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CAPOX and Ivonescimab for Locally Advanced Colon Cancer

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What is being tested

Ivonescimab

+ Oxaliplatin

+ Capecitabine

Drug
Who is being recruted

Colonic Diseases+8

+ Colonic Neoplasms

+ Digestive System Diseases

From 18 to 75 Years
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Phase 2
Interventional
Study Start: April 2025
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Summary

Principal SponsorSun Yat-sen University
Study ContactPeirong Ding, MD, Ph D
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: April 28, 2025

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

This clinical trial is exploring a new treatment approach for patients with a specific type of colon cancer known as locally advanced, high-risk recurrent MSS/pMMR-type. The study is comparing the effects of a standard chemotherapy treatment, called CAPOX, to the combination of CAPOX with a new drug named Ivonescimab. Ivonescimab is an innovative antibody that targets two specific proteins, PD-1 and VEGF-A, which are involved in cancer growth. This study is important because it may offer a more effective treatment option for this group of colon cancer patients, potentially improving their outcomes. Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to receive either the standard CAPOX chemotherapy alone or CAPOX combined with Ivonescimab. The treatment is given before surgery to shrink the tumor, making it easier to remove. The study will evaluate how well each treatment works in reducing the tumor size and its safety profile. By comparing these two approaches, researchers aim to determine if adding Ivonescimab to the standard chemotherapy regimen provides any additional benefits or risks to patients.

Official TitleA Prospective, Randomized Phase II Study Evaluating CAPOX Combined with Ivonescimab (a PD-1/VEGF-A Bispecific Antibody) Versus CAPOX Alone As Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients with Locally Advanced Colon Cancer.
NCT06790212
Principal SponsorSun Yat-sen University
Study ContactPeirong Ding, MD, Ph D
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

168 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 18 to 75 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Colonic DiseasesColonic NeoplasmsDigestive System DiseasesDigestive System NeoplasmsGastrointestinal DiseasesGastrointestinal NeoplasmsIntestinal DiseasesIntestinal NeoplasmsNeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteColorectal Neoplasms

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Histologically confirmed locally advanced resectable colon adenocarcinoma (colon cancer located more than 12 cm from the anal verge); 2. Imaging staging is T4, or T3 (with invasion of the muscularis propria ≥5 mm) combined with at least one of the following risk factors: number of metastatic lymph nodes ≥1, extramural vascular invasion (EMVI+), involvement of the mesocolic fascia. (TNM clinical staging (cTNN) according to the 8th edition of AJCC/UICC guidelines); 3. No distant metastasis; 4. At least one measurable lesion ; 5. Immunohistochemical testing of endoscopic biopsy samples by the study center's pathology department confirms diagnosis as pMMR, or genetic testing confirms MSS/MSS-L status (by PCR or NGS method); 6. No prior anti-tumor treatment for colorectal cancer; 7. Age ≥18 years and ≤75 years, regardless of gender; 8. ECOG performance status score 0-1; 9. Signed written informed consent before enrollment; 10. Expected survival of more than 12 weeks; 11. Adequate organ and bone marrow function. Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of allergic diseases, severe drug allergies, or known allergy to large molecular weight protein formulations or Ivonesimab; 2. Cardiopulmonary insufficiency or hepatic and renal insufficiency that cannot tolerate CAPOX chemotherapy, known allergies to oxaliplatin, capecitabine, irinotecan; 3. Presence of distant metastases; 4. Incomplete or complete bowel obstruction; however, patients can be enrolled if the obstruction is relieved by conservative treatment, intestinal stenting, or colostomy; 5. History of significant bleeding tendency or coagulation disorders; 6. Any of the following complications: 1. Major gastrointestinal hemorrhage, perforation 2. Symptomatic cardiac disease (including unstable angina, myocardial infarction, and heart failure) 3. Uncontrolled diabetes and hypertension 4. Uncontrolled diarrhea (despite adequate treatment, it still interferes with daily activities) 7. Patients who are using immunosuppressants, systemic, or absorbable topical steroids for immunosuppressive purposes (dose \>10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent), and continue to use them within 2 weeks before enrollment; 8. History of uncontrolled cardiac symptoms or diseases; 9. Previous history of thyroid dysfunction that cannot be maintained within normal range despite medication; 10. Use of traditional Chinese medicine immune modulators within 2 weeks before official treatment, or received systemic chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biological therapy, or other anti-tumor treatments including traditional Chinese medicine within 4 weeks prior to enrollment; 11. Previous exposure to immunotherapy, including immune checkpoint inhibitors, immune cell therapy, or any treatment targeting tumor immune mechanisms; 12. Previous exposure to systemic bevacizumab or its biosimilars; 13. Active infection or unexplained fever \>38.5°C during screening or before the first dose (patients with fever due to tumor, as determined by the investigator, may be eligible); 14. Objective evidence of pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, radiation pneumonitis, drug-induced pneumonia, active tuberculosis, or severely impaired lung function; 15. Congenital or acquired immunodeficiency (such as HIV-infected individuals, HIV 1/2 antibody positive); 16. For patients with positive acute or chronic active hepatitis B, HBV DNA testing must be performed. If the HBV DNA copy number ≤2×10\^3 copies/mL or ≤400 IU/mL or below the limit of detection, they may enroll. HBsAg (+) patients should receive antiviral therapy throughout the study period to prevent viral reactivation. For patients who are anti-HBc (+), HBsAg (-), anti-HBs (-), and HBV viral load (-), prophylactic antiviral therapy is not required but close monitoring for viral reactivation is necessary; 17. Acute or chronic active hepatitis C (HCV), defined as HCV antibody positive and HCV RNA levels above the limit of detection; 18. Vaccination with live vaccines less than 4 weeks before the start of study medication or likely to occur during the study period; 19. Known history of psychotropic drug abuse, alcoholism, or drug addiction; 20. Pregnant or breastfeeding women, and men and women unwilling to use contraception.

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Three cycles of neoadjuvant treatment with CAPOX plus Ivonescimab, followed by radical surgery 4 to 5 weeks after the last oxaliplatin dose.

Group II

Active Comparator
Three cycles of neoadjuvant CAPOX treatment, followed by radical surgery 4 to 5 weeks after the last dose of oxaliplatin.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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