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A Study of Response to Standard Treatment Before Surgery in People With Rectal Cancer

DISCRN in Rectal Cancer: DISseCting Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Rectal Cancer

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06637462
Enrollment
60
Registered
2024-10-15
Start date
2024-10-09
Completion date
2027-10-09
Last updated
2026-06-02

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum, Rectal Cancer

Keywords

rectal cancer, adenocarcinoma of the rectum, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 24-238

Brief summary

The purpose of the study is to learn more about how the body responds to standard treatment (chemoradiation and chemotherapy). The study will use the results of testing down on participants' blook, tissue, and scans to learn more about how people with rectal cancer respond to chemoradiation and chemotherapy treatment and if it is useful for predicting whether a person's cancer get better, gets worse, or stats the same after treatment.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTEndoscopy

Standard of care endoscopy

Sponsors

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* 18 years of age or older on day of signing informed consent. * Have a histologically confirmed diagnosis of invasive adenocarcinoma of the rectum with no known mismatch repair deficiency or Her2 amplification. * Eligible for and plan to initiate standard-of-care therapy with any of the following regimens: * Induction fluoropyrimidine (capecitabine \[preferred\] or 5-FU) based chemoradiation * With plan for consolidative CAPEOX, FOLFOX, or FOLIRINOX * Woman with childbearing potential who are negative for pregnancy test (urine or blood) and who agree to use an effective contraceptive method. A woman of childbearing potential is defined as one who is biologically capable of becoming pregnant. Reliable contraception should be used from the time of screening and must be continued throughout the duration of treatment as per standard of care.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment has the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen. * Patients with prior external beam radiation therapy to the pelvis or brachytherapy seed implantation of the prostate. * Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding. * Men or women not using effective contraception. * Patients with a contraindication to MR imaging. * Patients on blood thinners prohibiting endoluminal tumor biopsies.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Clinical responseUp to 3 yearsTo define endoscopic (clinical) response to neoadjuvant therapy at the following time points using the MSK regression schema

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTPaul Romesser, MD
romessep@mskcc.org646-888-2118
CONTACTAndrea Cercek, MD
cerceka@mskcc.org646-888-4189
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORPaul Romesser, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 3, 2026