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2019 Annual Spring Meeting
The 2019 CCTG Annual Spring Meeting of Participants will be here before you know it! Make sure that you save the date: May 3 - 5, Chelsea Hotel, Toronto.
 
The Canadian Cancer Trials Group Annual Spring Meeting of Participants represents a major gathering of the Canadian oncology community where trials that cover the spectrum of cancer treatment are designed and reviewed.
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The IND234 clinical trial, conducted by the Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG), uses liquid biopsy technology to screen for genomic markers in prostate cancer patients.

After the liquid biopsy analysis, patients with specific DNA markers are assigned to one of five new therapies targeted at their unique form of prostate cancer. Researchers want to see if the markers identified in the screening process can help predict which patients will be helped the most by the targeted treatments.

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Citations for two previously published CCTG trials are now available online.

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 TAYLORx | CCTG MAC12

The New England Journal of Medicine Notable Articles of 2018 recognizes the significance of the TAYLORx | CCTG MAC12 study, in addition, the Journal of Clinical Oncology has also named TAILORx as one of the most important clinical research advances of 2018.

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CCTG is pleased to announce that the CRC7 has met its accrual goal of 1180 patients and has been closed to accrual. CCTG CRC.7 (N1048) trial: A Phase II/III Trial of Neoadjuvant FOLFOX, with Selective Use of Combined Modality Chemoradiation versus Preoperative Combined Modality Chemoradiation for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Patients Undergoing Low Anterior Resection with Total Mesorectal Excision (PROSPECT)

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Effective April 15, 2019, participants at our member sites will be required to attest to completion of this one-time training requirement prior to becoming active on a trial Participants List.

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Ibrutinib, the first in class Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor is the first targeted therapy approved in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and quickly became the standard of care treatment for relapsed and refractory CLL based on its demonstrated efficacy and safety. Prior to this trial Ibrutinib had not been compared against a standard of care chemo-immunotherapy. 

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Category: Trials

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:

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