About this trial
phase II clinical trial to evaluate node-sparing short-course radiation combined with total neoadjuvant CAPOX and Sintilimab for MSS locally advanced rectal cancers.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients who have a strong willingness to preserve the anus and are willing to receive neoadjuvant therapy.
Male or Female aged 18-75.
Patients diagnosed with low rectal cancer within 10 cm from the lower edge of the tumor to the anal verge by pelvic MRI and anorectoscopy, the clinical stage is cT2N+M0/cT3-4N0/+M0, the lymph nodes are limited to the mesorectum.
Histologically confirmed rectal adenocarcinoma; Genetic testing suggests MSI-L or MSS, or tumor biopsy immunohistochemistry reveals pMMR, that is, MSH1, MSH2, MSH6, and PMS2 are all positive.
Disqualifiers
Patients with a previous history of malignant tumors besides rectal cancer.
Patients with distant metastases before enrollment.
Patients with positive internal or external iliac lymph nodes are assessed by MRI or CT.
Patients with obstruction, perforation, or bleeding that require emergency surgery.
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
node-sparing short-course radiotherapy
Radiation5Gy\*5d, radiation targeting the tumor bed without irradiating surrounding tumor-draining lymph nodes
Sintilimab
Drug200mg intravenous infusion d1 of each cycle\*6cycles
Capecitabine
Drug1000mg/m2, PO, BID, d1-14 of each cycle\*6cycles
Oxaliplatin
Drug130mg/m2, intravenous infusion,d1 of each cycle\*6cycles
TME surgery
Procedure/Surgerylaparoscopic or robotic TME surgery for non-cCR patients
watch and wait
Procedure/SurgeryWW for cCR patients
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Complete response
Pathological complete response (pCR) :absence of residual tumour on resected specimen. Clinical complete response(cCR): no residual tumour visible on imaging or colonoscopy and biopsy.
Secondary outcomes
Tumor regression grade
TRG is evaluated according to the AJCC system. TRG0-1 is defined as good response, TRG2 as moderate response, and TRG3 as poor response.
Local recurrence rate(LRR)
Presence of adenocarcinoma within the rectal wall or within the mesorectum confirmed by pathology.
Disease free survival(DFS)
the time from randomization to recurrence of tumor or death
Overall survival(OS)
the time from randomization to death
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