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The Combination of Immunotherapy and Neoadjuvant Short-course Radiotherapy in Early Rectal Cancer

A Prospective Phase II Trial of Immunotherapy Combined With Short-course Radiotherapy in Early Low Rectal Cancer

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05555888
Acronym
TORCH-E
Enrollment
34
Registered
2022-09-27
Start date
2022-12-12
Completion date
2025-05-01
Last updated
2025-01-15

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Conditions

Early Low Rectal Cancer

Brief summary

The study evaluates the combination of immunotherapy of PD-1 antibody and neoadjuvant short-course radiotherapy in early low rectal cancer. A total of 34 patients will receive 5\*5Gy short-course radiotherapy, followed by 4 cycles of capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (CAPOX) chemotherapy and PD-1 antibody, finally receive the local excision(TEM) or total mesorectal excision (TME). The rate of complete response (cCR+pCR), Organ retention rate, long-term prognosis, and adverse effects will be analyzed.

Interventions

DRUGPD-1 antibody

PD-1 antibody (Toripalimab): 240mg d1 q3w

DRUGCapecitabine

Capecitabine: 1000mg/m2 d1-14 q3w

DRUGOxaliplatin

Oxaliplatin: 130mg/m2 d1 q3w

RADIATIONShort-course radiotherapy

Shor-course radiotherapy: 25Gy/5Fx

Sponsors

Fudan University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. age 18-70 years old, female and male 2. pathological confirmed adenocarcinoma 3. clinical stage T1-3bN0, tumor maximum diameter less than 4cm 4. the distance from anal verge less than 5 cm 5. without distance metastases 6. KPS \>=70 7. with good compliance 8. microsatellite repair status is MSS/pMMR 9. without previous anti-cancer therapy or immunotherapy 10. signed the inform consent

Exclusion criteria

1. pregnancy or breast-feeding women 2. pathological confirmed signet ring cell carcinoma 3. clinical stage T1N0 and can be resected locally 4. history of other malignancies within 5 years 5. serious medical illness, such as severe mental disorders, cardiac disease, uncontrolled infection, etc. 6. immunodeficiency disease or long-term using of immunosuppressive agents 7. 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 8. DPD deficiency 9. allergic to any component of the therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
complete response (CR) rateThe status of cCR will be evaluated after the completion of neoadjuvant therapy. The pCR rate will be evaluated after surgery. The cCR patients who adopted W&W strategy will be included into the CR rate caluculation.Rate of complete response (CR), including the rate of pathologic complete response (pCR) after surgery and the rate of cCR with W&W strategy.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Grade 3-4 adverse effects rateFrom date of initiation of treatment until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 5 yearsRate of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy related adverse events
3 year disease free survival rateFrom date of initiation of treatment until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 36 months.Rate of 3 year disease free survival
Organ preservation ratefrom date of receiving neoadjuvant therapy, assessed up to 2 yearsRate of patients who underwent organ preservation via WW or TEM after neoadjuvant therapy
3 year overall survival rateFrom date of initiation of treatment until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 36 months.Rate of 3 year overall survival
10 year Quality of LifeFrom date of initiation of treatment until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 10 yearsQuality of life will be evaluated using EORTC QLQ-C30, EORTC QLQ-CR29, LARS score and Wexner score.
3 year local recurrence free survival rateFrom date of initiation of treatment until the date of first documented pelvic failure, assessed up to 36 months.Rate of 3 year local recurrence free survival

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactZhen Zhang, M.D, PH.D
zhen_zhang@fudan.edu.cn18801735029

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 8, 2026