Watch and Wait in PD-1 Monoclonal Antibody Treated dMMR/MSI-H Distal Rectal Cancer

ConditionRectal Cancer
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-80
SponsorSixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

About this trial

Immunotherapy has achieved significant therapeutic effect in DNA mismatch repair-deficient or microsatellite instability-high (dMMR/MSI-H) colorectal cancer (CRC) , more than fifty percent of dMMR/MSI-H CRC patients might get pathological complete response(pCR) after PD-1 monoclonal antibody treatment. For distant rectal cancer(RC), radical resection and neoadjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy might cause lots of treatment cost,damage to defecation and sexual function, acute toxicity, chronic dysfunction, even loss of anus and psychological disorder. This study aims to evaluate the effect and safety of watch and wait in patients with dMMR/MSI-H distal RC accessed pCR after PD-1 monoclonal antibody therapy.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Histological identified rectal adenocarcinoma,

Tumor biopsy immunohistochemical (IHC) identified dMMR, including one or more deficient of the MSH1,MSH2,MSH6 and PMS2 protein expression and diagnosed as deficient mismatch repair(dMMR), or next generation sequencing identified (MSI-H); MRI identified tumor inferior margin lower than peritoneal reflection,

Clinical staging TxNxM0, with or without positive MRF, with or without positive EMVI,

Staging method:all patients undergo rectal palpation, high resolution MRI ± transrectal Ultrasound examination,positive perienteric lymph node(LN): short diameter ≥10mm LN or LN with typical metastatic shape and MRI character, clinical data should be re-evaluated and judged by center evaluation group when there are contradictory stagings,distant metastasis were excluded by chest and abdominal enhanced CT and pelvic enhanced MRI,

Disqualifiers

Arrhythmia need anti-arrhythmia treatment(except β-blocking agent or Digoxin),symptomatic coronary heart disease or myocardial ischemia(myocardial infarction within 6 months) or congestive heart-failure (CHF) > NYHA grade II,

Severe hypertension not well controlled by drugs,

HIV infection history or active phase of chronic Hepatitis B or C(high copies of virus DNA),

Active tuberculosis(TB),accepting anti-TB treatment or anti-TB treatment within 1 year before trial screen,

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • watch and wait

Treatment groups

47 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group