For nearly half of people diagnosed with lung cancer, immunotherapy can slow the disease but not stop it. Funded through a $4 million joint investment from the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) and the Weston Family Foundation, a new clinical trial aims to change that.
Venetoclax and HMA-based Therapies for the Treatment of Older and Unfit Adults with Newly Diagnosed FLT3-mutated AML: A myeloMATCH Treatment Trial
VIGOR: Vorasidenib as Maintenance Treatment after First-line Chemoradiotherapy in IDH-mutant Grade 2 or 3 Astrocytoma
Autologous Stem Cell Transplant in Peripheral T Cell Lymphoma that Achieved a First Complete Remission (CR1) Following Induction Therapy (PTCL-STAT)
Lanreotide for the Prevention of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula
A new survey study SC32S, collecting sociodemographic data from clinical trial participants, has now opened across Canada. This study will help researchers understand the feasibility of using a survey to gather information about trial participants’ backgrounds and everyday lives.
Phase II Trial of ASTX727 and Venetoclax Compared with ASTX727, Venetoclax, and Enasidenib for New Diagnosed Older Adults with IDH2 Mutant AML - A myeloMATCH Substudy
Eradicating MRD in Patients with AML prior to Stem Cell Transplant (ERASE)
Investigating Precision Medicine in the Adjuvant setting: a phase III Clinical Trial in Biliary tract cancer (SAFIR IMPACT BTC)
LUNA-2: LND101 in Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized Phase II Trial
RAINBO-ORANGE: Treatment of Endometrial Cancer Based On Molecular Features
Delayed Reduced Volume and Dose Elective Radiotherapy (REVERT) in Patients with HNSCC
The next CCTG Clinical Research Associate (CRA) Lunch and Learn training session will be on Wednesday Jun 24th, 2025, at 12 pm ET, covering the top
IND.216: a phase II study of buparlisib and associated biomarkers, raptor and p70S6K, in patients with relapsed and refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Sarit Assouline, Lilian Amrein, Raquel Aloyz, Versha Banerji, Stephen Caplan, Carolyn Owen, Wanda Hasegawa, Sue Robinson, Sudeep Shivakumar, Anca Prica, Anthea Peters, Linda Hagerman, Laura Rodriguez, Tanya Skamene, Lawrence Panasci, Bingshu E. Chen & Annette E. Hay
CCTG Planned Trials
ALC5 - Novel Therapeutics vs Azacitidine in Patients with AML or High Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Aged 60 or Older (LEAP, Intergroup Less Intense AML Platform Trial) More >>
CRC9 (NCT04068103), Phase II/III study of Circulating tumor DNA as a predictive BiomaRker in Adjuvant chemotherapy in stage IIA colon cancer (COBRA), has been centrally activated.
This past week the central office has continued to support CCTG network activities including addressing impacts of COVID-19.
CCTG regulatory/ethics compliance and trial teams rolled out COVID-19 addenda for all trials. These addenda have been added to all CCTG trial pages to support sites and trial teams in our network. We are also incorporating an EDC form for the collection of COVID-19 information for designated trials.
As the health care systems in Canada ramp up to meet the coming COVID-19 (Coronavirus) challenges, the Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) recognizes that this may have an impact on the conduct and availability of cancer clinical trials.
People living with cancer are at an increased risk from COVID-19 because of underlying medical conditions and a compromised immune system. Patient care, safety and well-being are a priority while we work to minimize the impact and duration of this pandemic.
Dear Colleagues:
Across the country, people, patients and health care providers have been directly impacted by preparations and managing the effects of the COVID pandemic. We have all worked to implement measures to reduce risk of infection even as we have tried to maintain the best care for patients with cancer.
For CCTG, we have defined the following priorities
The CCTG BR31 (NCT02273375) trial, A Phase III Prospective Double Blind Placebo Controlled Randomized Study of Adjuvant MEDI4736 in Completely Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer has been closed to accrual to the main study.
The purpose of this study was to find out whether it is better to receive a new drug, MEDI4736, or better to receive no further treatment after surgery (and possibly chemotherapy) for lung cancer.
CCTG and its scope of research has been deemed an essential service by Queen’s University and we continue to be operational for our sites and trial patients. Given the critical nature of our research, we continue to monitor our activities and how trial adjustments can be made to ensure that patients can be managed on protocols.
The CCTG Operations and Statistics Centre has successfully completed the transition to a remote work environment with a small number of support staff in the offices.
