A multicenter single-arm phase 2 study to evaluate safety and efficacy of the total neoadjuvant therapy of short course radiation therapy followed by neoadjuvant oxaliplatin/fluorouracil-based chemotherapy (CAPOX) for cT2 rectal cancer
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of preoperative radiation therapy followed by preoperative chemotherapy and surgery for T2 advanced rectal cancer.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
45
Neoadjuvant radiation therapy : 5Gyx5
CAPOX (Oxaliplatin 130mg/m2, Capecitabine2000mg/m2/day, d1-14, 3week)x6cycles
Operation: Total methorectum excision wiht radical lymph node dissection
Osaka General Medical Center
Osaka, Japan
RECRUITINGOsaka University Hospital
Osaka, Japan
RECRUITINGPathological complete response (pCR)
pCR is evaluated by using the grading scale according to the Japanese Classification of Colorectal, Appendiceal, and Anal Carcinoma
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months
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