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Total Neoadjuvant Therapy With Additional Consolidation Chemotherapy Followed by Local Excision Versus Total Neoadjuvant Therapy Followed by Local Excision at Stage I Rectal Cancer

Safety and Efficacy of Organ Preservation Treatment for Stage I Rectal Cancer: Optimization of Consolidation Chemotherapy Before Local Excision After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy (OPTION); A Multi-center, Prospective, Randomized Trial

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07563907
Acronym
OPTION
Enrollment
292
Registered
2026-05-04
Start date
2026-06-01
Completion date
2035-12-31
Last updated
2026-05-04

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

Conditions

Capecitabine, Consolidation Therapy, Organ Preservation, Rectal Cancer Stage I, Total Neoadjuvant Treatment

Brief summary

Safety and Efficacy of Organ Preservation Treatment for Stage I Rectal Cancer: Optimization of Consolidation Chemotherapy Before Local Excision After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy (OPTION); A Multi-center, Prospective, Randomized Trial The goal of this clinical trial is to find out if adding consolidation chemotherapy with capecitabine after total neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (TNT) works to improve oncologic outcomes in patients with stage I rectal cancer. It will also comparethe safety of adding consolidation chemotherapy before local excision. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does adding consolidation chemotherapy increase the rate of pathologic complete response? * What medical problems or side effects do participants have during and after treatment? Researchers will compare TNT followed by local excision to TNT followed by consolidation chemotherapy with capecitabine and then local excision to see if adding consolidation chemotherapy improves tumor response and treatment outcomes. Participants will: * Receive TNT for stage I rectal cancer * Be randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups * Undergo local excision after preoperative treatment * Visit the clinic for checkups and tests to evaluate tumor response, side effects, recurrence, survival, quality of life, bowel function, urinary function, sexual function, circulating tumor DNA, and treatment-related costs

Interventions

DRUGTNT with additional consolidation chemotherapy followed by local excision

5-FU based CCRT: 5 weeks Rest period: 1 week 5-FU (Capecitabine) Consolidation chemotherapy 3 cycles: 8 weeks Rest period: 1 week Local excision

DRUGTNT followed by local excision

5-FU based CCRT: 5 weeks Rest period: 10 weeks Local excision

Sponsors

Seoul National University Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to 79 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Histologically confirmed rectall adenocarcinoma * Low rectal cancer (AV \< 15cm) * cT2N0 disease, or pathologic stage T1N0 disease after endoscopic resection with at least one high-risk feature, including: Positive resection margin Lymphovascular invasion Tumor budding ≥5 * Ability to understand and comply with the requirements of the clinical trial

Exclusion criteria

* Patients who prefer radical rectal resection * Prior history of surgery for rectal cancer * Recurrent rectal cancer * Synchronous metastatic rectal cancer * Evidence of lymph node metastasis or distant metastasis on abdominopelvic CT or chest CT, including para-aortic, common iliac, or external iliac lymph node metastasis * Uncontrolled active infection or other uncontrolled medical condition * Known hypersensitivity to chemotherapy * Patients considered unsuitable for participation in the clinical trial by the principal investigator or study personnel

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Pathologic complete response rate (ypT0)At pathologic assessment of the local excision specimen, approximately 10 weeks after completion of TNTPathologic complete response of the primary tumor after neoadjuvant therapy

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
5-year Survival Rate5 years5-year Overall survival \& 5-year Recurrence free survival
Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS)After local excision0-20, no / 21-29, minor / 30-42, major
EORTC-QLQ, C30 scoreAfter local excision, 4weeksQuality of life surveillance
Total medical costs5 yearsTotal medical costs related to treatment, including chemoradiotherapy, chemotherapy, local excision, follow-up examinations, management of treatment-related complications, and additional treatment for recurrence, if applicable.

Countries

South Korea

Contacts

CONTACTSeung-Bum Ryoo
sbryoomd@gmail.com+82-010-3811-2516

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: May 5, 2026