Neoadjuvant Treatment of Fruquintinib Combined With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for LARC

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2025-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of fruquintinib combined with mFOLFOX6 + synchronous radiotherapy as neoadjuvant therapy in middle and low locally advanced rectal cancer patients with no previous anti-tumor treatment.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Henan Provincial People's Hospital

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically confirmed rectal adenocarcinoma, classified as stage II (T3-4N0) or stage III (T1-4N1-2) by MRI and CT;

• Middle and low rectal cancer with the lower pole of the tumor less than 12 cm from the anal margin;

• The multidisciplinary cancer committee recommended neoadjuvant radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery;

• ECOG PS 0-1;

• Expected survival ≥ 2 years;

• Have not received any anti-tumor treatment;

• Have at least one measurable lesion;

• Sufficient organs and bone marrow functions;

• Women of childbearing age need to take effective contraceptive measures;

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with surgical contraindication;

• Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), active Crohn's disease or active ulcerative colitis;

• Other malignant tumors found within 5 years before enrollment, except skin basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma, or cervical carcinoma in situ after radical surgery;

• Serious cardiovascular disease, including unstable angina pectoris or myocardial infarction, occurred within 6 months before enrollment;

• International normalized ratio (INR)>1.5 or partially activated prothrombin time (APTT)>1.5 × ULN；

• Investigators judged clinically significant electrolyte abnormalities;

• Hypertension that could not be controlled by drugs before enrollment, which was defined as: systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg;

• Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus before enrollment (fasting glucose concentration ≥ CTCAE level 2 after regular treatment);

• Active ulcer of stomach and duodenum, ulcerative colitis and other digestive tract diseases before enrollment, or other conditions that may cause gastrointestinal bleeding and perforation judged by the researcher;

• Serious active bleeding, hemoptysis (>5 mL fresh blood within 4 weeks) or thromboembolism (including stroke and/or transient ischemic attack) occurred within 12 months before enrollment;

• Cardiovascular diseases with significant clinical significance, including but not limited to acute myocardial infarction, severe/unstable angina pectoris or coronary artery bypass grafting within 6 months before enrollment; Congestive heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade>2; Ventricular arrhythmias requiring medication; LVEF<50%;

• Active or uncontrollable serious infection (≥ CTCAE v5.0 grade 2 infection);

• Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. A known history of liver disease with clinical significance, including viral hepatitis [People who are known to be carriers of hepatitis B virus (HBV) must exclude active HBV infection, that is, HBV DNA positive (>1 × 104 copies/mL or>2000 IU/ml); Known hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) and HCV RNA positive (>1 × 103 copies/mL);

• Unrelieved toxic reaction caused by any previous anti-cancer treatment higher than CTCAE v5.0 grade 1 or above;

• Routine urine test showed that urinary protein ≥ 2+, and 24-hour urinary protein volume>1.0g.