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)
MAC7 (NCT00075764) trial: Phase III Randomized Trial of Anastrozole Versus Anastrozole and Fulvestrant as First Line Therapy for Post Menopausal Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer has been permenantly closed.
Objectives: To compare time to tumour progression in post-menopausal women with metastatic breast cancer treated with anastrozole versus anastrozole and fluvestrant. For more information please visit the CCTG MAC7 trial page.
REC.3 (NCT02761057), A Randomized, Phase II Efficacy Assessment of Multiple MET Kinase Inhibitors (Cabozantinib [NSC #761968], Crizotinib [NSC #749005],Savolitinib [NSC #785348], and Sunitinib [NSC #736511]) in Metastatic Papillary Renal Carcinoma (PAPMET), has been closed to accrual after completion of target accrual. Treatment and follow-up of accrued patients will continue according to the protocol.
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.
The CCTG Central Office will be closed on some dates during the holidays with partial staff coverage, there is also information on shipment of specimens for banking and kit supply and BARL holiday schedule. Web-based applications (i.e. MANGO, GCP) will still be available and regular business hours will resume on Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 8:30 am EST.
Next year is almost here and in 2020 CCTG will be marking our 40th anniversary! We would like to recognize this milestone and the hard work of our clinical trials network across Canada at an anniversary celebration during the 2020 CCTG Spring Meeting.
Event details to follow in the New Year - make sure to save the date and celebrate 40 years of clinical trial excellence.
About 32 percent of older, sicker patients enrolled on a leukemia clinical trial experienced serious side effects from a treatment that combined a chemotherapy and an immunotherapy drug, leading investigators to pause the trial and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to eventually pull the combination from the current study. The study was presented by Dr. Annette Hay at the 61st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting the world’s largest conference devoted to blood diseases and blood cancers like lymphoma, the findings serve as both triumph and warning.
A Genetic, Risk-Stratified Randomized Phase II Study of Four Fludarabine/Antibody Combinations For Patients with Symptomatic Previously Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. This randomized phase II trial studies how well fludarabine (fludarabine phosphate) and rituximab with or without lenalidomide or cyclophosphamide work in treating patients with symptomatic chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
The MEC4 (Alliance A091201) trial, a Randomized Phase II Study Comparing the MET Inhibitor Cabozantinib to Temozolomide/Dacarbazine in Ocular Melanoma has permanently closed.
