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RECRUITING
NCT07888309
PHASE2

SCRT + Fruquintinib + Tislelizumab + CAPOX Versus SCRT + Tislelizumab + CAPOX as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced Low Rectal Cancer

Sponsor: Ruijin Hospital

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Summary

The goal of this randomized controlled clinical trial is to learn if adding fruquintinib to short-course radiotherapy, tislelizumab, and CAPOX can improve neoadjuvant treatment response and is safe for adults with locally advanced low rectal cancer. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does adding fruquintinib increase the pathological complete response (pCR) rate after neoadjuvant therapy? * What adverse events do participants experience when fruquintinib is added to the regimen? Researchers will compare short-course radiotherapy followed by fruquintinib + tislelizumab + CAPOX with short-course radiotherapy followed by tislelizumab + CAPOX to see if adding fruquintinib improves the tumor response to neoadjuvant treatment. Participants will: * Receive short-course radiotherapy (e.g., 25 Gy in 5 daily fractions over 1 week) * Receive either fruquintinib + tislelizumab + CAPOX (experimental arm) or tislelizumab + CAPOX (control arm) for the neoadjuvant cycles * Attend scheduled visits for tumor assessment (MRI, endoscopy, CT), blood tests, and adverse-event monitoring * Undergo total mesorectal excision (TME) surgery after neoadjuvant treatment and have the specimen evaluated for pathological response

Official title: Short-Course Radiotherapy Followed by Fruquintinib Plus Tislelizumab and CAPOX Versus Short-Course Radiotherapy Followed by Tislelizumab and CAPOX for Neoadjuvant Treatment of Locally Advanced Low Rectal Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - 75 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

50

Start Date

2025-09-11

Completion Date

2030-09-11

Last Updated

2026-10-22

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

RADIATION

Short-Course Radiotherapy

Preoperative pelvic external-beam radiotherapy: 25 Gy in 5 daily fractions over 1 week (short-course, distinct from long-course 50.4 Gy). Given before systemic therapy in both arms.

DRUG

Fruquintinib

Oral VEGFR-1/2/3 tyrosine kinase inhibitor, \~5 mg once daily, started after radiotherapy with tislelizumab + CAPOX. Investigational addition in the experimental arm only.

DRUG

Tislelizumab

IV anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, 200 mg every 3 weeks, given after radiotherapy with CAPOX ± fruquintinib per arm.

DRUG

CAPOX

Oxaliplatin \~130 mg/m2 IV on day 1 + capecitabine \~1000 mg/m2 orally twice daily on days 1-14, every 3 weeks, after radiotherapy

Locations (1)

Shanghai Jiaotong Univeristy School of Medicine Affiliated Ruijin Hospital

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China