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Short-course Radiotherapy Combined With CapeOx and PD-1 Inhibitor After Local Excision for High-risk Early Rectal Cancer (TORCH-LE)

Short-course Radiotherapy Combined With CapeOx and PD-1 Inhibitor After Local Excision for High-risk Early Rectal Cancer (TORCH-LE)

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06455124
Enrollment
60
Registered
2024-06-12
Start date
2024-05-08
Completion date
2029-12-30
Last updated
2024-06-13

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Conditions

Rectal Cancer

Keywords

early rectal cancer, high risk, local excision, radiation, PD-1 inhibitor, chemotherapy

Brief summary

This is a single arm phase II study to explore the 3y LRFS and safety for high-risk early rectal cancer after local excision with short-course radiotherapy and chemo-immunotherapy.

Detailed description

A total of 60 patients with high-risk pathologic stage pT1 or pT2 cancer after local excision but refused radical surgery will be included. Eligibility criteria include a histological diagnosis of adenocarcinoma located ≤7 cm from the anal verge, pT1 after local excision of the primary rectal cancer, with one of the high-risk features including margin positivity/very close margin (\<1mm) at time of local excision, depth of invasion \>1 mm or SM3 invasion (submucosal invasion to the lower third of the submucosal level), high grade or poorly differentiated, lymphovascular invasion, perineural invasion, tumour budding, or pT2 tumor. They will receive 5\*5Gy short-course radiotherapy, followed by 4 cycles of capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (CAPOX) chemotherapy and PD-1 antibody.

Interventions

RADIATIONRadiation

Shor-course radiotherapy: 25Gy/5Fx

DRUGPD-1 antibody

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

DRUGCapecitabine

Capecitabine: 1000mg/m2 d1-14 q3w

DRUGOxaliplatin

Oxaliplatin: 130mg/m2 d1 q3w

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 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. age 18-75 years old, female and male 2. pathological confirmed adenocarcinoma 3. the distance from anal verge ≤ 7 cm 4. pT1 after local excision of the primary rectal cancer, with at least one of the high-risk features including margin positivity/very close margin (\<1mm) at time of local excision, depth of invasion \>1 mm or SM3 invasion (submucosal invasion to the lower third of the submucosal level), high grade or poorly differentiated, lymphovascular invasion, perineural invasion, tumour budding, or pT2 tumor. 5. refuse radical surgery 6. without pelvic or distance metastases 7. KPS \>=70 8. with good compliance 9. microsatellite repair status is MSS/pMMR 10. without previous anti-cancer therapy or immunotherapy 11. signed the inform consent

Exclusion criteria

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

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
3y LRFSFrom 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 rate

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
3y DFSFrom 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
3y OSFrom date of initiation of treatment until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 36 months.Rate of 3 year overall survival
Grade 3-4 adverse effects rateFrom date of initiation of treatment until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 36 months.Rate of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy related adverse events

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactZhen Zhang
zhen_zhang@fudan.edu.cn021-64175590

Outcome results

None listed

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