The study is a multicenter, randomized controlled, phase III clinical study, and the purpose of the study is to explore the complete response rate (CR, Defined as pathological complete response (pCR) + Clinical complete response (cCR) sustained for over one year) of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer(LARC) treated with personalized long-course radiotherapy plus chemotherapy with or without Serplulimab. A total of 184 patients were included in this study.
Patients diagnosed with locally advanced rectal cancer (T3-4/N+) and presenting with combined risk factors, where the lower boundary of the lesion is ≤ 10 cm from the anal margin, will undergo neoadjuvant therapy. The primary endpoint of the study is the complete response rate (CR), defined as the combination of pathological complete response (pCR) and clinical complete response (cCR) sustained for over one year.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
184
Serplulimab
Radiotherapy is delivered using intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT/VMAT) at a dose of 50-50.4Gy/ 25-28f(1.8-2.0Gy/d, 5f/w). For patients in the experimental group who achieve partial remission (PR) or better during the induction phase, an additional local boost dose of 6Gy/3f(2.0Gy/d, 5f/w) is administered to the PGTV.(No PGTV dose was given in the control group). For the treatment of lymph node metastasis in the lateral pelvic wall outside the mesorectal area: no additional dose is required when surgery is feasible, a sequential boost dose of 15Gy/3f is added when the lymph nodes are not surgically resectable.
Capox
West China Hospital
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
RECRUITINGComplete response rate
Defined as the combination of pathological complete response (pCR) and clinical complete response (cCR) sustained for over one year.
Time frame: 1 year
R0 resection rates
The proportion of patients achieved a complete resection with negative margin
Time frame: 1 year
Disease free survival
Time from the completion of the treatment to any recurrences or distant metastases
Time frame: 3 years
Anus-preserving rate
The rate of anal organ preservation patients to all patients
Time frame: 1 year
Locoregional recurrence-free survival (LRFS) rates
The rate of patients without local recurrence to all the patients
Time frame: 3 years
Distant metastasis free survival
Time from the completion of the treatment to any distant metastases
Time frame: 3 years
Overall survival
OS is defined as the difference between the date of study enrollment to the date death due to any cause
Time frame: 3 years
The adverse effects during the chemoradiotherapy
Any side effects during the chemoradiotherapy
Time frame: 3 months
Quality of life (QoL)
Assessed using the Chinese version of QLQ-C30 to measure quality of life
Time frame: 1 year
Surgical Safety Metrics
Surgical safety was assessed using the Clavien-Dindo classification system
Time frame: 1 year
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