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Safty Study of TNT for Lower Advanced Rectal Cancer

A safety study of total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT) for locally advanced lower rectal cancer

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCTs021230062
Enrollment
35
Registered
2024-02-26
Start date
2024-02-26
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

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Conditions

Rectal cancer Rectal cancer

Interventions

Preoperative radiotherapy: Radiation (small pelvis 5 Gy/5 times) Preoperative chemotherapy: 6 courses of CAPOX therapy (capecitabine 2,000 mg/m2/day, twice daily for 15 consecutive day, oxaliplatin 13

Sponsors

Shinobu Ohnuma
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Biopsy of the primary rectal lesion has been histologically diagnosed as adenocarcinoma. 2) The tumor predominantly occupies the upper rectum (Ra), lower rectum (Rb), or anal canal (P) 3) The lower border of the tumor lies between the peritoneal inversion and the anal verge 4) Tumor depth is cT3-4 5) No evidence of distant metastasis 6) Tumor is resectable 7) Patient is at least 20 years of age at the time of consent 8) ECOG performance status (PS) of 0 or 1 9) All of the following are met for the most recent laboratory values within 14 days prior to enrollment i) Neutrophil count > 1500/mm3 ii) Total bilirubin < 1.5 mg/dl iii) AST < 100U/L iv) ALT < 100U/L v) Creatinine < 1.5mg/dl 10) Written consent for participation in this study has been obtained from the patient

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (Exclusions to influence efficacy evaluation) (1)Patients with active multiple cancers (2) Patients with infectious diseases requiring systemic treatment (3)Patients with a fever of 38.0 degrees Celsius or higher at the time of enrollment. (Exclusion to influence safety evaluation) (4)Patients with allergy to 5-FU, capecitabine, or oxaliplatin (5)Women who are pregnant, possibly pregnant, within 28 days postpartum, or breastfeeding (Excluded from the risk/benefit balance) (6) Patients with psychosis or psychiatric symptoms that would make participation in the study difficult (7) Patients with uncontrolled hypertension (8)Patients with unstable angina (angina with onset or worsening within the last 3 weeks) or a history of myocardial infarction within 6 months (9)Patients who are positive for HBs antigen or HCV antibody. (10)HIV antibody-positive patients (pre-enrollment measurement of HIV antibodies is not required, but positive HIV antibodies are considered ineligible). (11)Patients with interstitial pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis, or severe emphysema, as diagnosed by CT chest scan, or with one or more of the following complications Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence of adverse events during preoperative treatment

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
pCR (pathologic complete response) rate, R0 resection rate/response rate, surgical complication rate

Contacts

Public ContactSato Yoshihiro

Tohoku University Hospital

yoshihiro.sato.d7@tohoku.ac.jp+81-22-717-7205

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026