CCTG has opened the anticipated international brain cancer study CCTG CE9 (LUMOS2) - joining forces with the Australian Cooperative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology (COGNO) to make enrollment accessible to Canadian patients.
Botensilimab + Balstilimab vs Best Supportive Care as Therapy in Chemo-refractory, Unresectable, Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: The BATTMAN Trial
STRIDE (durvalumab + tremelimumab) with Lenvatinib vs STRIDE Alone in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma (SLIDE-HCC)
The CCTG ES3 NEEDS international esophageal cancer clinical trial is now opened in Canada. The study is investigating whether delaying surgery for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus is as good as the current treatment.
Venetoclax and HMA-based Therapies for the Treatment of Older and Unfit Adults with Newly Diagnosed FLT3-mutated AML: A myeloMATCH Treatment Trial
Eradicating MRD in Patients with AML prior to Stem Cell Transplant (ERASE)
LUNA-2: LND101 in Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized Phase II Trial
VIGOR: Vorasidenib as Maintenance Treatment after First-line Chemoradiotherapy in IDH-mutant Grade 2 or 3 Astrocytoma
RAINBO-ORANGE: Treatment of Endometrial Cancer Based On Molecular Features
Delayed Reduced Volume and Dose Elective Ratiotherapy (REVERT) in Patients with HNSCC
In early November, our CCTG Patient Representative Committee Chair, Judy Needham was invited to Brussels, Belgium, as a Breast International Group (BIG) Patient Partner. During her visit she attended BIG Executive Board Meetings, Patient Partner Meetings, and was privileged to be invited to a luncheon with the Queen Mathilde of Belgium who is the honorary President of BIG.
With sadness CCTG acknowledges the passing of one of our influential international research partners, Mr Russell Conley. Russell was Chief Executive Officer of the Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group (AGITG) and the GI Cancer Institute for 22 years. He was instrumental in all of the growing list of CCTG and AGITG GI collaborations, including CO.17, CO.20, CO.23, CO.29, NE.2 as well as the Commonwealth Neuroendocrine Tumour Research Collaboration (CommNETs).
The recently opened CCTG PR25 clinical trial uses a personalized medicine approach to investigate and evaluate markers to determine which metastatic prostate cancer patients would benefit from treatment with carboplatin a drug used in other cancers but not routinely used in prostate cancer.
CCTG is excited to be hosting the new Clinical Research Associate (CRA) lunch and learn training program. This program is intended to provide CRAs with practical information and training around the activation and conduct of CCTG studies.
