A Study of Neoadjuvant Dostarlimab Plus Capecitabine Plus Oxaliplatin (CAPEOX) Vs CAPEOX With Previously Untreated T4N0 or Stage III Mismatch Repair Proficient (MMRp)/Microsatellite Stable (MSS) Colon Cancer (AZUR-4)

May 21, 2026 updated by: GlaxoSmithKline

A Phase 2, Open Label, Randomized Study of Neoadjuvant Dostarlimab Plus CAPEOX Versus CAPEOX in Participants With Previously Untreated T4N0 or Stage III MMRp/ MSS Colon Cancer

The main goal of this study is to test a new treatment approach for colon cancer. The treatment involves dostarlimab along with a specific type of chemotherapy called CAPEOX (short for "capecitabine + oxaliplatin") to check if using these two together works better than using just CAPEOX by itself. This treatment is given before any surgery takes place; a method referred to as "neoadjuvant therapy." . The aim is to see if this new approach can show early signs of effectiveness in treating participants with a specific type of colon cancer known as mismatch repair proficient/ microsatellite stable (MMRp/MSS), where the cells have normal repair systems and stable DNA sequences. This study will also look at specific signs in the blood and tumor to see if they can help predict how well the treatment is working. This could help better understand how dostarlimab contributes to the response of the disease to treatment.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Recruiting

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "anticipated" enrollment is the target number of participants that the researchers need for the study.
120

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 2

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

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Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • Belgium
      • Aalst, Belgium, 9300
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Koenraad A.M. Hendrickx
      • Bonheiden, Belgium, 2820
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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          • Pieter-Jan Cuyle
      • Brussels, Belgium, 1200
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Marc Van den Eynde
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      • Brussels, Belgium, 1070
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Francesco Sclafani
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      • Ghent, Belgium, 9000
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Vincent Bouderez
      • Leuven, Belgium, 3000
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Sabine Tejpar
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      • Liège, Belgium, 4000
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Catherine Loly
      • Ostend, Belgium, 8400
        • Recruiting
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          • Antoon Billiet
      • Roeselare, Belgium, 8800
        • Recruiting
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          • Sofie De Meulder
      • Turnhout, Belgium, 2300
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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          • Leen Mortier
  • Italy
      • Milan, Italy, 20162
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Salvatore Siena
      • Roma, Italy, 00168
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Lisa Salvatore
      • Udine, Italy, 33100
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Giuseppe Aprile
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  • Japan
      • Osaka, Japan, 565-0871
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Mamoru Uemura
      • Osaka, Japan, 5731191
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Jun Watanabe
      • Tokyo, Japan, 135-8550
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Takashi Akiyoshi
      • Tokyo, Japan, 104-0045
        • Withdrawn
        • GSK Investigational Site
  • Spain
      • Barcelona, Spain, 8025
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • David Paez Lopez-Bravo
      • Barcelona, Spain, 8035
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Elena Elez
      • Barcelona, Spain, 8036
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Joan Maurel Santasusana
      • Madrid, Spain, 28034
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Íñigo Martínez Delfrade
      • Madrid, Spain, 28041
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Maria Del Carmen Riesco Martinez
      • Madrid, Spain, 28007
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Pilar Garcia Alfonso
      • Madrid, Spain, 28222
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Ana Ruiz Casado
      • Oviedo, Spain, 33011
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Paula Jimenez Fonseca
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      • Valencia, Spain, 46010
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Noelia Tarazona Llavero
  • Switzerland
      • Bern, Switzerland, 3010
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Martin Berger
      • Geneva, Switzerland, 1205
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Thibaud Koessler
  • United Kingdom
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom, G12 0YN
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Janet Graham
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      • Leeds West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, LS9 7TF
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Jenny Seligmann
      • London, United Kingdom, NW1 2PG
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Kai-Keen Shiu
      • Sutton, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT
        • Recruiting
        • GSK Investigational Site
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        • Principal Investigator:
          • Naureen Starling

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

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Has untreated pathologically confirmed colon adenocarcinoma
  • Has resectable colon adenocarcinoma defined as clinically T4N0 or Stage III

  • Has a tumor demonstrating the presence of either-

    1. MMR status: MMR status must be assessed by Immunohistochemistry (IHC) for MMR protein expression (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2) where all proteins are present indicates MMRp; MMR status may be determined local laboratory; or
    2. MSS or Microsatellite Instability-L (MSI-L) phenotype as determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or by tissue next generation sequencing (NGS), determined by local laboratory
  • Provides fresh tumor tissue obtained during either the pre-screening or screening period via colonoscopy performed per procedure manual. Tissue biopsy is required
  • Is willing to use adequate contraception male and/or female participants
  • Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group - Performance status (ECOG-PS) of 0 or 1
  • Has adequate organ function

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Has distant metastatic disease
  • Has received prior medical therapy (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic, or targeted therapy), radiation therapy or surgery for management of colon cancer
  • Has, in the investigator's opinion, a tumor that is not amenable to surgery or has any other contraindication to surgery
  • Has experienced any of the following with prior immunotherapy: any imAE ≥ Grade 3, immune-mediated severe neurologic events of any-grade (e.g., myasthenic syndrome/myasthenia gravis, encephalitis, Guillain Barré Syndrome, or transverse myelitis), exfoliative dermatitis of any grade [Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN), or Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome], or myocarditis of any grade. Non-clinically significant laboratory abnormalities are not exclusionary
  • Has any history of interstitial lung disease or immune-related pneumonitis
  • Has a history or current evidence of any medical condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the study results, interfere with their participation for the full duration of the study intervention, or indicate it is not in the best interest of the participant to participate, in the opinion of the investigator
  • Is considered, in investigator's opinion, a poor medical risk due to a serious, uncontrolled medical disorder, non-malignant systemic disease, or active infection requiring systemic therapy
  • Has received treatment with an investigational agent within [4 weeks] of the first dose of study intervention
  • Is pregnant or breastfeeding
  • 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, or any components of CAPEOX

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: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: Dostarlimab plus CAPEOX
Participants will receive dostarlimab plus CAPEOX (chemotherapy).
Biological: Dostarlimab
Dostarlimab will be administered.
Other Names:
  • TSR-042
  • GSK4057190A
Drug: CAPEOX
CAPEOX chemotherapy consisting of capecitabine and oxaliplatin will be administered.
Active Comparator: CAPEOX
Participants will receive CAPEOX (chemotherapy).
Drug: CAPEOX
CAPEOX chemotherapy consisting of capecitabine and oxaliplatin will be administered.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Major pathological response (mPR) rate
Time Frame: Up to approximately 18 weeks
mPR rate is defined as the proportion of participants with ≤10% residual viable tumor (RVT) value in the surgical resection sample as determined by local assessment.
Up to approximately 18 weeks
Number of participants with adverse events (AEs), serious adverse events (SAEs), immune-mediated adverse events (imAEs), and AEs leading to death or discontinuation of study intervention
Time Frame: Up to approximately 105 weeks
Up to approximately 105 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percentage of participants for whom primary tumour resection is not excluded
Time Frame: Up to approximately 18 weeks
Up to approximately 18 weeks
Complete pathologic response (cPR) rate
Time Frame: Up to approximately 18 weeks
cPR rate is defined as the proportion of participants with 0% RVT value in the surgical resection sample as determined by local assessment.
Up to approximately 18 weeks
Major pathological response excluding cPR rate
Time Frame: Up to approximately 18 weeks
mPR rate is defined as the proportion of participants with ≤10% RVT value in the surgical resection sample as determined by local assessment. cPR rate is defined as the proportion of participants with 0% RVT value in the surgical resection sample as determined by local assessment.
Up to approximately 18 weeks
Partial pathologic response rate
Time Frame: Up to approximately 18 weeks
Partial pathologic response rate is defined as the proportion of participants with >10% and ≤50% RVT value in the surgical resection sample as determined by local assessment.
Up to approximately 18 weeks
Negligible pathologic response rate
Time Frame: Up to approximately 18 weeks
Negligible pathologic response rate is defined as the proportion of participants with >50% RVT value in the surgical resection sample as determined by local assessment.
Up to approximately 18 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
GlaxoSmithKline

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)

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
February 18, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
November 23, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
October 26, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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August 20, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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August 20, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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August 23, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

The most recent date on which changes to a study record were made available on ClinicalTrials.gov. There may be a delay between when the changes were submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov by the study's sponsor or investigator (the last update submitted date) and the last update posted date.
May 22, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
May 21, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

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May 1, 2026

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Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • 222892
  • 2024-513441-36 (Registry Identifier: CTIS)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

Qualified researchers may request access to anonymized individual patient-level data (IPD) and related study documents of the eligible studies via the Data Sharing Portal. Details on GSK's data sharing criteria can be found at: https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/innovation/trials/data-transparency/

IPD Sharing Time Frame

Anonymized IPD will be made available within 6 months of publication of primary, key secondary and safety results for studies in product with approved indication(s) or terminated asset(s) across all indications.

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

Anonymized IPD is shared with researchers whose proposals are approved by an Independent Review Panel and after a Data Sharing Agreement is in place. Access is provided for an initial period of 12 months but an extension may be granted, when justified, for up to 6 months.

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP
  • ICF
  • CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

Yes

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