NCT04928807Active, not recruitingPhase 3
Short-Course Radiotherapy Followed by Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Camrelizumab in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer (UNION)
A Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label, Controlled Phase III Clinical Trial of Short-Course Radiotherapy Followed by Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Camrelizumab in the Treatment for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The study is a multicenter, open-label, randomized controlled clinical study, and the purpose of the study is to compare the pathological complete response rate (PCR) of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated with short-term radiotherapy, sequential Camrelizumab and CAPOX (group A) to long-term concurrent chemoradiotherapy, sequential CAPOX (group B) in patients with LARC. A total of 230 patients were included in this study.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 231 (actual)
- First submitted
- 14 Jun 2021
- Start date
- 20 Jul 2021
- Primary completion date
- 1 Mar 2023
- Lead sponsor
- Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Diseases
- Colorectal cancer
- NCT number
- NCT04928807
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 231
- From 20 Jul 2021 to the primary completion date, 1 Mar 2023
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Have received or are receiving any of the following treatments:
- Any radiotherapy, chemotherapy or other anti-tumor drugs for tumor; Patients who need to be treated with corticosteroid (dose equivalent to prednisone of \>10 mg/day) or other immunosuppressive agents within 2 weeks prior to study drug administration; Received live attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks before the first use of the study drug; Major surgery or severe trauma within 4 weeks before the first use of the study drug;
- Severe infection (CTCAE \> 2) occurred within 4 weeks before the first use of the study drug; Baseline chest imaging revealed active pulmonary inflammation, signs and symptoms of infection within 14 days prior to the first use of the study drug, or oral or intravenous antibiotic therapy, except for prophylactic use of antibiotics;
Other illness
- Documented history of allergy to study drugs, including any component of Camrelizumab, capecitabine, irinotecan, oxaliplatin and other platinum drugs;
- Any active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease;
- Have a history of immunodeficiency, including HIV positive, or other acquired or congenital immunodeficiency diseases, or have a history of organ transplantation or allogeneic bone marrow transplantation;
- There are clinical symptoms or diseases of heart that are not well controlled;
- Patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis infection found by medical history or CT examination, or with a history of active pulmonary tuberculosis infection within one year before enrollment, or with a history of active pulmonary tuberculosis infection more than one year ago but without regular treatment;
- The presence of active hepatitis B (HBV DNA \> 2000 IU/mL or 104 copies/mL) was positive for hepatitis C (hepatitis C antibody) and HCV RNA was higher than the lower limit of analytical method;
Other
- Female subject who is pregnant or breastfeeding;
- Patients who are not suitable for participation in clinical trials in the opinion of the investigator
Who the study is looking for
- Patients or their family members agree to participate in the study and sign the informed consent form;
- Age 18-75 years, male or female;
- Histologically confirmed T3-44 and/or N+ rectal adenocarcinoma (AJCC/UICC TNM staging (8th Edition, 2017);
- inferior margin ≤ 10 cm from the anal verge;
- It is expected to reach R0;
- ECOG performance status score is 0-1;
- Swallowing pills normally;
- Untreated with anti-tumor therapy for rectal cancer, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, surgery, etc;
- Surgical treatment is planned after neoadjuvant treatment;
- There was no operative contraindication;
- Laboratory tests were required to meet the following requirements:
- white blood cell (WBC) ≥ 4×109/L; Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5×109/L; Platelet count ≥ 100×109/L; Hemoglobin ≥90 g/L; Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN); Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 × ULN; Serum creatinine ≤1.5 times the upper limit of normal value or creatinine clearance rate ≥50 mL/min; International normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 × ULN; Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN
- Males or females with reproductive ability who are willing to use contraception in the trial;
Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wuhan | China | Unknown status |
Related publications
- Neoadjuvant short-course radiotherapy followed by camrelizumab and chemotherapy versus standard of care for locally advanced rectal cancer (UNION): a prespecified interim analysis of a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial.Lancet Oncol · 2026 · PMID 42927765
- Gut microbiome components predict response to neoadjuvant short-course radiotherapy followed by camrelizumab and chemotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer (UNION): a prospective study.Front Pharmacol · 2026 · PMID 42292847
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