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)
LND101 for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Combination with Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Patients with Advanced Melanoma
Addition of Docetaxel to Androgen Receptor Pathway Inhibitors in Patients with Metastatic Castration Sensitive Prostate Cancer and Suboptimal PSA Response (TRIPLE-SWITCH)
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 vs Best Supportive Care as Therapy in Chemo-refractory, Advanced, Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: The BATTMAN Trial
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)
PR21 A Randomized Phase II Study of 177Lu-PSMA-617 vs Docetaxel in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer and PSMA-Positive Disease has been centrally activated.
Holiday hours and days of operation for the CCTG central office, CCTG’s Tumour Tissue Data Repository and the Bay Area Research Logistics.
Everyone at CCTG would like to congratulate Dr Joseph Connors for his recent appointment to the Order of Canada, as one of 114 Canadian appointees “whose service has shaped our society; whose innovations ignite our imaginations; and whose compassion unites our communities.”
As with most events in 2020 the 62nd American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition was a virtual meeting held December 5-8. There were four presentations of note for trials that CCTG participated in.
Postmenopausal women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative breast cancer that has spread to a limited number of lymph nodes, and whose recurrence risk is relatively low, do not benefit from chemotherapy when it is added to hormone therapy, according to initial results from the MAC15 RxPONDER trial presented at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
MAC21 (NCT02927249), A Randomized Phase III Double Blinded Placebo Controlled Trial of Aspirin as Adjuvant Therapy for HER2 Negative Breast Cancer: The ABC Trial, has closed to accrual after completion of target accrual.
The HDC1 study: A Phase III Randomized Study of Nivolumab (Opdivo) or Brentuximab Vedotin (Adcetris) plus AVD in Patients (age >/= 12 Years) with Newly Diagnosed Advanced Stage Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma has been centrally activated in Canada.
Congratulations from CCTG! The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) has funded its first research grant focused specifically on rare and aggressive uterine cancers, a critical first step to better outcomes for people with these cancers to Dr Stephanie Lheureux.
