ctDNA-Guided Immunotherapy for dMMR/MSI-H Colon Cancer
A Single-Arm Phase II Study of Circulating Tumor DNA-Guided Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy for dMMR/MSI-H Colon Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Deficient Mismatch Repair
- Microsatellite Instability-High (MSI-H)
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- Fudan University
- Enrolment target
- 23
- Started
- 14 September 2026
- Main results due
- 31 December 2027
- Study sites
- 1
- Registry updated
- 25 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Ages 18 years to 75 years.
- Open to any sex.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
These are the headline rules only. Every study has a longer list, and whether you are eligible is decided by the research team at the site — never by this page.
Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Written informed consent obtained before any study-related procedures. * Age 18 to 75 years, inclusive. * Histologically confirmed colon adenocarcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, or signet-ring cell carcinoma, with the tumor located at least 15 cm from the anal verge. * dMMR/MSI-H status confirmed by immunohistochemistry, polymerase chain reaction, or next-generation sequencing. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1 and an expected survival of at least 3 months. * Adequate hematologic, hepatic, renal, coagulation, thyroid, and cardiac function, as defined in the protocol. * Negative pregnancy test for women of childbearing potential; agreement to use highly effective contraception, when applicable. Exclusion Criteria: * Prior treatment with a PD-1 inhibitor, CTLA-4 inhibitor, or other immunotherapy. * Symptomatic or high-risk bowel obstruction, bleeding, perforation, pneumonitis, or other conditions that may compromise safe study participation. * Another malignancy diagnosed within 5 years before the first study treatment, except for specified definitively treated low-risk malignancies. * Current participation in another interventional clinical study, or receipt of another investigational drug or investigational device within 4 weeks before the first study treatment. * Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment within 2 years before the first study treatment, or recent systemic corticosteroid or other immunosuppressive therapy. * Uncontrolled pleural effusion or ascites, prior allogeneic organ transplantation (except corneal transplantation), or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. * Known hypersensitivity to any study drug component. * Toxicities or complications from prior treatment not recovered to Grade 1 or baseline, except for specified conditions. * HIV infection, untreated active hepatitis B infection, or active hepatitis C infection. * Receipt of a live vaccine within 30 days before the first study treatment. * Pregnancy or breastfeeding. * Any serious or uncontrolled systemic disease, active infection, clinically significant laboratory abnormality, or other condition that may interfere with study participation or place the participant at unacceptable risk, as judged by the investigator.
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
This prospective, multicenter, single-arm phase II interventional study evaluates whether longitudinal circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) monitoring can guide neoadjuvant immunotherapy and surgical decision-making in dMMR/MSI-H colon cancer. Participants with ctDNA clearance proceed to curative surgery, whereas those with persistent ctDNA positivity escalate to combined PD-1 and CTLA-4 inhibitor therapy.
Study sites(1)
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai, China
Recruiting
Showing 1 of 1 sites. 1 of the 1 site on this study is recruiting right now — a site can stop enrolling while the study as a whole is still open.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07841236. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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