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
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
Delayed Reduced Volume and Dose Elective Ratiotherapy (REVERT) in Patients with HNSCC
The Toronto International Sarcoma Symposium 2021 (virtual format) is just around the corner!
This multidisciplinary symposium will be held on April 09, 2021, and includes speakers and participants from Canada as well as from the International Sarcoma community. The keynote speakers are Dr. Andrew Wagner (Dana Farber) and Dr. David Kirsch (Duke). The one day symposium will feature Clinical and Translational Research among other topics, please see the program page for details.
The CCTG CO29 (AGITG CTDNA-08) - Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis Informing Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage III Colon Cancer: A Multi-centre Phase II/III Randomised Controlled Study (DYNAMIC III) has been centrally activated.
CCTG is hiring and looking for a Manager, Office of Compliance and Oversight (OCO) and a Quality Leader, Office of Clinical Trials Management (OCTM) to join our team at the central operations office at Queen's University.
CCTG is delighted to announce that Dr. Alexander Wyatt has become the new Correlative Sciences Committee Chair for the CCTG GU disease site committee.
Dr. Wyatt is an Assistant Professor in Urologic Sciences at the University of British Columbia, a Senior Research Scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Centre, and Scientist at the BC Cancer Genome Sciences Centre. He has a PhD in genetics (University of Oxford), and now specializes in human genitourinary cancer genomics and bio informatics
The Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG), at Queen’s University, asks and finds evidence-based answers to critical questions about the best treatment options for the 225,000 Canadians diagnosed with cancer each year. Innovations proven to be effective through CCTG led clinical trials have set new standards of care that guide treatment decisions for patients today and tomorrow: curing disease, preventing recurrence, saving lives, and improving quality of life. See full article here.
Meet Martina Wood a breast cancer survivor and a member of the CCTG breast committee. Our teams are proud to work with volunteers like Martina who ensure the patient voice is part of our clinical trial development.
The UK National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) has cited the CCTG PR13 study (RADICALS-RT) as one of their top three achievements of the year in their 2019-2020 annual report! https://www.ncri.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/NCRI-Prostate-Group-Annual-Report-2019-20.pdf
A paper has recently been published in Current Oncology outlining the incorporation of patient engagement in the development of clinical trial at the Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG).
