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A Pilot Study Evaluating β-hydroxybutyrate Supplementation Concomitant to Short-Course Radiotherapy Followed by Immunotherapy Combined With CAPEOX Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
Sponsor: Tao Zhang
Summary
This study is a prospective phase II clinical trial aimed at exploring the potential benefits of supplementing β-hydroxybutyrate with existing short course radiotherapy sequential immunotherapy and CAPEOX therapy.
Official title: A Single-Arm, Single-Center Study of Exploring the β-hydroxybutyrate Supplementation and Short-Course Radiotherapy Followed by Immunotherapy Combined With CAPEOX Neoadjuvant Therapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 75 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
48
Start Date
2026-01-01
Completion Date
2027-06-01
Last Updated
2025-11-20
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Short-course radiotherapy
Eligible subjects will receive short-course radiotherapy (SCRT). One week after the end of treatment, subjects continued to receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Capecitabine
1000mg/m2, bid, po, d1-14,q3w
Oxaliplatin
130mg/m2, ivgtt, d1,q3w
TME surgery
The surgery was performed 1 week after the end of neoadjuvant therapy.
β-hydroxybutyrate
Oral β-hydroxybutyrate supplement (5g/day, starting from the day of first radiotherapy, lasting for 2 weeks).
Locations (1)
Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan, Hubei, China