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)
The Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) is pleased to announce that our Director, Dr. Janet Dancey, has been elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS), which represents Canadian health sciences internationally and informs solutions that improve the health of all Canadians.
Publication for BL12: A Multicentre Randomized Phase II Trial Comparing Nab-Paclitaxel to Paclitaxel in Patients with Advanced Urothelial Cancer Progressing on or after a Platinum Containing Regimen
The results for the CCTG PA7 trial were recently presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) virtual Congress. The CCTG lead for this study, Dr. Daniel Renouf, reported on key results of the PA7 Randomized Phase II Trial of Gemcitabine and Nab-Paclitaxel vs Gemcitabine, Nab-Paclitaxel, Durvalumab and Tremelimumab as 1st Line Therapy in Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Randomized Phase II Study of Gemcitabine (GEM) and Nab-Paclitaxel (Nab-P) vs. GEM, Nab-P, Durvalumab (D) and Tremelimumab (T) as First Line study.
CCTG would like to extend condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Dr. Libni Joseph Eapen who passed suddenly last week. Dr. Eapen was a researcher and radiation oncologist at the Ottawa Cancer Centre for the entirety of his career, he dedicated his 66 years to learning, teaching, humour and healing.
Condolences can be left on his obituary page https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/ottawa-on/libni-eapen-9358605
The Phase 2 clinical trial will analyze blood-based biomarkers versus conventional radiography for cancer patients treated with immunotherapy; findings could change direction of lung cancer treatment
BRC8 MRI Brain Surveillance Alone versus MRI Surveillance and Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation (PCI): A Randomized Phase III Trial in Small-Cell Lung Cancer (MAVERICK)" has been centrally activated.
Congratulations to the 2019-2020 New Investigator Cancer Trials Practicum graduates!