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.
MODERN: An Integrated Phase 2/3 and Phase 3 Trial of MRD-Based Optimization of Adjuvant Therapy in Urothelial Cancer
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)
Comparing Palliative Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy vs. Palliative Standard Radiotherapy in Patients with Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
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
Botensilimab + Balstilimab or Botensilimab Alone vs Best Supportive Care as Therapy in Chemo-refractory, Advanced, Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: The BATTMAN Trial
CALMS: Combination Therapy with Luspatercept in Lower Risk MDS CTEP approval: 2024AUG27 (date of US Steering Committee Evaluation)
Lanreotide for the Prevention of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula
Role of Antibiotic Therapy or Immunoglobulin On iNfections in hAematoLogy Platform Trial - RATIONAL-PT
The CCTG BRC5 abstract was presented at the 2022 World Conference on Lung Cancer in Vienna, Austria as a Plenary 3: Presidential Symposium - Top Rated Abstracts. The presentation concluded that Sublobar resection (including wedge) are equivalent to lobectomy for stage I lung cancer <2cm. There is the potential that this could become a new standard of care with no difference in DFS or OS and similar rates of recurrence.
CCTG MAC22 TMIST - Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (NCT03233191) has accrued an impressive 10,027 Canadians to the study. Congratulations to the trial team and all of the participating centers across Canada.
A new CCTG national study has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Genome Canada to explore the ethical questions raised with emerging cancer technologies like CAR-T cell therapy.
Trial-specific DSMC Summary Reports are now posted on trial websites. Single-study centres participating on these trials should download these reports and submit them to their Research Ethics Boards if required by local policy. Trials currently under CCTG's DSMC oversight include:
Objectives: Primary: To determine the incremental cost-utility ratio of an early novel therapy approach (venetoclax-obinutuzumab) compared to a deferred approach in Canadian patients with high-risk CLL.
Please be aware that the trial PA6: Multicentre Randomized Phase III Trial Comparing 6-Month Adjuvant Chemotherapy With Gemcitabine Versus 5-fluorouracil, Leucovorin, Irinotecan and Oxaliplatin (mFolfirinox) In Patients With Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma has been permanently closed.
CCTG would like to welcome Bill Richardson a new Patient Representative who will be working with the Head and Neck disease site committee. Bill is located in Calgary with a microbiologist background and has worked in government, private industry, teaching and later moved to IT spending 30 years in the Kinesiology Faculty at the University of Calgary.
The CCTG New Investigator Clinical Trials Course is fast approaching and has already reached the maximum registration. The course will be held August 3 – 5, 2022 in Kingston, Ontario to provide and facilitate investigator education and training designed to educate new investigators from across the country about the essentials of clinical trial conduct in the Canadian research environment.
