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NCT06802666
Short-course Radiotherapy Followed by AK112 and CAPOX as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
Phase 2 trial testing short-course radiotherapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer in 45 participants. Currently enrolling.
1 September 2026
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 2 |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | na |
| Design | single group |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 45 |
| Start date | 16 October 2024 |
| Primary completion | 1 September 2026 |
| Estimated completion | 30 December 2027 |
| Sites | 1 location across China |
Drugs / interventions tested
- short-course radiotherapy
- Ivonescimab — full drug profile →
- capecitabine (capecitabine) — full drug profile →
- oxaliplatin (Oxaliplatin) — full drug profile →
- TME surgery
Conditions studied
- Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer — all drugs for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer →
- Neoadjuvant Therapy — all drugs for Neoadjuvant Therapy →
Sponsor
Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Who can join
Adults 18 to 75, any sex, with Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer or Neoadjuvant Therapy. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of short-course radiotherapy followed by AK112 in combination with CAPOX as neoadjuvant therapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of radioresistance: decoding macrophage-driven radioprotective niches through temporal-spatial reprogramming.
Zhang M, Zhang X, Song X, Bai R, et al · · 2026 · PMID 41776613 · DOI 10.1186/s12943-026-02598-6
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- PubMed search for NCT06802666
- Europe PMC full search
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06802666 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Last refreshed: 31 January 2025
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