Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Combined With PD-1 Inhibitor and PCSK9 Inhibitor for pMMR/MSS Locally Advanced Mid-low Rectal Cancer

Summary

This is a multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled study to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy combined with PD-1 inhibitor and PCSK9 inhibitor in the treatment of patients with pMMR/MSS locally advanced middle and low rectal cancer.

Timeline

Start

2024-04

Primary completion

2026-04

Completion

2026-05

Publications

• Background Liu X, Bao X, Hu M, Chang H, Jiao M, Cheng J, Xie L, Huang Q, Li F, Li CY. Inhibition of PCSK9 potentiates immune checkpoint therapy for cancer. Nature. 2020 Dec;588(7839):693-698. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2911-7. Epub 2020 Nov 11.
• Background Cohen J, Pertsemlidis A, Kotowski IK, Graham R, Garcia CK, Hobbs HH. Low LDL cholesterol in individuals of African descent resulting from frequent nonsense mutations in PCSK9. Nat Genet. 2005 Feb;37(2):161-5. doi: 10.1038/ng1509. Epub 2005 Jan 16.
• Background Yang Z, Zhang X, Zhang J, Gao J, Bai Z, Deng W, Chen G, An Y, Liu Y, Wei Q, Han J, Li A, Liu G, Sun Y, Kong D, Yao H, Zhang Z. Rationale and design of a prospective, multicenter, phase II clinical trial of safety and efficacy evaluation of long course neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy plus tislelizumab followed by total mesorectal excision for locally advanced rectal cancer (NCRT-PD1-LARC trial). BMC Cancer. 2022 Apr 27;22(1):462. doi: 10.1186/s12885-022-09554-9.
• Background Abifadel M, Varret M, Rabes JP, Allard D, Ouguerram K, Devillers M, Cruaud C, Benjannet S, Wickham L, Erlich D, Derre A, Villeger L, Farnier M, Beucler I, Bruckert E, Chambaz J, Chanu B, Lecerf JM, Luc G, Moulin P, Weissenbach J, Prat A, Krempf M, Junien C, Seidah NG, Boileau C. Mutations in PCSK9 cause autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia. Nat Genet. 2003 Jun;34(2):154-6. doi: 10.1038/ng1161.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.