Anlotinib Plus Sintilimab as First-line Treatment for Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer (APICAL-CRC)

Anlotinib Plus Sintilimab as First-line Treatment for Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer (APICAL-CRC): a Single Center, Single-arm Phase II Study (APICAL-CRC)

This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the combination of Anlotinib and Sintilimab in advanced colorectal cancer as first-line treatment.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Colorectal Cancer; Immunotherapy; Sintilimab; First-line Treatment; Anlotinib; Chemo-free Therapy
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Anlotinib plus Sintilimab

Detailed Description

Anlotinib is a new, orally administered tyrosine kinase inhibitor that targets vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR), fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR), platelet-derived growth factor receptors (PDGFR), and c-kit. Sintilimab is a fully human IgG4 monoclonal antibody that binds to programmed cell death receptor-1 (PD-1), thereby blocking the interaction of PD-1 with its ligands (PD-L1 and PL-L2) and consequently helping to restore the endogenous antitumour T-cell response. In the present study, we design a single-arm, single center Phase II trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the combination of Anlotinib and Sintilimab in advanced colorectal cancer as first-line treatment.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Shanghai, China
    • Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion criteria

• Patients have histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced or recurrent CRC;
• No prior systematic anti-cancer treatment and relapse or metastases was occurred more than 12 months after adjuvant chemotherapy;
• Patients have measurable disease as defined by RECIST 1.1 as determined by investigator;
• Patient with a history of radiotherapy at least 3 months before on the day of providing consent, but the measurable lesion should not be within the scope of radiotherapy;
• Patients with age of 18-75yr;
• Patients with a performance status of 0,1or 2 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.；
• Patients with Life expectancy of more than 12 weeks;
• Patients must have the ability to understand and sign the written informed consent voluntarily;
• Female of childbearing potential who are negative in a pregnancy test within 7 days before enrollment. Both male and female patients should agree to use an adequate method of contraception (total abstinence, an intrauterine device or hormone releasing system, a contraceptive implant and an oral contraceptive) starting with the first dose of study therapy through 120 days after the last dose of study therapy. Duration will be determined when the subject is assigned to treatment.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with dMMR/MSI-H;
• Patients with major surgery or severe trauma within 4 weeks before the first medication;
• Patients with hypersensitivity to the components in the study protocol;；
• Patients who are ready to give birth or are pregnant;
• Patients with brain metastases who are unable to accurately describe the condition;
• Patients received immune-suppressive drugs 2 weeks before initial treatment (inhaled cortisol or other steroid hormones≤10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent pharmacophysiologic doses were excluded);
• Planned live attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to or during study treatment;
• Patients have received anlotinib or anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody therapy or other therapies that act on T-cell co-stimulation targets or checkpoints;
• Within 6 months prior to the start of study treatment, the following diseases appeared: myocardial infarction, severe/unstable angina, NYHA grade 2 or above congestive heart failure, poorly controlled arrhythmias, etc;
• Active hepatitis;

• Bone marrow, liver and kidney function did not meet the requirements of chemotherapy as follows:

  • Neutrophil count<1,500/mm3;
  • Platelet count <80,000/mm3;
  • Total bilirubin >1.5-times the upper limit of normal;
  • ALT/AST>2.5-times the upper limit of normal for patients without liver metastases; (5.0-times the upper limit of normal for patients with liver metastases)
  • Creatinine >1.5-times the upper limit of normal;
• Patients with cancers other than advanced colorectal cancer within five years prior to the start of treatment in this study. Cervical carcinoma in situ, cured basal cell carcinoma and bladder epithelial tumor were excluded;
• History of substance abuse, drug use, alcohol dependence;
• Patients without legal capacity or limited civil capacity;
• Patients with autoimmune diseases or organ transplantation;
• Other situations that the investigator deemed inappropriate for enrollment;

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Anlotinib and Sintilimab; the combination of Anlotinib with Sintilimab as first-line treatment	Drug: Anlotinib plus Sintilimab; Anlotinib 12mg oral administration daily d1-d14, q3w; Sintilimab 200mg iv drop d1, q3w

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Objecitve response rate	Proportion of patients with reduction in tumor burden of a predefined amount, including complete remission and partial remission	Evaluation of tumor burden based on RECIST criteria through study completion, an average of 6 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Progress Free Survival	Time from treatment beginning until disease progression	Evaluation of tumor burden based on RECIST criteria until first documented progress through study completion, an average of 6 weeks
Overall Survival	Time from treatment beginning until death from any cause	From date of treatment beginning until the date of death from any cause, through study completion, an average of 3 weeks
Incidence of Treatment-related adverse Events		Through study completion, an average of 3 weeks
Deepness of response	Investigation of depth of response during first-line treatment	Evaluation of tumor burden based on RECIST criteria through study completion, an average of 6 weeks
Disease control rate	Proportion of patients who achieved a complete response, a partial response, or stable diseas	Evaluation of tumor burden based on RECIST criteria through study completion, an average of 6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Shanghai Changzheng Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 30, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): February 29, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 14, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 14, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): February 17, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 23, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 22, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; Digestive System Neoplasms; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Colonic Diseases; Intestinal Diseases; Intestinal Neoplasms; Rectal Diseases; Colorectal Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: APICAL-CRC

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No