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Recruiting Phase 2

Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Plus Sintilimab for Intermediate/High Immunoscore Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

About this study

Immunoscore has been reported to be superior to microsatellite instability staging in predicting the disease-specific recurrence and survival for patients with colorectal cancer. However, the relationship between Immunoscore and its impact on patient's response to PD-1 blockade remains to be elucidated. This phase II, prospective, open label study is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of combination neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) with the anti-PD-1 antibody sintilimab for intermediate/high Immunoscore locally advanced rectal cancer.

Condition
Rectal Cancer
Tested
Sintilimab
Sponsor
Yanhong Deng

Who can join

Age
18 to 75 years
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Inclusion 20

  • Minimum age: 18 years
  • Maximum age: 75 years
  • Study condition: Rectal Cancer
  • Age ≥ 18 years and ≤75 years.
  • Willing and able to provide written informed consent for participation in this study.
  • Treatment-naive patients with histological or cytological documentation of rectal adenocarcinoma (\<12 cm from the anal verge).
  • Clinical stage of T3/T4 or N positive and M0, before nCRT.
  • Non complicated primary tumor (complete obstruction, perforation, bleeding).
  • Subjects with an intermediate or high immunoscore (according to Immunoscore®).
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
  • Women of childbearing potential who consent to practicing contraception during the period from giving informed consent to at least 23 weeks after the last dose of therapy.
  • Women of childbearing potential with a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 24 hours prior to the start of study drug.
  • Subjects with normal organ and marrow function as defined below:
  • Leukocytes ≥ 3,000/k/uL;
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/k/uL;
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/k/uL;
  • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN);
  • AST (SGOT) ≤ 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN);
  • ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN);
  • Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x institute upper limit of normal (ULN).

Exclusion 9

  • Subjects with a history of a prior malignancy within the past 5 years, except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer.
  • Subjects with a history of any arterial thrombotic event within the past 6 months. This includes angina (stable or unstable), myocardial infarction (MI), Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIA), or cerebralvascular accident (CVA).
  • Subjects with active lung disease (such as interstitial pneumonia, pneumonia, obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma) or active tuberculosis.
  • Subjects with any uncontrollable clinical problems, including but not limited to: active autoimmune disease, uncontrolled diabetes, uncontrolled hypertension, heart failure grade III/IV (NYHA-classification), or persistent or severe infection.
  • Subjects with a history of anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 therapy.
  • Subjects with known allergy to the study drugs or to any of its excipients.
  • Current or recent (within 4 weeks prior to starting study treatment) treatment of another investigational drug or participation in another investigational study.
  • Breast- feeding or pregnant women.
  • Subjects with significant unstable mental diseases or other medical diseases that may interfere with the safety of the subjects, obtaining informed consent, or compliance with the procedures for the clinical study.

Where

1 site, 1 recruiting

Department of colorectal surgery, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Recruiting

Contact

Potential match only. Final eligibility is determined by the study team.