August 19, 2019
NCI Community Oncology Research Program Expands to More States Alliance Boasts 27 NCORP Community Sites | 12 Minority/Underserved Community Sites | 1 Research Base The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded 53 grants to researchers in the NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) to conduct multi-site cancer clinical trials and cancer care delivery studies in their communities.
August 15, 2019
Alliance A071701: Genomically-guided treatment trial in brain metastases Overview: Alliance investigator Priscilla Brastianos, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, leads this phase II trial that looks at how well genetic testing works in guiding treatment for patients with solid tumors that have spread to the brain. Several genes have been found to be altered or mutated in brain metastases such as NTRK
August 6, 2019
Alliance A051701: Randomized phase II/III study of venetoclax (ABT199) plus dose-adjusted EPOCH-R for MYC/BCL2 double-hit and double protein expressing lymphomas
Overview: Alliance investigator Jeremy Abramson, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, leads this phase II/III trial that looks at whether it is possible to decrease the chance of high-grade B-cell lymphomas returning or getting worse b
