor regression and improve the complete response rate, thereby offering a more promising treatment option for rectal cancer patients seeking organ preservation.

Written by the trial’s sponsor, quoted from its ClinicalTrials.gov record.

What this trial is looking for

Genotype

  • Any genotype
Disease

  • Locally advanced
  • Rectal
Treatment

  • Not yet treated

Read automatically from the criteria below, to make the list searchable. It is a summary of what the text mentions, not a decision about whether you qualify — and where the two disagree, the criteria are right and this is wrong.

Who the trial is looking for

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age 18-75 years, any gender.
  • Pathologically confirmed rectal adenocarcinoma.
  • Baseline MR stage T3-4/N+.
  • Distance from anal verge ≤12cm.
  • No distant metastasis.
  • Karnofsky Performance Status ≥70.
  • Adequate organ function, no contraindications to surgery, radiotherapy, or immunotherapy.
  • Microsatellite/mismatch repair status MSS/pMMR.
  • No prior chemotherapy or any other anti-tumor treatment before inclusion.
  • No prior immunotherapy.
  • Ability to comply with the study protocol during the study period.
  • Signed written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Pregnant or lactating women.
  • Pathological diagnosis of signet ring cell carcinoma.
  • History of other malignancies within the past 5 years, except cured skin cancer and cervical carcinoma in situ.
  • Uncontrolled epilepsy, central nervous system disorders, or history of psychiatric disorders that, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with signing the informed consent form or affect patient compliance with oral medication.
  • Clinically significant (i.e., active) cardiac disease, such as symptomatic coronary artery disease, New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II or greater congestive heart failure, or significant arrhythmias requiring drug intervention (see Appendix 12), or history of myocardial infarction within the past 12 months.
  • Organ transplant recipients requiring…

This is an extract. Whether you qualify is decided by the trial team against the full criteria, not by reading this page. Read the full eligibility criteria

Where it is running

Running at 3 sites. Listed in: China.

Individual hospitals, and whether each is currently open, are listed on the registry record. Sites open and close throughout a trial.

Worth asking your oncology team

Being listed here is not a recommendation, and no one page can tell you whether a trial is right for you. These are the questions it raises.

  • Is this trial open at a hospital I could realistically travel to?
  • Given my stage, my previous treatment and my tumour's molecular profile, would I be eligible?
  • What would I be giving up by joining — is the comparison arm the treatment I would otherwise be having?
  • What is already known about the safety of what is being tested?

The source

Registry record NCT07469306, registered by Fujian Cancer Hospital on ClinicalTrials.gov, a public database run by the US National Library of Medicine. The details on this page come from that record and are only ever as current as the sponsor has kept it.

This is a listing of a registered clinical trial, reproduced for information. It is not a recommendation, this site has no connection to the trial or its sponsor, and being listed here says nothing about whether the treatment works. Talk to your own oncology team before pursuing any trial.

This article summarises published research for general information. It is not medical advice, and it is not a substitute for a conversation with your own oncology team, who know your case. Do not start, stop, or change any treatment or supplement on the basis of what you read here.


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