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
Everyone at CCTG would like to congratulate Dr Joseph Connors for his recent appointment to the Order of Canada, as one of 114 Canadian appointees “whose service has shaped our society; whose innovations ignite our imaginations; and whose compassion unites our communities.”
Postmenopausal women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative breast cancer that has spread to a limited number of lymph nodes, and whose recurrence risk is relatively low, do not benefit from chemotherapy when it is added to hormone therapy, according to initial results from the MAC15 RxPONDER trial presented at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
As with most events in 2020 the 62nd American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition was a virtual meeting held December 5-8. There were four presentations of note for trials that CCTG participated in.
MAC21 (NCT02927249), A Randomized Phase III Double Blinded Placebo Controlled Trial of Aspirin as Adjuvant Therapy for HER2 Negative Breast Cancer: The ABC Trial, has closed to accrual after completion of target accrual.
The HDC1 study: A Phase III Randomized Study of Nivolumab (Opdivo) or Brentuximab Vedotin (Adcetris) plus AVD in Patients (age >/= 12 Years) with Newly Diagnosed Advanced Stage Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma has been centrally activated in Canada.
The Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) is currently seeking applications for a Patient Representative for the Head and Neck Disease Site Committee (cancer inside the nose, throat or mouth).
The COVID 19 pandemic increased focus on mechanisms to oversee clinical studies remotely in order to limit travel and number of visitors to clinical trial sites. The Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) created the Remote Auditing and Monitoring Working Group (RAM WG) this past summer to support CCTG member centres navigate new ways of working with respect to remote monitoring and auditing practices.
Congratulations from CCTG! The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) has funded its first research grant focused specifically on rare and aggressive uterine cancers, a critical first step to better outcomes for people with these cancers to Dr Stephanie Lheureux.
