A Clinical Trial Comparing Long-Course Versus Short-Course Radiotherapy Followed by Immunotherapy Combined With Total Neoadjuvant Therapy (TNT) to Long-Course Radiotherapy Followed by TNT in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-75
SponsorTao Zhang

About this trial

This study is a national multicenter, prospective randomized, placebo- controlled Phase III clinical trial designed to investigate the potential therapeutic benefit of immunotherapy combined with total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT) and to compare the efficacy of different radiotherapy modalities followed by immunotherapy.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patients or their family members agree to participate in the study and sign the informed consent form;

Age 18-75 years, male or female;

Histologically confirmed Locally Advanced rectal adenocarcinoma;

Immunohistochemistry and/or genetic testing confirmed pMMR/MSS;

Disqualifiers

Patients with MSI-H/dMMR LARC;

Subjects who have previously received any form of immunotherapy, including but not limited to immune checkpoint inhibitors, immune checkpoint agonists, immune cell therapy, or any other treatment targeting tumor immunomodulatory mechanisms;

Presence of any concurrent disease, condition (including laboratory abnormality), history of substance abuse, or current evidence thereof, which, in the judgment of the Investigator, may compromise subject safety, interfere with the process of obtaining informed consent, affect subject compliance, or confound the safety assessment of the investigational product(s).

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Short-course radiotherapy
  • Long-course radiotherapy
  • Capecitabine
  • Oxaliplatin
  • HLX10
  • TME surgery
  • HLX10 placebo

Treatment groups

444 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Locations

1
Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology430022, WuhanHubei, China

Sponsors and collaborators

Tao Zhang

Lead sponsor

Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Sponsor institution