Immunotherapy shows promise for untreated rectal cancer in chinese patients
NCT ID NCT06640049
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a drug called dostarlimab in 23 Chinese patients with a specific type of advanced rectal cancer (dMMR/MSI-H) that has not been treated before. The goal is to see if the drug can make the cancer disappear completely and stay gone for at least 12 months. Patients receive the drug alone, without chemotherapy or radiation.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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23 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2031
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Participant has histologically confirmed Stage II to III (T3-T4, N0, or T any, N+), locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma * Participant has radiologically and endoscopically evaluable disease * Participant has a tumor which can be categorized as dMMR or MSI-H by central assessment Exclusion Criteria: * Participant has distant metastatic disease * Participant has received prior radiation therapy, systemic therapy, or surgery for management of rectal cancer * Has a known additional malignancy that progressed or required active treatment within the past 2 years * Has an active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years * Has experienced any of the following with prior immunotherapy: any irAE ≥ Grade 3, immune-related severe neurologic events of any-grade (e.g., myasthenic syndrome/myasthenia gravis, encephalitis, Guillain Barré Syndrome, or transverse myelitis), exfoliative dermatitis of any grade \[SJS (Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, TEN (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis), DRESS (Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms)\], or myocarditis of any grade. Non-clinically significant laboratory abnormalities are not exclusionary * Has any history of interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis * Has received or plans to receive an organ or stem cell transplant that uses donor stem cells (allogeneic stem cell transplant) * Has a history of severe allergic and/or anaphylactic reactions to chimeric, human, or humanized antibodies, fusion proteins, or known allergies to dostarlimab, or its excipients
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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GSK Investigational Site
Chengdu, 610041, China
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GSK Investigational Site
Chongqing, 400010, China
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GSK Investigational Site
Guangzhou, 510060, China
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GSK Investigational Site
Guangzhou, 510655, China
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GSK Investigational Site
Hangzhou, 310016, China
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GSK Investigational Site
Hangzhou, China
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GSK Investigational Site
Jinan, 250117, China
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GSK Investigational Site
Kunming, 650106, China
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GSK Investigational Site
Shanghai, 200032, China
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