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NCT Number: NCT07561060

Low Rectal Cancer Treated With Total Neoadjuvant Therapy Plus Concurrent Tislelizumab Immunotherapy

This is an open-label, multi-center, single-arm clinical study. All patients received 4-6 cycles total neoadjuvant therapy plus concurrent tislelizumab immunotherapy, then underwent clinical response assessment. Patients who achieved CR (cCR+ pCR confirmed by local resection of ncCR) continue tislelizumab combined with CAPOX for another 4 cycles and tislelizumab for 9 cycles, then Watch and Wait. Patients who did not achieved CR underwent total mesorectal excision (TME).

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Key information

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1 / Phase 2

Primary location

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Able to provide written informed consent, understand and comply with the requirements and evaluation schedule
  • ≥18, ≤75 years old
  • Histologically confirmed rectal adenocarcinoma
  • immunohistochemistry confirmed pMMR (positive for MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2), or PCR /NGS confirmed MSI-L or MSS
  • The tumor is within 3 cm of the dentate line. through colonoscopy, digital anal examination or MRI
  • clinical stage cT1-3 N 0-1M0 (the 8th UICC/AJCC; T and N is evaluated by MRI)
  • Resectable primary tumor assessed by the Investigator
  • Have not received any anti-tumor treatment for rectal cancer
  • ECOG PS ≤ 1
  • Adequate organ function
  • Female subjects with the ability to become pregnant must have a serum pregnancy test with a negative result within 72 hours before the first dose, and be willing to use highly effective contraceptive methods during the trial and 120 days after the last dose. Male subjects whose partners are women of childbearing potential should be surgically sterilized or agree to use a highly effective method of contraception during the trial and for 120 days after the last dose.

Exclusion criteria

  • Histologically confirmed poorly differentiated/undifferentiated adenocarcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma and signet ring cell carcinoma
  • Have received any treatments for rectal cancer, or evidence of distant metastasis
  • Presence of following high risk factors assessed by MRI: MRF +, EMVI+, cN2, Positive lateral lymph nodes, T3d
  • Presence or in high risk of obstruction, perforation or bleeding;
  • Not suitable for long-course radiotherapy
  • Cannot tolerate surgery
  • ≥2 colorectal cancer lesions at the same time
  • Contraindications for MRI examination
  • Other malignant tumors in the past or at the same time
  • Have an active autoimmune disease requiring systemic therapy within the past 2 years
  • HIV infection
  • Untreated chronic hepatitis B or chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers (HBV DNA > 500 IU/mL) or active HCV carriers with detectable HCV RNA;
  • Hypersensitivity to any ingredient of tislelizumab, capecitabine, and oxaliplatin or to any component of the container
  • Other conditions judged by the researcher that do not meet the enrollment requirements

Treatment and study plan

Tislelizumab

Drug

200 mg IV on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.

Capecitabine

Drug

Capecitabine 1000 mg/m2 orally twice daily (bid) on Day 1 to 14 of each 21-day cycle in CAPOX regimen

Oxaliplatin

Drug

130 mg/m2 IV on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle in CAPOX regimen

Primary outcomes

  1. Complete Response rate (CR rate)

    Time frame: From first dose up to 12 months, approximately

    defined as the proportion of participants with clinical complete response(cCR) or near clinical complete response (ncCR) who achieved local resection confirmed pCR determined by the investigators after 4-6 cycles total neoadjuvant therapy plus concurrent tislelizumab immunotherapy.

Secondary outcomes

  1. 1/2/3 year organ-preservation rate

    Time frame: From first dose of radiotherapy up to 36 months, approximately

    defined as the proportion of participants who survived and did not underwent TME in 1/2/3 year (in the CR set and full analysis set respectively)

  2. 1/2/3 year EFS rate

    Time frame: From first dose of radiotherapy up to 36 months, approximately

    defined as the proportion of participants who did not develop local recurrence, distant metastasis, new invasive primary lesions of colorectal cancer, or death in 1/2/3 year (in the CR set, non-CR set and full analysis set respectively)

  3. 1/2/3 year OS rate

    Time frame: From first dose of radiotherapy up to 36 months, approximately

    defined as the proportion of participants who survived in 1/2/3 year (in the full analysis set)

  4. Percentage of Participants With Adverse Events

    Time frame: From first dose of radiotherapy up to 36 months, approximately

    Percentage of Participants With adverse events (AEs) , immune-related adverse events(irAE) and serious adverse events (SAEs) per the National Cancer Institute CommonTerminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) Version 5.0

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Jianmin Xu, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+862164041990

Wenju Chang, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

13764476150

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Fudan University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Single-arm, Multicenter, Phase II Clinical Study of Total Neoadjuvant Therapy Plus Concurrent Tislelizumab Immunotherapy in Resectable Low Rectal Cancer

Acronym: TNTIT

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2028
First posted
May 1, 2026
Registry last updated
May 1, 2026

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