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An Adaptive-design Prospective Cohort Study of Watch and Wait Strategy in Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Watch and Wait Strategy in Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy: A Multi-centre, Adaptive-design, Phase II Prospective Cohort Study

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04443543
Enrollment
222
Registered
2020-06-23
Start date
2020-06-22
Completion date
2026-12-31
Last updated
2020-06-30

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Conditions

Rectal Cancer

Keywords

Chemoradiotherapy, organ preservation, watch and wait, irinotecan, Tislelizumab, capecitabine

Brief summary

The study is designed to test the hypothesis that the clinical complete response (CCR) rate of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy will increase after an adaptive-design paradigm, as well as the rate of 2-year organ preservation, recurrence, quality of life, DFS and OS.

Detailed description

1. Primary objective: Evaluate the CCR rate of low rectal cancer using adaptive and optimized chemotherapy and radiotherapy strategies (all population and dMMR/MSI-H subgroup) 2. Secondary objectives: 2.1 Evaluate the 2-year anal preservation rate, recurrence rate, quality of life, DFS and OS 2.2 Explore the subgroup of patients suitable for observation. 3. Outline: Patients after long-course chemoradiation are grouped based on their MSI-H/dMMR status. For patients with MSI-H/dMMR, consolidation immunotherapy of Tislelizumab (BGB-A317) will be assigned. For patients with MSS/pMMR, consolidation chemotherapy will be given according to their tumor response. After completion of consolidation therapy, those who reach clinical complete response will receive organ preservation (watch and wait) strategy in place of radical surgery. During treatment, once local regrowth occurs or poor tumor response, total mesorectal excision (TME) surgery will be performed.

Interventions

DRUGCapecitabine (Xeloda) Pharmacogenetic Test Reagents

CRT: 625mg/m2 bid Monday-Friday per week XELIRI: 1000mg/m2 bid d1-14

DRUGirinotecan

CRT:80mg/m2 (UGT1A1\*28 6/6) or 65mg/m2 (UGT1A1\*28 6/7) XELIRI: 200mg/m2 bid d1 FOLFIRINOX: 150mg/m2 d1

RADIATIONIMRT

Pelvic Radiation: 50Gy/25Fx

DRUGOxaliplatin

FOLFIRINOX: 85mg/m2 d1

DRUG5Fluorouracil

FOLFIRINOX: 400mg/m2 iv d1bolus, 2400mg/m2 ivgtt 46h

DRUGTislelizumab

200mg iv

Sponsors

Fudan University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* pathological confirmed adenocarcinoma * clinical stage T2-4 and/or N+, inappropriate for local excision * the distance from anal verge less than 5 cm, or considered inappropriate for anal preservation by surgeons. * Strong desire to preserve the anus, able to receive close surveillance for at least 2 years after chemoradiotherapy. * without distance metastases * aged between 18 to 75 years old. * performance status score: 0\ 1 * UGT1A1\*28 6/6 or 6/7 * sign the inform consent

Exclusion criteria

* pregnancy or breast-feeding women * serious medical illness * difficult to achieve complete response assessed by current evidence: the maximal diameter of tumor \>10cm; the maximal diameter of lateral lymph node \>2cm; baseline CEA\>=100; biopsy pathology confirmed signet ring cell carcinoma components; digital rectal examination found that the tumor is peri-narrowed. * baseline blood and biochemical indicators do not meet the following criteria: neutrophils≥1.5×10\^9/L, Hb≥90g/L, PLT≥100×10\^9/L, ALT/AST ≤2.5 ULN, Cr≤ 1 ULN * DPD deficiency * UGT1A1\*28 7/7

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
clinical complete response ratetwo weeks after completion of CRT or consolidation chemotherapy.After nCRT, the lesions of rectal completely respond. Tumor residue cannot be found by digital rectal examination, endoscopic biopsy and radiology.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
2y-anal preservation rate2 years2-year anal preservation rate will be defined as the percentage of patients alive without receiving abdominoperineal resection at 2 years measured from the date of completion of CRT.
2y-local recurrence rate2 years2-year local recurrence rate will be defined as the percentage of patients alive developing local recurrence at 2 years measured from the date of completion of CRT.
Impact of participants' quality of life2 yearsquality of life is evaluated according to EORTC C-30 questionnare.
overall survival3 years3-year OS will be defined as the percentage of patients alive at 3 years measured from the date of completion of CRT.

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactJi Zhu
leo.zhu@126.com+86-2164175590

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026