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NCT Number: NCT06840665

MR-guided Adaptive Radiotherapy Combined With PD-1 Antibody and CAPOX for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

NeoPulsar is a prospective, randomized phase II trial. 46 LARC (T3-4/N+M0, distance from anal verge ≤12cm) patients will be treated with MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy (30Gy/6Fx) combined with 6 cycles of Toripalimab and CAPOX. TME surgery is scheduled after TNT. The primary endpoint is pathological complete response (pCR) rate. The secondary endpoints include the grade 3-4 acute adverse effects (AE) rate, anal function, surgical complication, 3-year LRFS rate, 3-year DFS rate, 3-year OS rate, etc.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200030, China

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Zhang Zhen, MD PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+86 18017312217

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18-70 years old, male or female
  • Pathologically confirmed rectal adenocarcinoma
  • The distance from anal verge ≤ 10 cm
  • Clinical stage T3-4 and/or N+
  • No evidence of distance metastases
  • MSI/MMR status: MSS/pMMR
  • Karnofsky score >=70
  • Adequate organ function and have no contraindications to surgery, radiochemotherapy, or immunotherapy
  • No chemotherapy or any other anti-tumor therapy prior to enrollment
  • No immunotherapy prior to enrollment
  • With good compliance during the study
  • Signed written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Known history of other malignancies within 5 years, except cured skin cancer and cervical cancer in situ
  • Pregnancy or breast-feeding women
  • Individuals with a history of uncontrolled epilepsy, central nervous system disease, or psychiatric disorders that, in the judgment of the investigator, are of such clinical severity that they may prevent the signing of an informed consent form or affect the patient's adherence to oral medications
  • Individuals with clinically serious (i.e., active) heart disease, such as symptomatic coronary artery disease, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II or worse congestive heart failure or severe arrhythmia requiring pharmacologic intervention, or history of myocardial infarction within the last 12 months
  • Individuals with a history of organ transplantation requiring immunosuppressive therapy and long-term hormone therapy
  • Individuals with autoimmune diseases
  • Individuals with severe uncontrolled recurrent infections,or other severe uncontrolled concomitant diseases
  • Baseline hematology and biochemistry not meeting the following criteria: Hb≥90g/L; NEU ≥1.5×109/L; PLT ≥100×109/L; ALT, AST ≤2.5 times the upper limit of normal; ALP ≤2.5 times the upper limit of normal; TB <1.5 times the upper limit of normal; Cr <1 time the upper limit of normal; Alb ≥30g/L
  • Individuals with dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency
  • Individuals allergic to any drug component of the study

Treatment and study plan

PD-1 antibody

Drug

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

Other names: Toripalimab

Oxaliplatin

Drug

Oxaliplatin: 130mg/m2 d1 q3w

Capecitabine

Drug

Capecitabine: 1000mg/m2 bid d1-14 q3w

Primary outcomes

  1. Pathological complete response (pCR) rate

    Time frame: 1 month after the surgery

    Rate of pathologic complete response (pCR) after surgery

Secondary outcomes

  1. Grade 3-4 adverse effects rate

    Time frame: From the date of randomization until 3 months after the completion neoadjuvant therapy

    Rate of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy related adverse events

  2. Anal function

    Time frame: From the date of randomization until 36 months after the surgery

    Anal function will be evaluated using LARS score

  3. Surgical complication

    Time frame: The surgical complications were assessed within 3 months after the surgery

    Rate of surgical complications, such as intraoperative hemorrhage, anastomotic leakage, intestinal obstruction, etc.

  4. 3-year local recurrence free survival (LRFS) rate

    Time frame: From the date of randomization until the date of first documented pelvic failure, assessed up to 36 months

    Rate of 3-year local recurrence free survival

  5. 3-year disease free survival (DFS) rate

    Time frame: From the date of randomization 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

  6. 3-year overall survival (OS) rate

    Time frame: From the date of randomization until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 36 months

    Rate of 3-year overall survival

Study contacts

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

Zhen Zhang, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+86 18017312217

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Fudan University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Prospective, Randomized, Phase II Trial of MR-guided Adaptive Radiotherapy Combined With PD-1 Antibody and CAPOX for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2027
First posted
Feb 21, 2025
Registry last updated
Feb 21, 2025

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