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.
Radiotherapy to Block (CURB2) Oligoprogression In Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
STRIDE (durvalumab + tremelimumab) with Lenvatinib vs STRIDE Alone in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma (SLIDE-HCC)
Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy with Response-Adapted Treatment vs Standard-Of-Care Treatment For Resectable Stage III/IV Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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.
Eradicating MRD in Patients with AML prior to Stem Cell Transplant (ERASE)
VIGOR: Vorasidenib as Maintenance Treatment after First-line Chemoradiotherapy in IDH-mutant Grade 2 or 3 Astrocytoma
Delayed Reduced Volume and Dose Elective Ratiotherapy (REVERT) in Patients with HNSCC
CALMS: Combination Therapy with Luspatercept in Lower Risk MDS CTEP approval: 2024AUG27 (date of US Steering Committee Evaluation)
Selective Index Node Resection vs Lymph Node Dissection after Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy for Stage IIIB-D Melanoma The Multicentre Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial-3 (MSLT-3)
Lanreotide for the Prevention of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula
CCTG is happy to welcome Carol Hill who will be supporting the IND program as a Patient Representative.
Over the last six months, Centre Representatives and Contact CRAs at Canadian CCTG participating centres have been asked to share some of the challenges they’ve been experiencing around patient accrual and trial activations. This has included a Virtual Road Show of six 90-minute regional sessions and two surveys to supplement Road Show discussions and attempt to drill down on specific issues impacting accrual and trial activations, including around funding that may be impacting centres’ ability and capacity to activate and enroll patients to trials.
The Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) has now activated the symptom control trial SC29 evaluating high precision stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) to conventional palliative radiotherapy (CRT) for patients with advanced cancer and a painful non-spine bone metastasis. SBRT represents a high dose treatment typically offered in the curative cancer setting; however, its role as a palliative treatment to improve pain for these patients is unknown.
The Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) is requesting applications for the volunteer position of Chair of the Patient Representative Committee.
In recent years, immunotherapies have emerged as a promising class of cancer drugs that harnesses the power of the immune system to fight cancer. But despite their life-saving potential, their effectiveness is limited: only 20 to 30 per cent of people with cancer benefit from them and some experience severe side effects without any therapeutic benefit.
