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.
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, Unresectable, Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: The BATTMAN Trial
Role of Antibiotic Therapy or Immunoglobulin On iNfections in hAematoLogy Platform Trial - RATIONAL-PT
Feasibility, Acceptability and Representativeness: Collecting Sociodemographic Data in CCTG Trials
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.
Venetoclax and HMA-based Therapies for the Treatment of Older and Unfit Adults with Newly Diagnosed FLT3-mutated AML: A myeloMATCH Treatment Trial
Phase 2 Trial of ASTX727 and Venetoclax Compared with ASTX727, Venetoclax, and Enasidenib for Newly Diagnosed Older Adults with IDH2 Mutant AML - A myeloMATCH Substudy
Eradicating MRD in Patients with AML prior to Stem Cell Transplant (ERASE)
LUNA-2: LND101 in Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized Phase II Trial
RAINBO-ORANGE: Treatment of Endometrial Cancer Based On Molecular Features
Delayed Reduced Volume and Dose Elective Radiotherapy (REVERT) in Patients with HNSCC
The CCTG Annual Spring Meeting is only 7 weeks away!
The CCTG IND Program has launched the Early Clinical Trials Educational Series, a virtual education workshop series that offers topics of relevance and interest to early drug trial investigation.
Congratulations to our colleague Dr. Frances Shepherd, medical oncologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, who has received the prestigious 2018 Canada Gairdner Wightman Award "for her global leadership in oncology which has contributed significantly to the improving survival outcome of lung cancer patients worldwide." Dr. Shepherd served as Chair of the Lung Cancer Committee at CCTG for 19 years!
The MAC.23 trial a Phase III Randomized Trial of Hypofractionated Post-Mastectomy Radiation with Breast Reconstruction has been centrally activated
On-line Registration is now open. Travel and hotel information, a draft Schedule of Events, and our meetings policies, including the Invitation Policy, Registration Policy, and Travel Reimbursement Policy, are posted on the Spring Meeting 2018 Registration and Information page.
Queen's University played host to a research funding announcement with Dr. John Fisher, Vice-Principal (Research), Queen’s University and Ms. Sophie Kiwala, MPP for Kingston and the Islands. Along with a number of awards, it was announced that CCTG has received matching infrastructure funding from The Ontario Research Fund to support the purchase of a histology slide scanner.
Dr. John Hilton, the Study Co-Chair of IND.231, gave an oral presentation of the results to date from IND.231, A Phase I/II Study of CX-5461, at the Targeted Anti-Cancer Therapies (TAT) International Congress 2018