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"Very good" responder patients will be randomly assigned to proctectomy within 2-4 weeks after the end of the induction chemotherapy.

"Very good" responder patients will be randomly assigned to receive chemoradiotherapy combining the administration of oral capecitabine (1600 mg/m2/day, BID) and radiotherapy at a total dose of 50 grays (2Gy/day, 5 days a week, 5 weeks, boost 6 Gy).

"Good or poor" responder patients will be randomly assigned to receive chemoradiotherapy combining the administration of oral capecitabine (1600 mg/m2/day, BID) and radiotherapy at a total dose of 50 grays (2Gy/day, 5 days a week, 5 weeks, boost 6 Gy).

"Good or poor" responder patients will be randomly assigned to receive chemoradiotherapy combining the administration of oral capecitabine (1600 mg/m2/day, BID) and radiotherapy at a total dose of 60 grays (2Gy/day, 5 days a week, 6 weeks, boost 14 Gy).

A short (4 cycles) and intensive trichemotherapy combinig irinotecan 180 mg/m2, oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2, elvorin 200 mg/m2, 5-Fu (bolus 400 mg/m2, followed by a 46-hour continuous infusion 2,400 mg/m2) will be delivered for 8 weeks (D1=D15).

Induction trichemotherapy - FOLFIRINOX regimen

Two weeks after the CT completion, the tumor volume will be measured by MRI with specific software which automatically borders the tumor so as to determine the early tumor response. A centralized reassessment of all MRI exams will be systematically performed by two radiologists of the coordinator center.

Early tumor response evaluation by MRI volumetry

RCT Cap 50 will combine radiotherapy at a dose of 50 Gy by either conventional 3D or IMRT (2 Gy per fraction, 5 fractions per week during 5 weeks / 44 Gy in mini pelvis, and boost 6 Gy on reduced peritumoral volume) with concomitant oral capecitabine at 1600 mg/m2 per day delivered the days of RT treatment (2 daily intake).

Radiochemotherapy Cap 50

RCT Cap 60 will combine radiotherapy at a dose of 60 Gy by either conventional 3D or IMRT (2 Gy per fraction, 5 fractions per week during 6 weeks / 44 Gy in mini pelvis, and boost 16 Gy on reduced peritumoral volume) with concomitant oral capecitabine at 1600 mg/m2 per day delivered the days of RT treatment (2 daily intake)

Radiochemotherapy Cap 60

The proctectomy can be performed by laparoscopic surgery or conventional laparotomy.

Radical proctectomy with total mesorectal excision

Philippe ROUANET, MD, Ph D

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the tailored management of locally advanced rectal carcinoma can improve the oncologic and functional outcome.

Locally advanced rectal carcinoma raise the issue of both the oncological control, local and general, and the therapeutic morbidity. Surgery alone can cure only one out of two patients, radiochemotherapy improves the local control but the metastatic risk remains about 30% with enhanced postoperative morbidity and poor functional results. The tumor response to preoperative treatment is the major prognostic factor which revealed the aggressiveness of the tumor. To this day, there are no biologic predictive markers for tumor response.

The purpose of this trial is to tailor the management according to the early tumoral response after short and intensive induction trichemotherapy. MRI volumetric tumor response will be used to distinguish between good responders and bad responders.

"Very good" responders will be randomized to either immediate surgery or radiochemotherapy followed by surgery (Standard arm: Cap 50). "Good or bad" responders will be randomized between two arms: intensive radiochemotherapy (Cap 60) or the standard arm (Cap 50).

This tailored management should result in a better oncologic prognosis with a lower rate of post therapeutic functional disorders.

Multicenter Phase 2 Trial: a Tailored Strategy for Locally Advanced Rectal Carcinoma

A Randomized Multicenter Phase 2 Study: a Tailored Strategy for Locally Advanced Rectal Carcinoma

To confirm the feasibility of a tailored management with a 90% R0 resection rate achieved for all arms.

To specify the efficiency of MRI for prognosis in terms of volumetry, downstaging, downsizing and CRM measurement after completion of the induction trichemotherapy.

To measure the compliance rate to the whole neoadjuvant schedule (induction CT + radiochemotherapy)

To evaluate overall toxicity of neoadjuvant treatments (induction trichemotherapy + radiochemotherapy) according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v4.0 (NCI CTC v4.0).

To assess the pathological complete response rate (ypT0N0)

To assess at pathologic examination the tumor regression grade (TRG) according to the Dworak classification.

To assess the impact of the therapeutic strategy on perioperative and postoperative morbidity.

To assess the impact of the therapeutic strategy on the rate of sphincter-saving surgery.

To assess the long-term digestive,urinary and sexual functional results of tailored strategy

To assess the impact of treatments on quality of life according to the EORTC QLQ-C30.

To measure the local recurrence rate in each treatment arm.

To measure the incidence of distant metastases (liver, pulmonary, peritoneal, ganglionnary or any others) in each treatment arm.

Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for early tumor response evaluation by mri volumetry