For nearly half of people diagnosed with lung cancer, immunotherapy can slow the disease but not stop it. Funded through a $4 million joint investment from the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) and the Weston Family Foundation, a new clinical trial aims to change that.
Venetoclax and HMA-based Therapies for the Treatment of Older and Unfit Adults with Newly Diagnosed FLT3-mutated AML: A myeloMATCH Treatment Trial
VIGOR: Vorasidenib as Maintenance Treatment after First-line Chemoradiotherapy in IDH-mutant Grade 2 or 3 Astrocytoma
Autologous Stem Cell Transplant in Peripheral T Cell Lymphoma that Achieved a First Complete Remission (CR1) Following Induction Therapy (PTCL-STAT)
Lanreotide for the Prevention of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula
A new survey study SC32S, collecting sociodemographic data from clinical trial participants, has now opened across Canada. This study will help researchers understand the feasibility of using a survey to gather information about trial participants’ backgrounds and everyday lives.
Phase II Trial of ASTX727 and Venetoclax Compared with ASTX727, Venetoclax, and Enasidenib for New Diagnosed Older Adults with IDH2 Mutant AML - A myeloMATCH Substudy
Eradicating MRD in Patients with AML prior to Stem Cell Transplant (ERASE)
Investigating Precision Medicine in the Adjuvant setting: a phase III Clinical Trial in Biliary tract cancer (SAFIR IMPACT BTC)
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 next CCTG Clinical Research Associate (CRA) Lunch and Learn training session will be on Wednesday Jun 24th, 2025, at 12 pm ET, covering the top
Updated 5-year results of the Unicancer PRODIGE-24 | CCTG PA6 trial confirmed the significant improvement in all outcomes, including overall survival, with mFOLFIRINOX regimen compared to gemcitabine in adjuvant setting for for patients with pancreatic cancer has been published in JAMA Oncology.
CXC2 a Randomized Phase III Trial of Radiation Therapy and Cisplatin Alone or in Combination with Intravenous Triapine in Women with Newly Diagnosed Bulky Stage IB2, Stage II, IIIB, or IVA Cancer of the Uterine Cervix or Stage II-IVA Vaginal Cancer is now closed to accrual as the accrual target has been met.
Francais: Note de septembre 2022
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and in 2020, 23,300 Canadian men were diagnosed with prostate cancer of which one third are estimated to have unfavourable risk, non-metastatic prostate cancer.
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From the Director’s Desk
September still feels like the beginning of a new year to me.
First results from the CCTG PR13 RADICALS: Radiotherapy and Androgen Deprivation In Combination After Local Surgery were presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2022 annual congress in Paris France on September 12.
CO28: NEOadjuvant Chemotherapy, Excision and Observation for Early Rectal Cancer: The NEO Trial
Recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology
Hilary Horlock is a Senior Enterprise Architect. She specializes in healthcare technology design from an end user perspective. Implementing technology successfully in complex health care ecosystems often comprised of large personalities and competing demands takes expert navigation skills, liberal doses of good humor, a keen sense of observation and refreshing honesty.
