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
CCTG has continued to monitor the developments pertaining to the coronavirus (COVID-19). After careful consideration and evaluation of available information at this time, and out of an abundance of caution for the entire network, the CCTG Annual Spring Meeting for 2020 is cancelled.
CCTG Network Members,
CCTG is actively monitoring the continuing developments pertaining to the coronavirus (COVID-19) . This includes reviewing reliable sources of information nationally and internationally as well as tracking travel restrictions. We are evaluating risks to patient safety, trial conduct and integrity, as well as critical meetings and engagement activities across the network. Safety and security are our top priorities as we review the situation.
Trial closures for BR16 (NCT00008385) trial: Phase III Chemoprevention Trial of Selenium Supplementation in Persons With Resected Stage 1 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and IND222 ( NCT02619864) A Phase I Study of the mTORC1/mTORC2 Kinase Inhibitor AZD2014 in Patients with Previously Treated Glioblastoma Multiforme.
The purpose of this study was to find the highest dose of durvalumab or of durvalumab with tremelimumab that can be tolerated without causing very severe side effects when receiving standard chemotherapy and to see what effects the study drugs has on this type of cancer.
The CCTG Annual Spring Meeting of Participants is almost here, if you are planning meetings and/or attending the Spring Meeting here is some information you should know!
Applicants who have had their research accepted for oral or poster presentation at an international scientific meeting and have not received another award to support their travel are eligible to apply.
Spring application deadline is March 27, 2020
CCTG has been awarded $1,303,560 from the Fall 2019 CIHR Project Grant competition, a program that helps advance health-related research. The funds will support the Canadian contribution to the ME15 international trial, investigating use of smaller surgical margins to reduce the extent of surgery in Stage 2 melanoma patient - Larger margins result in disfigurement, wound discomfort, and time away from work and, if positive, will change practice in Canada and around the world.
CCTG Patient Representative Bob Taylor discusses the importance of having somebody, that's not the clinical researcher, representing what patients care about and considering the interests of the patients and their family in clinical trial design.
