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.
Novel Therapeutics in Younger Patients with High-Risk AML (MM1YA-S01)
MODERN: An Integrated Phase 2/3 and Phase 3 Trial of MRD-Based Optimization of Adjuvant Therapy in Urothelial 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)
Radiotherapy to Block (CURB2) Oligoprogression In Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
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)
A new national initiative as been funded by the Canadian Cancer Society, through their Breakthrough Team Grant competition. The Canadian Network for Psychedelic-Assisted Cancer Therapy (CAN-PACT), is bringing together researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and people living with advanced cancer to explore the potential of psychedelic-assisted therapy as a transformative approach to cancer care. People with advanced cancer often experience profound emotional distress, including anxiety about end of life, fear of death, demoralization, and loss of hope. Emerging research suggests that psychedelic-assisted therapy, including psilocybin (the active compound in magic mushrooms), may offer fast-acting and long-lasting relief from these symptoms.
The recently opened ALC8 treatment trial will be testing the effects of novel therapeutics for newly diagnosed, untreated patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Researchers want to compare the usual treatment for high-risk AML with four different combinations of treatment. Treatment plans for AML often involve several phases but this study is focused on the first phase of treatment. These new treatment options could improve the success of further phases of treatment, but it is not clear if they offer better results than the usual treatment.
The CCTG CO28 correlative study: Tumour-free ctDNA detection as a decision tool to support organ preservation in node-negative rectal cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy, excision, and observation, was presented by Dr Jonathan Loree at GI ASCO 2025.
The myeloMATCH North American platform study is now open in Canada and comprises a series of clinical trials to treat patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).
MAC30 has recently opened in Canada and will compare two commonly used treatment choices for premenopausal women with ER-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer and a low to intermediate risk of recurrence.
The CCTG CO32 clinical trial testing chemotherapy alone versus chemotherapy plus radiotherapy prior to limited surgery for early rectal cancer has initiate in Canada.
Lanreotide for the Prevention of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula
Role of Antibiotic Therapy or Immunoglobulin On iNfections in hAematoLogy Platform Trial - RATIONAL-PT
Using SMART to optimize the stepped care delivery of TEMPO – a Tailored, dyadic, wEb-based physical activity and self-Management PrOgram for men with prostate cancer and their caregivers (TEMPO)
NeoAdjuvant-only or Peri-operative cemiplimab in high-grade localised soft-tissue SARcoma (NAPStAR)
Canadian Initiative to Measure, Predict and Assess Cancer Treatment Outcomes in Patients Treated with Immuno-Oncotherapeutics (CAN-IMPACT-IO)
Platinum and Taxane Chemo in Met Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients with Alterations in DNA Damage Response Genes
Addition of Docetaxel to Androgen Receptor Pathway Inhibitors in Patients with Metastatic Castration Sensitive Prostate Cancer and Suboptimal PSA Response (TRIPLE-SWITCH)
Doxorubicin + Pembrolizumab vs Doxorubicin for Treatment of Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma (UPS) and Related Poorly Differentiated Sarcomas
STRatIfication of Vulvar squamous cell carcinoma by HPV and p53 status to guide Excision: STRIVE Study
CCTG would like to welcome our new Patient Representative Haydn Bechthold who will be supporting the Gastrointestinal Disease Site Committee.
A very warm welcome to Jasmine Heuring who has joined the CCTG Patient Representatives Committee and will be supporting the Adolescents & Young Adults and Sarcoma Disease Site Committees. Jasmine is from Winnipeg Manitoba and is a cancer advocate and healthcare analyst.
A new CCTG national study has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Genome Canada to explore the ethical questions raised with emerging cancer technologies like CAR-T cell therapy.
Cancer is not a single disease; it is hundreds. Cancers of the lung, breast, prostate, and colon are the most common forms of the disease, and account for about half of all diagnoses. But less common forms of cancer also account for about half of diagnoses, and these are not as well studied.
