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HDAC Inhibitor Combination with Chemoimmunotherapy in the Neoadjuvant Treatment of PMMR Locally Advanced Colon Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of Chidamide + Tislelizumab + chemotherapy (CapeOX ) and CapeOX in Colon Adenocarcinoma, sponsored by Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-11-29.

Sponsored by Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Sep 2025, 1 year ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Oct 2024; still recruiting 1 year 11 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this clinical trial is to learn the safety and efficacy of HDAC inhibitors in combination with neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy compared to neoadjuvant therapy in the treatment of locally advanced colon cancer.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

Can HDAC inhibitors combined with neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy improve the rate of pCR and complete resection in patients? Are HDAC inhibitors combined with neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy safe and reliable? Does the combination of HDAC inhibitors and neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy achieve a better long-term prognosis than neoadjuvant therapy?

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Conditions studied

  • Colon Adenocarcinoma

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Keywords

  • HDAC inhibitors
  • pMMR/MSS
  • neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy
  • Oxaliplatin
  • Capecitabine
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In context

Colonic Neoplasms

1,432 studies on the registry are indexed under Colonic Neoplasms; 357 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 100 is above the median of 90 across 1,034 interventional studies indexed under Colonic Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University is the lead sponsor of 115 studies on the registry; 41 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Signed written informed consent to voluntarily join this study
  2. Patients with colon cancer who are assessed by abdominal contrast-enhanced CT/abdominopelvic MRI as high-risk T3 (tumor destroys muscle wall and extends to pericolonic fat, protruding more than 5 mm into adjacent mesenteric fat) or T4 (tumor penetrates the visceral peritoneal surface or directly invades or adheres to adjacent organs or structures).
  3. Adenocarcinoma of the colon confirmed by histopathological examination.
  4. At least 18 years old, male or female.
  5. Uncomplicated primary tumors (Perforation ; obstruction and bleeding that cannot be relieved by intervention)
  6. The lower edge of the tumor is more than 12cm away from the anus.
  7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
  8. Adequate bone marrow, liver, renal, and coagulation function as assessed by the laboratory as required by the protocol
  9. Have not received any anti-tumor therapy for cancer in the past, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, surgery, etc.;

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. History of previous allergy to monoclonal antibodies, any component of HDACi, and capecitabine;
  2. Has received or is receiving any of the following treatments in the past:

    1. Received any treatment against the mechanism of action of tumor immunity, such as immunization, HDACi, etc.
    2. Immunosuppressive drugs, or systemic hormonal drugs within 2 weeks prior to the first use of the study drug to achieve immunosuppressive purposes
    3. Receipt of a live attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to the first use of study drug;
    4. Major surgery or severe trauma within 4 weeks prior to the first use of study drug;
    5. Receipt of systemic non-specific immunomodulatory therapy within 2 weeks prior to the first dose; Have received Chinese herbal medicines or proprietary Chinese medicines with anti-tumor indications within 2 weeks before the first dose.
  3. Has any active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease, including but not limited to: interstitial pneumonia, enteritis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, vasculitis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism,
  4. dMMR/MSI-H;
  5. Presence of cardiac clinical symptoms or diseases that are not well controlled,
  6. Severe infection (CTCAE > grade 2) within 4 weeks prior to the first use of study drug, with active tuberculosis infection found by medical history or CT examination,
  7. Presence of active hepatitis B, hepatitis C 8.5 years of diagnosis of other malignant tumors, (adequately treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix, etc., can be considered for enrollment);
  1. Pregnant or lactating females; 10. As judged by the investigator, there are other factors that may lead to forced termination of the study, such as other serious diseases (including mental illnesses) requiring concomitant treatment, alcoholism, drug abuse, family or social factors, and factors that may affect the safety or compliance of the subject.
  1. Have a history of immunodeficiency, including a positive HIV test, or have other acquired or congenital immunodeficiency disorders, or have a history of organ transplantation or allogeneic bone marrow transplantation;
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
100 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Chidamide + Tislelizumab + chemotherapy (CapeOX )

    4 cycles of combination therapy (q3w; Day1 Oxaliplatin, 130mg/m2, iv.gtt; tislelizumab, 200mg/m2 iv.gtt; Day1,4,8,11Chidamide 20 mg BIW,PO; Day1-Day14, capecitabine 850-1000mg/m2, BID, PO)

    Drug: Chidamide + Tislelizumab + chemotherapy (CapeOX )

  • Active comparator
    Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (CapeOX)

    4 cycles Capeex (q3w; Day1 Oxaliplatin, 130mg/m2, iv.gtt; Day1-Day14, capecitabine, 850-1000mg/m2, BID, PO. )

    Drug: CapeOX

Interventions

  • DrugChidamide + Tislelizumab + chemotherapy (CapeOX )

    Chidamide + Tislelizumab + chemotherapy (CapeOX regimen): 4 cycles of combination therapy (q3w; Day1 Oxaliplatin, 130mg/m2, iv.gtt; tislelizumab, 200mg/m2 iv.gtt; Day1,4,8,11Chidamide 20 mg BIW,PO; Day1-Day14, capecitabine 850-1000mg/m2, BID, PO) ;After completing the surgery, Post-operation 4 cycles of Capeox

  • DrugCapeOX

    4 cycles (q3w; Day1 Oxaliplatin, 130mg/m2, iv.gtt; Day1-Day14, capecitabine, 850-1000mg/m2, BID, PO. ) Post-operation 4 cycles of Capeox

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. pCR

    pCR was defined as the absence, from surgical samples, of malignant cells in the primary site and regional lymph nodes

    Time frame: The pCR rate will be evaluated after surgery, an average of 12 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Disease-free survival

    Defined as the time from randomization to relapse or death, whichever occurred first.

    Time frame: 3 years

  2. Overall survival (OS)

    Defined as the time from randomization to date of death due to any cause according to RECIST version 1.1 recorded in the time period between randomization and disease progression or death to any cause

    Time frame: 3 years

  3. MPR

    After neoadjuvant therapy, the percentage of residual viable tumor cells in the tumor bed ≤ 10%. Regardless of whether there are viable tumor cells left in the lymph nodes

    Time frame: From enrollment to 12 Weeks of treatment end

  4. Curative resection

    Curative resection defined as complete tumor resection with all margins being negative.

    Time frame: From enrollment to 12 Weeks of treatment end

  5. ORR

    Objective response is defined as a complete response (CR) or response (PR) according to RECIST v1.1

    Time frame: From enrollment to 12 Weeks of treatment end

  6. Down-staging of primary tumors

    Down-staging of the resected tumour as measured by histopathological tumour diameter and stage according to the TNM staging system of AJCC (7th version).

    Time frame: From enrollment to 12 Weeks of treatment end

  7. Postoperative complications

    Rate of surgical complications, such as intraoperative hemorrhage, anastomotic leakage, intestinal obstruction, etc.

    Time frame: 3 years

  8. Grade 3-4 adverse effects rate

    Rate of chemotherapy andHDACI and immunotherapy related severe adverse events

    Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 3 years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University
    Chongqing, Chongqing 400000, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

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  • Xie Y, Tang P, Xing X, Zhao Y, Cao S, Liu S, Lu X, Zhong L. In situ exploring Chidamide, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, induces molecular changes of leukemic T-lymphocyte apoptosis using Raman spectroscopy. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2020 Nov 5;241:118669. doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.118669. Epub 2020 Jul 2. PubMed 32653824 ↗
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Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 29, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06709885
Lead sponsor
Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University
Collaborators
Southwest Hospital, China, Xinqiao Hospital of Chongqing, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Chongqing Shapingba District People's Hospital, Chongqing Seventh People's Hospital, Chongqing Fifth Hospital RENJI Hospital Chongqing, The 13th People's Hospital of Chongqing
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 29, 2024
Start date
Oct 15, 2024
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 30, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 29, 2024

Study contacts

fan li, PhD
Contact
levinecq@163.com
18696539200
fan Li, PhD
study chair · Third Military Medical University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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