This is an open, prospective, multi-center, single-arm phase II clinical study assessing the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy combined with PD-1 inhibitor and thymalfasin in patients with pMMR/MSS locally advanced middle and low rectal cancer.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Patients who were fully informed of the study and voluntarily signed the informed consent form;
2. Patients with rectal cancers must satisfied all the following conditions:
1\) Stage II/III LARC (cT3-4aN0M0 and cT1-4aN1-2M0); 2) Tumor distal located ≤ 10 cm from anal verge (MRI diagnosed); 3) pMMR or MSS confirmed by immunohistochemistry or genetic test. 3.Patients regardless of gender with aged ≥18 years and ECOG score of 0 or 1; 4. Physical and viscera function of patients can withstand major abdominal surgery; 5.Patients are willing and able to follow the study protocol during the study 6.Patients give consent to the use of pathological specimens for study 7.Within 28 days prior to enrolment, we must confirm a negative serological pregnancy test for child-bearing age women and they agree to use effective contraception for the duration of drug use and for 60 days after the last dose.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Patients have a present or previous active malignancy except the diagnosis of rectal cancer this time;
2. Patients underwent major surgery within 4 weeks prior to study treatment;
3. Patients have any condition affects the absorption of capecitabine through gastrointestinal tract;
4. Patients have severe uncontrolled recurrent infections, or other severe uncontrolled concomitant diseases;
5. Patients who are allergic to any of the ingredients under study;
6. Patients with severe concomitant diseases with estimated survival ≤ 5 years;
7. Patients with present or previous moderate or severe liver and kidney damage presently or previously;
8. Patients have received other study medications or any immunotherapy currently or in the past;
9. Patients preparing for or previously received organ or bone marrow transplant;
10. Patients who received immunosuppressive or systemic hormone therapy for immunosuppressive purposes within 1 month prior to the initiation of study therapy;
11. Patients with congenital or acquired immune deficiency (such as HIV infection);
12. If patients with a history of uncontrolled epilepsy, central nervous system disease or mental disorder, the investigator will determine whether the clinical severity prevents the signing of informed consent or affects the patient's oral medication compliance;
13. Patients with other factors that may affect the study results or cause the study to be terminated midway, such as alcoholism, drug abuse, other serious diseases (including mental illness) requiring combined treatment and severe laboratory examination abnormalities.
14. Pregnant or lactating women
Criteria for Withdrawal:
1. The subject withdraws informed consent;
2. The subject requests to withdraw from the study, or loses follow-up;
3. The subject demonstrates poor compliance and is unable to participate in the treatment and visits as required by the study protocol;
4. The subject experiences intolerable adverse events, and the investigator determines that continuing the study may be detrimental to the subject;
5. Other reasons, where the investigator determines it is not suitable for the subject to continue in the study.
Criteria for Study Termination:
1. There are major errors in the study protocol;
2. The study involves significant risks and is terminated following review by the ethics committee;
3. Termination requested by the sponsor or regulatory authorities.
Primary outcome measure(s)
CR rate — from preoperative to 10 days postoperative complete response rate, If patients achieved cCR after neoadjuvant therapy or were confirmed pCR after TME, they were considered as complete response (CR). pCR was defined as no residual tumor cells on the histologic examination of surgical specimens according to AJCC 8th edition. cCR was defined according to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) standard.
Trial sites (2)
Facility
City
Region
Status
Beijing Friendship Hospital,Capital Medical University
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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