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NCT Number: NCT06853769

Neoadjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

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

Active, Not Recruiting

This study is active but is not currently recruiting participants.

Key information

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Early Phase 1

Primary location

Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital

Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

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.

Treatment and study plan

Anlotinib hydrochloride,Penpulimab

Drug

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

Other names: FOCUS

Primary outcomes

  1. Pathologic complete response rate(pCR)

    Time frame: assessment 2-4 weeks after surgery

Secondary outcomes

  1. R0 resection rate

    Time frame: assessment 2-4 weeks after surgery

  2. Disease-free survival at 3 years

    Time frame: from enrollment to three years after surgery

  3. OS at 3 years

    Time frame: from enrollment to three years later

  4. RECIST1.1 Objective response rate as assessed

    Time frame: 1-2 weeks before surgery

  5. RECIST1.1 Disease control rate evaluated

    Time frame: 1-2 weeks before surgery

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

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

Acronym: LARC-nCR01

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2027
First posted
Mar 3, 2025
Registry last updated
Mar 3, 2025

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