A Series of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Combined With Immunotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

January 12, 2026 updated by: Zhongtao Zhang, Beijing Friendship Hospital

A Series of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Combined With Immunotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: From a Multicenter Phase II Cohort to a Phase III Randomized Controlled Study

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy combined with tirelizumab compared with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy alone for neoadjuvant therapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy combined with tirelizumab compared with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy alone for neoadjuvant therapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer To assess rectal or anal retention as well as quality of life. Participants will receive a long course of NCRT (50 Gy / 25f, capecitabine 850-1000 mg / m2, BID, PO, D1-D5, QW) within the first 5 weeks. In regard to tumor immunotherapy, enrolled patients will receive tislelizumab (200 mg, iv) on the first day at week 2,5, and 8 after initiation of radiotherapy. Thereafter, patients will be treated with two 14-day cycles of the CAPOX(Q 3 w; D1 oxaliplatin, 130mg/m2,iv.gtt; D1-D14, capecitabine, 850-1000mg / m2, BID, PO)regimen. Two CAOPX regimens were treated one week apart.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

375

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

    • Beijing Municipality
      • Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China, 100050
        • Recruiting
        • Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
        • Contact:
      • Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China, 100050
        • Recruiting
        • Beijing Friendship Hospital
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Signed a written informed consent form and volunteered to join the study;
  2. .Age: 18-75 years old, male or female;
  3. Pathohistologically confirmed rectal adenocarcinoma, along with immunohistochemical results of pMMR or genetic test results of MSS;
  4. The baseline clinical stage assessed by MRI was T1-2N1-2M0 or T3N0-2M0, MRF (-), lateral lymph nodes (-);
  5. The lower tumor margin is 10cm away from the anal margin;
  6. Surgical resection;
  7. Ability to swallow tablets normally;
  8. ECOG PS 0-1;
  9. Have not received any anti-tumor treatment for rectal cancer, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, surgery, etc.;
  10. Plan to undergo surgery after the completion of the neoadjuvant therapy;
  11. No contraindications to surgery;
  12. Main organ function is normal.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Previous history of allergy to monoclonal antibodies, any component of tislelizumab,and capecitabine;
  2. Previously has received or is receiving any of the following treatments:

    A)Any tumor-specific surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, etc; B)Treatment with immunosuppressive drugs or systemic hormones within 2 weeks of first use (dose> 10mg / day prednisone or equivalent dose); inhaled or topical steroids and dose> 10mg / day prednisone or equivalent dose of adrenocorticoid replacement in the absence of active autoimmune disease; C)Having received a live attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks before the first use of the study drug; D)Major surgery or severe trauma within 4 weeks before the first use of study drug;

  3. History of any active autoimmune or autoimmune disease, including but not limited to: interstitial pneumonia, enteritis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, vasculitis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism (considered after hormone replacement therapy); patients with psoriasis or asthma / allergy in childhood and adults without any intervention, but patients requiring medical intervention with bronchodilators should not be included;
  4. A history of immunodeficiency, including a positive HIV test, or other acquired or congenital immunodeficiency disease, or a history of organ transplantation or allogeneic bone marrow transplantation;
  5. Not well controlled cardiac clinical symptoms or disease, including but not limited to: such as (1) grade NYHA II above heart failure, (2) unstable angina, (3) myocardial infarction within 1 year, (4) clinical meaningful supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmia without clinical intervention or clinical intervention still poor control;
  6. Severe infection (Grade CTCAE> 2) within 4 weeks prior to the first use of study drug, Such as severe pneumonia, bacteremia, infection complications requiring hospitalization; Baseline chest imaging indicated the presence of active lung inflammation, presence of symptoms and signs and signs of infection within 14 days prior to the first administration of study drug or need for oral or intravenous antibiotics, Except for the preventive use of antibiotics; Found active tuberculosis infection by history or CT, Or those with a history of active tuberculosis infection within 1 year prior to enrollment, Or those with a history of active tuberculosis infection more than 1 year ago but without formal treatment;
  7. Presence of active hepatitis B (HBV DNA 2000 IU / mL or 104copies / mL), hepatitis C (positive for hepatitis C antibody, and HCV RNA above the lower limit of detection of the analytical method);
  8. A diagnosis of other malignancies within 5 years prior to the first use of study drug, unless a malignancy with low risk of metastasis or death (5-year survival> 90%), such as adequately treated skin basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma in situ, are considered;
  9. Women in pregnancy or lactation;
  10. Other factors, as judged by the investigator, may lead to forced termination of the study, such as other serious illness (including mental illness), alcohol, substance abuse, family or social factors, which may affect the safety or compliance of the subject.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental group
The enrolled patients will receive a long course of NCRT (50 Gy / 25f, capecitabine 850-1000 mg / m2, BID, PO, D1-D5, QW) within the first 5 weeks. In regard to tumor immunotherapy, enrolled patients will receive tislelizumab (200 mg, iv) on the first day at week 2,5, and 8 after initiation of radiotherapy. Thereafter, patients will be treated with two 14-day cycles of the CAPOX(Q 3 w; D1 oxaliplatin, 130mg/m2,iv.gtt; D1-D14, capecitabine, 850-1000mg / m2, BID, PO)regimen. Two CAOPX regimens were treated one week apart. Eight to 8-10 weeks after the completion of radiation therapy, patients will undergo multiple examinations, including colonoscopy and MRI. Subsequent treatment options will be determined by each center physician based on their clinical experience.
Enrolled patients will receive tislelizumab 3 times after initiation of radiotherapy.
No Intervention: Control group
This group required only 5 weeks of NCRT and two 14-day cycles of the CAPOX (Q 3 w; D1 oxaliplatin, 130mg/m2,iv.gtt; D1-D14, capecitabine, 850-1000mg / m2, BID, PO)regimen.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
CR
Time Frame: pCR :within 10 days after surgery;cCR :13 weeks after radiotherapy begins
complete response rate=(number of pathological complete responses + number of clinical complete responses)/total number of patients
pCR :within 10 days after surgery;cCR :13 weeks after radiotherapy begins

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
AE rate
Time Frame: during treatment
Adverse event rate
during treatment
NAR score
Time Frame: within 10 days after surgery
Neoadjuvant rectal(NAR)score:It is based on the scoring criteria of preoperative treatment
within 10 days after surgery
ORR
Time Frame: within 10 days after surgery

objective response rate

objective response rate

objective response rate

objective response rate

within 10 days after surgery
OPR
Time Frame: immediately after surgery

organ preservation rate

organ preservation rate

organ preservation rate

immediately after surgery
immune-related adverse event rate
Time Frame: up to 3 weeks after using tislelizumab
adverse event rate that is deemed to be associated with tislelizumab
up to 3 weeks after using tislelizumab

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Collaborators

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 16, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 1, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 9, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 9, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

March 15, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 13, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 12, 2026

Last Verified

July 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • BFH-niCRT-04

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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