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.
Botensilimab + Balstilimab vs Best Supportive Care as Therapy in Chemo-refractory, Unresectable, Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: The BATTMAN Trial
STRIDE (durvalumab + tremelimumab) with Lenvatinib vs STRIDE Alone in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma (SLIDE-HCC)
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
VIGOR: Vorasidenib as Maintenance Treatment after First-line Chemoradiotherapy in IDH-mutant Grade 2 or 3 Astrocytoma
RAINBO-ORANGE: Treatment of Endometrial Cancer Based On Molecular Features
The CEC6 trial, a Phase III intergroup study of radiotherapy with concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide versus radiotherapy with adjuvant pcv chemotherapy in patients with 1p/19q co-deleted anaplastic glioma or low-grade glioma, has closed to further accrual as the study has met the target sample size.
The New Investigator Clinical Trials Course (NICTC) is fast approaching and has already reached the maximum registration. The course will be held from August 21st to the 23rd at the Donald Gordon Hotel and Conference Centre in Kingston, Ontario.
NICTC is an important component of the group mandate to provide and facilitate investigator education and training. The major goal of the course is to familiarize new investigators from across the country with the essentials of clinical trial conduct in the Canadian research environment.
ALC4 (ECOG-ACRIN E1910) final statistical analysis of overall and relapse-free survival is now available in the New England Journal of Medicine. The trial results show a significant survival advantage with blinatumomab immunotherapy for minimal residual disease (MRD)-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults and contributed to its recent FDA approval for these patients.
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. This trial is being done to determine if brain cancer can be helped by using personalized therapy based on changes in the tumour DNA.
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.
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:
