Neoadjuvant Short-course Radiotherapy Followed by the Combination of Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

• 1. Pathological confirmed rectal adenocarcinoma and the distance from anal verge less than 12 cm;

     2. Clinical stage T3-4 and/or N+ (AJCC 8th);
     3. No distant metastases;
     4. Age 18-70 years old, female and male;
     5. ECOG 0-1;
     6. No previous chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy or other anti-tumor treatment;
     7. Adequate organ function defined at baseline as:
     8. ANC ≥1.5×109 /L，PLt ≥75×109 /L，Hb ≥90 g/L;
     9. TBIL ≤1.5×ULN, ALT ≤2.5ULN, AST ≤2.5ULN, BUN and Cr ≤1×ULN or Ccr ≥50ml/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula);
     10. INR ≤1.5×ULN or PT ≤1.5×ULN (If the patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy, PT should be within the intended use range of the anticoagulant drug);
     8. With good compliance and no serious comorbidity;
     9. Women of childbearing age must have taken reliable contraceptive measures or have a pregnancy test (serum or urine) within 7 days prior to enrollment and the results are negative;
     10. Subject volunteers to join the study, sign the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• 1. History of other uncured malignancies within 5 years. Cured tumor with good prognosis, such as skin basal cell carcinoma, cervical cancer and superficial bladder cancer, will be excluded;

     2. Have received surgery within 4 weeks before the enrollment;
     3. History of obstruction within 6 months before the enrollment;
     4. History of active autoimmune disease, interstitial lung disease, epilepsy and dysphrenia;
     5. With uncontrolled cardiovascular disease: active coronary heart disease; grade III-IV cardiac insufficiency according to the NYHA criteria; and myocardial infarction within 1 year;
     6. With active infection or fever of >38.5 ℃ with unknown cause (tumor-induced fever judged could be enrolled);
     7. DPD deficiency;
     8. Allergic to any component of chemotherapy or immunotherapy;
     9. With congenital or acquired immunodeficiency (such as those with HIV infection), active hepatitis B or hepatitis C;
     10. Usage of corticosteroids (prednison dose of > 10 mg/day) or other immunosuppressors for systemic treatment within the first 14 days of research;
     11. Receive attenuated live vaccine within 4 weeks before the research;
     12. Pregnant women or breast-feeding women;
     13. With other factors that would force to terminate the clinical trial ahead of time, such as the development of other severe comorbidity that required combined treatment, and family or social factors affecting the safety of patients or experimental data collection, as judged by the researchers.