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.
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)
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)
CCTG will be presenting the following at the 65th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, December 9-12, 2023, in San Diego, California. ASH is the world's largest professional gathering of both clinicians and scientists around the world who are working to conquer blood diseases.
CCTG SC.26: Emotion and Symptom-Focused Engagement (EASE): A Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention for Individuals with Acute Leukemia
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) takes place this year at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Centre, December 5-9, 2023. SABCS is an International scientific symposium for scientists and clinicians in breast cancer. The event is designed to provide state-of-the-art information on the experimental biology, etiology, prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of breast cancer and premalignant breast disease, to an international audience of academic and private physicians and researchers.
Permanent trial closure of the MA38 trial: Randomized Phase II Study Comparing Two Different Schedules of Palbociclib plus Second Line Endocrine Therapy in Women with Estrogen Receptor Positive, HER2 Negative Advanced/Metastatic Breast Cancer.
CCTG pleased to announce that the GA.4 study: A Randomized Phase II Study of Paclitaxel and Ramucirumab +/- Zanidatamab in HER2 Positive Advanced Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma has been centrally activated.
A very warm welcome to Jasmine Heuring who has joined the CCTG Patient Representatives Committee and will be supporting the Adolescents & Young Adults and Sarcoma Disease Site Committees. Jasmine is from Winnipeg Manitoba and is a cancer advocate and healthcare analyst.
From an article by Kevin Connor - Published Nov 12, 2023 • Toronto Sun
It is a full circle for Katy Kosyachkova.
The upcoming CCTG NE2 (STOPNET) trial was presented at the 25th Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group (AGITG) Annual Scientific Meeting that was held in Aotearoa New Zealand from November 13 – 16.
