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Neoadjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

A Prospective, Single-arm, Single-center Exploratory Clinical Study of Anlotinib in Combination With Penpulimab and Conventional Chemoradiotherapy for the Neoadjuvant Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06853769
Acronym
LARC-nCR01
Enrollment
48
Registered
2025-03-03
Start date
2024-09-01
Completion date
2027-08-01
Last updated
2025-03-03

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Conditions

Colorectal Cancer

Brief summary

This study aims to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of anlotinib in combination with penpulimab and conventional chemoradiotherapy for the neoadjuvant treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer

Detailed description

Penpulimab 200mg IV D1 Anlotinib 12mg P.O. QD D1-14 Radiation therapy 1.8-2Gy/50-55Gy Chemotherapy: Capecitabine 800mg/m2 P.O. BID D1-D14, or capecitabine plus oxaliplatin 130mg/m2. Every 21 days is 1 cycle In the above regimen, two cycles of targeted therapy (chemotherapy + immunotherapy + targeted therapy) are synchronized during radiotherapy; After the end of radiotherapy, two cycles of adjuvant chemo-immunotherapy (chemotherapy + immunotherapy) were continued.

Interventions

DRUGAnlotinib hydrochloride,Penpulimab

Penpulimab 200mg IV D1 Anlotinib 12mg P.O. QD D1-14

Sponsors

The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

-Patient's age: 18 years old - 80 years old - * Rectal cancer patients diagnosed with adenocarcinoma by pathological examination of primary biopsy * Patients with no prior treatment, preoperative clinical stage: cT3-4N+M0 rectal cancer patients (AJCC 8th); * Patients who agree to undergo radical surgical treatment and have no contraindications to surgery as judged by the surgeon; * No other multiple primary cancers; * At least 1 measurable or evaluable lesion according to the efficacy evaluation criteria for solid tumors version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1); * Expected survival time≥ 3 months; * A score of 0-1 based on the United States Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status Score (ECOG PS score); * The investigator plans to give PD-1 monoclonal antibody combined with chemotherapy treatment regimen after evaluation, and signs informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

* Active, known or suspected autoimmune disease; * Known history of primary immunodeficiency; * Known history of allogeneic organ transplantation and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; * Pregnant or lactating female patients; * Patients with intestinal obstruction, intestinal perforation, intestinal bleeding, etc., requiring emergency surgery; * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including but not limited to: * People living with HIV (HIV antibody positive) * Severe infections that are active or poorly clinically controlled * Patients with active hepatitis * Evidence of severe or uncontrolled systemic disease (e.g., severe psychiatric, neurological, epilepsy or dementia, unstable or incompensable respiratory, cardiovascular, hepatic or renal disease, uncontrolled hypertension \[i.e., greater than or equal to CTCAE grade 2 hypertension despite medication\]). * Patients with active bleeding or new thrombotic disease, taking therapeutic dose of anticoagulant drugs or bleeding tendency, abnormal coagulation function (INR>1.5×ULN, APTT>1.5×ULN); * Those who are currently undergoing clinical trials of other drugs; * Other patients who are considered by the investigator to be unsuitable for inclusion.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pathologic complete response rate(pCR)assessment 2-4 weeks after surgery

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
R0 resection rateassessment 2-4 weeks after surgery
Disease-free survival at 3 yearsfrom enrollment to three years after surgery
OS at 3 yearsfrom enrollment to three years later
RECIST1.1 Objective response rate as assessed1-2 weeks before surgery
RECIST1.1 Disease control rate evaluated1-2 weeks before surgery

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

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