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Trial-specific DSMC Summary Reports are now posted

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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Patient Representative for the Melanoma Disease Site Committee

The Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) is currently seeking applications for a Patient Representative for the Melanoma Disease Site Committee. CCTG is an inclusive organization dedicated to building a diverse network. This is a volunteer role for membership on the Melanoma Disease Site Committee, the Melanoma Disease Site Executive Committee, and the CCTG Patient Representative Committee.

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Haydn Bechthold video interview

Haydn Bechthold is a Law Student conducting his studies in Toronto. In 2021, at the young age of 22, Haydn received a stage 3C rectal cancer diagnosis, followed by the identification of Lynch syndrome. Because of his unique cancer journey, he has taken the admirable initiative to volunteer as a Patient Representative, supporting the Gastrointestinal Disease Site Committee at CCTG.  

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Welcome to Patient Representative Deb Clark

CCTG is happy to welcome Carol Hill who will be supporting the IND program as a Patient Representative. 

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New - CCTG Centre Support Program

Over the last six months, Centre Representatives and Contact CRAs at Canadian CCTG participating centres have been asked to share some of the challenges they’ve been experiencing around patient accrual and trial activations. This has included a Virtual Road Show of six 90-minute regional sessions and two surveys to supplement Road Show discussions and attempt to drill down on specific issues impacting accrual and trial activations, including around funding that may be impacting centres’ ability and capacity to activate and enroll patients to trials. 

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honoured with the Order of Canada
Congratulations to Dr. Vicki Baracos on her recent appointment to the Order of Canada. Vickie's research has transformed our understanding of cachexia, a debilitating syndrome that causes rapid weight and muscle loss in patients with advanced-stage cancer, leaving them with a skin-and-bones appearance. Read More

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Publication: CRC6
CRC6: Improved Survival With Adjuvant Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibition in PIK3CA-Activated Stage III Colon Cancer: CALGB/SWOG 80702 (Alliance)
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CCTG SC29 trial opens in Canada, researchers will be evaluating stereotactic body radiotherapy for palliative pain management

The Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) has now activated the symptom control trial SC29 evaluating high precision stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) to conventional palliative radiotherapy (CRT) for patients with advanced cancer and a painful non-spine bone metastasis. SBRT represents a high dose treatment typically offered in the curative cancer setting; however, its role as a palliative treatment to improve pain for these patients is unknown. 

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