New combo therapy aims to shrink rectal tumors before surgery
NCT ID NCT07284992
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial compares two types of radiotherapy (short-course vs long-course) given alongside immunotherapy (Adebrelimab) and chemotherapy before surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer. The goal is to see which approach leads to a higher rate of complete tumor disappearance. About 208 participants will be randomly assigned to one of the two treatment groups.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Adebrelimab (PD-L1 inhibitor) plus capecitabine and oxaliplatin chemotherapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a more effective pre-surgery treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer, potentially increasing the chance of complete tumor disappearance before surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 2 trial with only 208 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The combination of treatments may cause significant side effects, and it is not yet known if it improves long-term survival.
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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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About 208 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2033
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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 to 80 years
- 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: * 1\. sign written informed consent before implementing any test related process; * 2\. Patients diagnosed as rectal adenocarcinoma by primary biopsy and histopathological examination; * 3\. patients with CT stage ≥ T3 or CN stage N1+, M0 or EMVI (+) or MRF (+) or suspected lateral lymph node metastasis (\>5mm) who are judged by imaging and colonoscopy to be operable and need neoadjuvant therapy. * 4\. according to imaging and colonoscopy, the main body of the tumor was located ≤ 10cm from the anal edge; * 5\. patients with tumor mismatch repair/microsatellite instability (MMR/MSI) status as MSS; * 6\. according to the criteria for evaluating the efficacy of solid tumors (RECIST version 1.1), at least one lesion can be measured by imaging; * 7\. the patient has not received any anti-tumor treatment in the past, including but not limited to surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, etc; * 8\. ECoG score: 0-1; * 9\. sufficient organ function, the subject shall meet the following laboratory indicators: 1. The absolute value of neutrophils (ANC) ≥ 1.5x109/l without granulocyte colony stimulating factor in the past 14 days. 2. Platelets ≥ 100 × 109/l without blood transfusion in recent 14 days. 3. Hemoglobin\>9g/dl without blood transfusion or use of erythropoietin in recent 14 days; 4. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × upper limit of normal value (ULN); 5. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) in ≤ 2.5 × ULN 6. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 × ULN and creatinine clearance rate (calculated by Cockcroft Gault formula) ≥ 60 ml/min; 7. Good coagulation function was defined as international normalized ratio (INR) or prothrombin time (PT) ≤ 1.5 times ULN; 8. Normal thyroid function is defined as thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) within the normal range. If the baseline TSH is beyond the normal range, subjects with total T3 (or FT3) and FT4 within the normal range can also be enrolled; 9. Myocardial enzyme spectrum is within the normal range (for example, simple laboratory abnormalities that are not clinically significant according to the comprehensive judgment of the researcher are also allowed to be included in the group) * 10\. female subjects of childbearing age should receive urine or serum pregnancy test within 3 days before receiving the first study drug administration (the first day of the first cycle) and the result is negative. If the result of urine pregnancy test cannot be confirmed as negative, blood pregnancy test is required. Women of non reproductive age were defined as having been postmenopausal for at least 1 year, or having undergone surgical sterilization or hysterectomy; If there is a risk of pregnancy, all subjects (male or female) need to take contraceptive measures with an annual failure rate of less than 1% during the whole treatment period until 120 days after the last study drug administration (or 180 days after the last chemotherapy drug administration). Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. patients diagnosed with other malignant tumors and not cured within 5 years before the first administration (excluding skin basal cell carcinoma, skin squamous cell carcinoma, and/or cancer in situ after radical resection); * 2\. Patients with advanced rectal cancer with distant metastasis; * 3\. currently participating in intervention clinical research treatment, or having received other research drugs or used research instruments within 4 weeks before the first administration; * 4\. have previously received the following therapies: anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1 or anti-PD-L2 drugs or drugs that stimulate or synergistically inhibit T cell receptors (e.g., CTLA-4, OX-40, CD137); * 5\. have received systemic treatment with Chinese patent medicine with anti-tumor indications or drugs with immunomodulatory effect within 2 weeks before the first administration; * 6\. active autoimmune diseases requiring systemic treatment (such as the use of disease relieving drugs, glucocorticoids or immunosuppressants) occurred within 2 years before the first administration. Replacement therapy (such as thyroxine, insulin or physiological glucocorticoids for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered as systemic therapy; * 7\. the patients were receiving systemic glucocorticoid therapy (excluding local glucocorticoids via nasal spray, inhalation or other routes) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 14 days before the first administration of the study; Note: it is allowed to use physiological doses of glucocorticoids (≤ 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent drugs); In the absence of active autoimmune diseases, inhaled or topical steroid and prednisone dose\>10mg/day or equivalent dose of adrenocortical hormone are allowed to replace; * 8\. known allogeneic organ transplantation (except corneal transplantation) or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; * 9\. those who are known to be allergic to the study drug adebaylimab and the active ingredients or excipients of combined chemotherapy drugs; * 10\. have not fully recovered from the toxicity and/or complications caused by any intervention measures before starting treatment (i.e. ≤ grade 1 or reaching the baseline, excluding fatigue or hair loss); * 11\. known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (i.e. HIV 1/2 antibody positive); * 12\. untreated active hepatitis B (defined as HBsAg positive and HBV-DNA copy number detected is greater than the upper limit of normal value in the laboratory of the research center); Note: hepatitis B subjects who meet the following criteria can also be enrolled: 1. HBV viral load\<1000 copies/ml (200 iu/ml) before the first administration. Subjects should receive anti HBV treatment during the whole study chemotherapy drug treatment to avoid virus reactivation 2. For subjects with anti HBC (+), HBsAg (-), anti HBS (-) and HBV viral load (-), preventive anti HBV treatment is not required, but virus reactivation needs to be closely monitored * 13\. active HCV infected subjects (HCV antibody positive and HCV-RNA level higher than the detection limit); * 14\. inoculate live vaccine within 30 days before the first administration (cycle 1, day 1); Note: it is allowed to receive inactivated virus vaccine for injection against seasonal influenza within 30 days before the first administration; However, live attenuated influenza vaccines administered intranasal are not allowed. * 15\. pregnant or lactating women; * 16\. there are any serious or uncontrollable systemic diseases, such as: 1\) The resting ECG has significant abnormalities in rhythm, conduction or morphology, and the symptoms are serious and difficult to control, such as complete left bundle branch block, heart block above grade II, ventricular arrhythmia or atrial fibrillation; 2) Unstable angina pectoris, congestive heart failure, chronic heart failure with NYHA classification ≥ 2; 3) Myocardial infarction occurred within 6 months before enrollment; 4) Blood pressure control was not ideal (systolic blood pressure\>140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure\>90 mmHg); 5) There was a history of non infectious pneumonia requiring glucocorticoid treatment within 1 year before the first administration, or there was currently clinically active interstitial lung disease; 6) Active pulmonary tuberculosis; 7) Active or uncontrolled infection requiring systemic treatment; 8) There were clinically active diverticulitis, abdominal abscess and gastrointestinal obstruction; 9) Liver diseases such as cirrhosis, decompensated liver disease, acute or chronic active hepatitis; 10) Poor control of diabetes mellitus (FBG\>10mmol/L); 11) The urine routine showed that the urine protein was ≥++, and it was confirmed that the 24-hour urine protein quantitation was more than 1.0 G; 12) Patients with mental disorders and unable to cooperate with treatment; * 17\. for those who have a history of uncontrolled epilepsy, central nervous system disease or mental disorder, the clinical severity may hinder the signing of informed consent or affect the patient's compliance with oral drugs according to the judgment of the investigator; The medical history or disease evidence, abnormal treatment or laboratory test values that may interfere with the test results, prevent the subjects from participating in the whole process of the study, or the researchers believe that there are other potential risks that are not suitable for the study.
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Locations
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Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University
RECRUITINGJinan, Shandong, 250021, China
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