Effect of Concurrent Capecitabine-based Long-term Radiotherapy Followed by XELOX Plus TME in Patients With High Risk Rectal Cancer: a Multi-centers, Randomized Controlled, Open-Label Trial

NCT ID: NCT03038256

Last Updated: 2023-03-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

244 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-01-31

Study Completion Date

2025-06-01

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of concurrent capecitabine-based long-term radiotherapy followed by 4 cycles XELOX pre- a delayed TME compared with 6 cycles XELOX post- a Regular Timing TME in patients with high-risk rectal cancer defined by MRI.

Detailed Description

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This is the randomized controlled, multi-centers, and open-labeled study. Delivering systemic chemotherapy between concurrent capecitabine-based long-term radiotherapy and total mesorectal excision (TME) surgery would be more effectively improved local control rates and improved metastases-free survival rates. The investigators attempted to investigate the effect on pathological response of delivering 4 cycles XELOX between concurrent capecitabine-based long-term radiotherapy and TME with lengthening the interval from radiation to surgery. In this study, the participants with high risk of deeper infiltration, or extramural vessel invasion, or circumferential resection margin involvement, or surrounding organs and structures invaded et al. were recruited. The participants will be randomized (1:1 ratio) to a control and intervention arm. The participants in the control arm will receive best current practice of concurrent capecitabine-based long-term radiotherapy followed by TME and then a 6 cycles of XELOX as standard adjuvant chemotherapy. The participants in the intervention arm will receive concurrent capecitabine-based long-term radiotherapy followed by 4 cycles XELOX as neoadjuvant chemotherapy pre- a delayed TME.

Conditions

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Rectal Cancer Pathological Complete Response Disease Free Survival

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Open Label

Study Groups

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4 Cycles XELOX pre- TME

experimental group (arm B): concurrent capecitabine-based long-term radiotherapy, 4 cycles of XELOX as neoadjuvant chemotherapy and TME surgery

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

concurrent capecitabine-based long-term radiotherapy followed by 4 cycles XELOX and a delayed TME

Intervention Type DRUG

concurrent capecitabine-based long-term radiotherapy: capecitabine 825mg/m2,bid,d1-5, q week with Radiation treatment. Radiation treatment was given at 1·8 Gy per day, 5 days per week for 5-6 weeks, after a 45 Gy radiation dose in 25 fractions to the pelvis, a boost dose of 5·4 Gy in 3 fractions to the tumor bed or concurrent boosted.

XELOX:

Oxaliplatin: 130mg/m2,IV,d1; Capecitabine: 1000mg/m2,bid,d1-14; repeated every 3 weeks

Surgery Procedure:

Total Mesorectal Excision

6 Cycles XELOX post- TME

control group (arm A): concurrent capecitabine-based long-term radiotherapy, TME surgery and 6 cycles of XELOX as adjuvant chemotherapy.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

concurrent capecitabine-based long-term radiotherapy followed by a Regular TME and 6 Cycles XELOX

Intervention Type DRUG

concurrent capecitabine-based long-term radiotherapy: capecitabine 825mg/m2,bid,d1-5, q week with Radiation treatment. Radiation treatment was given at 1·8 Gy per day, 5 days per week for 5-6 weeks, after a 45 Gy radiation dose in 25 fractions to the pelvis, a boost dose of 5·4 Gy in 3 fractions to the tumor bed or concurrent boosted.

XELOX:

Oxaliplatin: 130mg/m2,IV,d1; Capecitabine: 1000mg/m2,bid,d1-14; repeated every 3 weeks

Surgery Procedure:

Total Mesorectal Excision

Interventions

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concurrent capecitabine-based long-term radiotherapy followed by 4 cycles XELOX and a delayed TME

concurrent capecitabine-based long-term radiotherapy: capecitabine 825mg/m2,bid,d1-5, q week with Radiation treatment. Radiation treatment was given at 1·8 Gy per day, 5 days per week for 5-6 weeks, after a 45 Gy radiation dose in 25 fractions to the pelvis, a boost dose of 5·4 Gy in 3 fractions to the tumor bed or concurrent boosted.

XELOX:

Oxaliplatin: 130mg/m2,IV,d1; Capecitabine: 1000mg/m2,bid,d1-14; repeated every 3 weeks

Surgery Procedure:

Total Mesorectal Excision

Intervention Type DRUG

concurrent capecitabine-based long-term radiotherapy followed by a Regular TME and 6 Cycles XELOX

concurrent capecitabine-based long-term radiotherapy: capecitabine 825mg/m2,bid,d1-5, q week with Radiation treatment. Radiation treatment was given at 1·8 Gy per day, 5 days per week for 5-6 weeks, after a 45 Gy radiation dose in 25 fractions to the pelvis, a boost dose of 5·4 Gy in 3 fractions to the tumor bed or concurrent boosted.

XELOX:

Oxaliplatin: 130mg/m2,IV,d1; Capecitabine: 1000mg/m2,bid,d1-14; repeated every 3 weeks

Surgery Procedure:

Total Mesorectal Excision

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Age of 18-75 years;
2. Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma;
3. The rectal adenocarcinoma 0-12cm from the anal margin on Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or rigid sigmoidoscopy;
4. High risk of rectal cancer defined by high-resolution MRI: tumor invasion 5mm beyond the muscularis propria, or extramural vascular invasion, or circumferential resection margin unsafe, or the lower rectal cancer invades intersphincteric space, or rectal cancer invades the adjacent structures.
5. Eastern Collaborative Oncology Group performance status score of 0 or 2
6. Able and willing to give informed consent to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Received preoperative chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer before the recruitment of this study;
2. Have metastatic disease (including non-regional lymph nodes metastases or resectable liver metastases);
3. Other malignancies, non-adenocarcinoma rectal malignancies or rectal malignancies on the basis of inflammatory bowel disease;
4. Emergency surgery due to bowel obstruction, perforation, bleeding, etc.;
5. Abnormality of capecitabine absorption due to gastrointestinal disease e.g. short bowel syndrome, inflammation bowel disease, et al.;
6. Unresectable concurrent intestinal lesions;
7. Concurrent severe infection;
8. Cardiac Disease:uncontrolled or symptomatic cardiac angina,or uncontrolled arrhythmias and hypertension, or severe congestive heart failure grade II or more based on New York Heart Association (NYHA); myocardial infarction within the past 12 months
9. Peripheral neuropathy more than grade 1 according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE; version 3·0)
10. Bone marrow, liver and kidney function are abnormal e.g., white blood cell ≤ 1.5 × 109 / L; platelet ≤ 100 × 109 / L; Haemoglobin ≤ 80 g/L; Bilirubin \> 1.5 times the upper limit; aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase \> 2.5 times the upper limit; creatinine \> 1.5 times the upper limit;
11. Pregnant or lactating women;
12. Life prediction less than 3 months, other severe diseases;
13. Contraindication to MRI; e.g. non-MRI compatible hip prosthesis, cardiac pacemaker;
14. Contraindication to standard chemotherapy including drug interactions and glomerular filtration rate \<50 mL/min at baseline;
15. Participators who had been recruited by other clinical trial within three months.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Beijing Friendship Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Peking Union Medical College Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Chinese PLA General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fujian Medical University Union Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Xijing Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hebei Medical University Fourth Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Peking University People's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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YE Yingjiang

Department of GI Surgery

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Peking University People's Hospital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Beijing Friendship Hospital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Yi Wang, MD, PHD

Role: CONTACT

Yingjiang Ye, MD, PHD

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Yingjiang Ye, M.D./PhD

Role: primary

+86-13321163682

Yancheng Cui, M.D.

Role: backup

+86-15201277974

Zhongtao Zhang, professor

Role: primary

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Other Identifiers

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2016-12 EXPLORE

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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