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
Comparing Palliative Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy vs. Palliative Standard Radiotherapy in Patients with Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
LND101 for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Combination with Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Patients with Advanced Melanoma
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
STRIDE (durvalumab + tremelimumab) with Lenvatinib vs STRIDE Alone in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma (SLIDE-HCC)
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
MA.39 - Tailor RT: A Randomized Trial of Regional Radiotherapy in Biomarker Low Risk Node Positive Breast Cancer
The randomization of the first MA.39 patient has been completed by the Juravinski Cancer Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences on October 16, 2018 - Congratulations! This site is lead by the Study Chair Tim Whelan and has four additional patients registered.
The CCTG CEC.5 trial: A Phase II Study of Corticosteroid + Bevacizumab vs Corticosteroid + Placebo (BeST) for Radionecrosis after Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases has officially closed to accrual as of October 12, 2018.
Primary Objective: To investigate whether the addition of bevacizumab to standard corticosteroid therapy results in greater improvement in symptoms (clinical and patient-reported symptom improvement associated with radionecrosis and less radionecrosis treatment-induced symptoms) compared with standard corticosteroid therapy.
Why are cancer clinical trials important? Find out in this video interview with Dr. Rebecca Auer.
A new trial, Nivolumab, Ipilimumab in Patients With Hyper Mutated Cancers Detected in Blood (NIMBLe) will soon open at centers in the US and Canada. Trial researchers will initially explore the use of non-invasive approaches to confirm POLE and POLD1 mutations in solid tumors and to investigate whether those tumors are responsive to immunotherapy.
Canadian Cancer Trials group is providing an update about the previously planned BI.3 trial "A Phase II/III Trial Comparing Cisplatin Plus Acelarin to Cisplatin Plus Gemcitabine in First-Line Treatment of Locally Advanced or Metastatic Biliary Tract Cancer". The BI.3 trial will not be proceeding to move forward through the planned academic consortium as lead by CCTG, the partnering company has made a strategic decision to undertake the study as an industry-sponsored trial.
It is anticipated that RIPPLE (Roster Interface Program and Participants List Environment) version 3.0 will be rolled out on October 19, 2018.
On Wednesday September 19th 2018, CCTG's Director, Dr. Janet Dancey aired on the Blind Date with Knowledge radio show. During her interview Dr. Dancey talks about Evolving Clinical Trials through Collaboration. She discussed how the collaborative study of medical interventions in the treatment of cancer has expanded to also investigate how lifestyle, radiation, surgical, and smoke cessation interventions can affect the entire spectrum of cancer treatment.
