Newsletters

Alliance E-News is the official newsletter of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. The quarterly newsletter focuses on current information about the Alliance, its policies and procedures, group meetings and activities, and other topics of interest to Alliance members.

• 2019
• Summer Vol 9 No 3 (November)
  • Message From the Group Statistician - Sumithra J. Mandrekar, PhD
    Leveraging Statistical, Methodological Research to Advance Alliance Initiatives
  • Optimizing Clinical Trials to Improve Anti-Cancer Immune Response
    Alliance Immuno-Oncology Committee - David Kozono, MD, PhD, Andrew B. Nixon, PhD, Elizabeth Mittendorf, MD, PhD
  • 2019 Alliance Fall Group Meeting Convenes This Week - November 7-9
    Schedule, Agendas, E-Posters, Registration
  • Spotlight on Alliance Trials
    Alliance A021703 - Metastatic colorectal cancer
    Alliance A071701 - Genetic testing in brain metastases
    Alliance A071801 - Metastatic brain cancer
    Alliance A221702 - Axillary reverse mapping
  • PDF Version

• Summer Vol 9 No 2 (July)
  • Message From the Group Chair - Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD
  • PI Perspective: Alliance Health Outcomes Committee
    Michelle Naughton, PhD and Amylou Dueck, PhD (Co-Chairs)
    Jackie Lafky, MS (Program Manager)
  • Changing the Guard: Director and PI, Alliance Central Protocol Operations Program
    Gin F. Fleming, MD, FASCO and Olwen Hahn, MD
  • Recent Alliance Protocol Activations
  • Spotlight on Alliance Trials
    Alliance A091802 - Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
    Alliance A041701 - Chronic myeloid leukemia
    Alliance A031704 - Advanced renal cell cancer
    Alliance A031702 - Rare genitourinary tumors
  • ICAREdata | Integrating Clinical Trials and Real World Endpoints
  • Adding Value to the Alliance Clinical Trial Process
    Alliance Patient Advocate Committee
  • Announcements
    -- Alliance Joins with ASCO, CancerLinQ and The MITRE Corporation to Publish Initial Set of Common Cancer Data Standards and Specifications Comprising mCODE (VIDEO))
    -- Recap: Alliance and Alliance Foundation Trials at 2019 ASCO
    -- Renewed NCI Investigational Agent Accountability Record Forms (DARFs)
    -- Call for Nominations + Applications: 2019/2020 Alliance Awards + Honors
    -- Alliance Appoints New Committee Chairs
  • Alliance in the News
    -- GNS Healthcare Chosen to Present Discovery of New Clinical Predictors of Overall Survival in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer at ESMO 2019 in Collaboration with the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
    -- mCODE Improves EHR Data Standardization for Cancer Research
    -- First Patient Dosed in Phase III Study of E-Selectin Antagonist Uproleselan in AML (Alliance A041701)--ASCO 2019: CALGB 90601 (Alliance): Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase III Trial Comparing Gemcitabine and Cisplatin with Bevacizumab or Placebo in Patients with Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma
    --'Magic Mouthwash' Little Help for Radiation-Induced Mucositis (Alliance A221304)
    -- Magic mouthwash effective treatment for mouth sore pain caused by radiation therapy (Alliance A221304)
    -- Mouthwashes Show Promise in Reducing Chemo-Related Oral Mucositis Pain (Alliance A221304)
    -- Giving Drugs before Surgery Lowers the Risk of Prostate Cancer Returning (CALGB 90203)
    -- Study: Identifying colorectal cancer subtypes could improve treatment (CALGB/SWOG 80405)
    -- The Fight to Save the Bladder Turns to Genomics (Alliance A031701)
  • PDF version
• Winter Vol 9 No 1 (March)
  • Registration Now Open - 2019 Alliance Spring Group Meeting
    New Contact for Group Meeting Logistics
  • Professional Responsibility at the Forefront | Where Alliance Stands on Conflict of Interest
    James Bearden, MD and Jeffery Crawford, MD
    2019 Conflict of Interest (COI) Solicitation
  • Message From the Group Statistician Sumithra J. Mandrekar, PhD
  • Recent Alliance Protocol Activations
    Alliance A231602CD - Financial toxicity (blood cancers)
    Alliance A221701 - Oral stomatitis
    Alliance A041702 - Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
    Alliance A041703 - Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
  • Guest Columnists
    Disparities Corner: Shoshana Rosenberg, ScD, MPH and Suzanne George, MD - Addressing Disparities in Care and Outcomes in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients
    Zoneddy Dayao, MD PI, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center - Reality of Bringing Clinical Trials to the Medically Underserved
  • Announcements
    Regulatory Column | NIH Single IRB (sIRB) Implementation
    New Monthly IPEC Performance Updates for Data Submission Timeliness
    Call for Papers to Honor and Remember Dr. Arti Hurria
  • Alliance in the News
    Treatment for Children with Leukemia Also Effective for Adolescents, Young Adults
    Exercise & Weight Loss to Prevent Breast Cancer Recurrence
    Celebrating NCORP Women in Science
    New Leukemia Drug is More Effective and Easier to Use
  • PDF version

• 2018
• Winter Vol 8 No 6 (December)
  • Message From The Group Chair
    Happy Holidays!
  • Guest Columnists
    Jeffrey A. Bogart, MD - Value of Local Therapy in an Era of Unprecedented Scientific Advancement
    Rena M. Conti, PhD and Gabriela Gracia, PhD - Treatment-Related Financial Difficulties: Patient and Practice Perspective
    Disparities Corner: Evan Kovac, MD, CM, FRCSC - Prostate Cancer Disparities in Minority Men, Challenges in Accruing to Clinical Trials
    Making Connections: Jennifer Dill, CCRP - Alliance Clinical Research Professionals At The Forefront
  • Announcements
    Recently Activated Trials
    Call for Abstracts: Amerian College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference
  • In Memoriam
    Arti Hurria, MD, FASCO - Leader in Geriatric Oncology
  • PDF Version
• Fall Vol 8 No 5 (October)
  • Spotlight on Fall Group Meeting
    New Ideas, Promising Prospects Expected When Meeting Convenes November 1-3
    Helpful Tips for Navigating the Group Meeting
  • Message From the Group Statistician
    Alliance Statistics and Data Center: On the Cutting Edge of Statistical, Methodological Research
  • Guest Columnists
    Eva A. May, MBA - When Designing a Clinical Trial, Think Like a Marketing Manager
    Thomas C. Shea, MD - How We've Thrived in a "New" Marriage
  • Announcements
    Recently Activated Trials
    Six Investigators Win Funding Awards from Cancer Control and Cancer Care Delivery Research Programs
  • In Memoriam 
    David Sugarbaker, MD - Renowned Thoracic Surgeon
  • #Did You Know
    About Deadlines for Alliance Abstracts
    About Alliance Foundation Trials
  • PDF Version
• Summer Vol 8 No 4 (August)
  • Spotlight on Trials
    Three New Alliance Protocol Activations
    Update - Two Trials Focus on Rare Population Subsets: Alliance A091302 and Alliance A091305
  • Alliance in the News
    From Cattle Rancher to ASCO President: Monica Bertagnolli, MD, on her motivations and goals
    Geoffrey Uy, MD, to Lead Pivotal Phase III Trial for Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
    Comparative Effectiveness of Decision Aids in Diverse Populations with Prostate Cancer (Alliance 191402CD)
    Associations of Artificially Sweetened Beverage Intake with Disease Recurrence and Mortality in Colon Cancer (CALGB 89803)
  • Guest Columnists
    Richard M. Stone, MD - Intergroup Collaboration Emphasized in Era of Many New Drugs in Leukemia
    Alison Conlin, MD - Cancer Research in the Beautiful Pacific Northwest
    Disparities Corner | Haejin In, MD, MBA, MPH, FACS - Identifying Gastric Cancer Risk Through Cancer Disparities
  • Announcements
    Call for Nominations: Charles G. Moertel Lecturer
    Call for Abstracts: CRPs and Oncology Nurses
    In Memoriam: Alliance Patient Advocates - Robert Harrison and Hank Porterfield
  • Fall Group Meeting
    Schedule Now Available
    Registration Opens Late August
  • #Did You Know
    About Meeting Materials from May 2018 (public site) or (member site)
    About Deadlines for Alliance Abstracts
    About Alliance Foundation Trials
  • PDF Version
• Summer Vol 8 No 3 (June)
  • Spotlight on Trials
    Recent Alliance Protocol Activations
    Results from Alliance N1048 May Influence Future Treatment
    What's New in Alliance Cancer Care Delivery Research
    Sidedness as Key Indicator in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (CALGB 80405)
    Alliance in the News
  • Guest Columnist
    Ann L. Oberg, MD - SDC Update
  • Announcements
    Hats Off! Giants in Cancer Care
    Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery
    NIH Public Access Policy Applies for Alliance Manuscripts
  • Alliance at 2018 ASCO Recap
  • Spring Group Meeting Recap
    Session Videos Now Available
    New Meeting App Stats
  • #Did You Know
    About Alliance Roster Updates
    About Deadlines for Alliance Abstracts
    About Corrections in OPEN
    About Alliance Foundation Trials
  • PDF Version
• Spring Vol 8 No 2 (April)
  • Spotlight on Trials
    Recent Alliance Protocol Activations
    Alliance Myeloma Committee
    New DCIS Special Study
    Work from Inaugural CCP Junior Faculty Award Recipients
  • Alliance in the News
  • Group Meeting Highlights
  • Guest Columnists
    Eileen O'Reilly, MD and Jeffrey Meyerhardt, MD - Next Generation Approaches
  • Announcements
  • Steven Piantadosi, MD, PhD - New Associate Group Chair for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation
  • Revisiting the Alliance Conflict of Interest Policy
  • Will Conversion to CTCAE v5 Impact Alliance Trial?
  • New Member Join Alliance Patient Advocate Committee
  • RFP: Aflac Archie Bleyer Young Investigator Award
  • In Memoriam: James F. Holland, MD and Karen Durham
  • PDF Version
• Winter Vol 8 No 1 (February)
  • Spotlight on Trials:
    Recent Alliance Protocol Activations
    Alliance Experimental Therapeutics and Rare Tumor Committee
    Alliance Abstracts at Annual Meetings
  • Alliance in the News
  • Message From the Group Statistician
  • Guest Columnists
    Ellis Levine, MD - The Good Fight
    John P. Leonard, MD - The Argument for Simplicity in Clinical Trials During an Era of Precision Medicine
    Patty Spears and Coleen Crespo, MIS - Advocating to Measure What Matters to Patients
  • Alliance Spring Group Meeting Registration Now Open
    Investigators Panel - Clinical Trial Obstacles and Overcoming Them
  • Announcements
    New Members Join Alliance Patient Advocate Committee
    Alliance/ACS CRP to Present Clinical Trials Training Course at SSO Annual Meeting
    Call for Abstracts: Alliance CRP/Oncology Nursing Committees
    RFP: Aflac Archie Bleyer Young Investigator Award
    Did You Know? Alliance Website Tips
  • PDF Version
• 2017
• Winter Vol 7 No 5 (December)
  • Recap: Alliance Fall Group Meeting
    Message From the Group Chair and Group Statistician
  • Spotlight on Trials:
    Results From Alliance Trial Lead to U.S. FDA Approval of Extended Indication (CABOSUN - Alliance A031203)
    Recent Alliance Protocol Activations
    Ongoing Trials - Alliance A011104 and Alliance A011106
  • Alliance at ASH 2017
  • Alliance at SABCS 2017
  • Announcements: Awards + Honors
    Alliance Most Significant Manuscripts
    Alliance Scholar Award
  • Announcements: General
    Service Recognition: Alliance Patient Advocate Committee Members
    In Memoriam:
      Jack Whelan
      Patrick Gavin, RPh
      Jimmie C. Holland, MD
  • Alliance/ASCO Abstract Submission Deadline
  • Featured Columns
    Meet the Alliance Executive Officers
    Alliance Disparities Committee Corner
    Did You Know? Alliance Website Tips
  • Holiday Closures
  • PDF Version
• Fall Vol 7 No 4 (October)
  • Alliance Fall Group Meeting Convenes
  • Spotlight on Trials: Recent Alliance Protocol Activations
  • Alliance in the News
  • Announcements: Awards
    Daniel J. Sargent, PhD, Memorial Fellowship in Innovative Clinical Trial Design and Methods
    Alliance Cancer Care Delivery Research Committee Pilot Project Award
    Alliance Cancer Control Program Pilot Project Award and Junior Investigator Award
  • Announcements: General
    New Alliance Investigator Course Successfully Introduced at Spring Meeting
    New Changes to CTMB Audit Guidelines
  • Featured Columns
    Alliance Disparities Committee Corner
    Focus on: Alliance/American College of Surgeon Clinical Research Program (ACS CRP)
  • Did You Know? Alliance Website Tips
  • Thanksgiving Closure
  • PDF Version
• Summer Vol 7 No 3 (August)
  • Spotlight on Alliance Trials
    CALGB (Alliance) 10603 | FDA Approves New Combination Treatment for AML
    Alliance 221208 | Managing Brain Radionecrosis (BeSt Trial) 
    Alliance A091202 | Intervention for Myxoid Liposarcoma
    Alliance A091305 | Rare Tumor Subset for Advanced Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
  • In the News
  • Protocols
    Recent Alliance Protocol Activations
  • Alliance at ASCO 2017
  • Staff & Members
    Meet New Alliance Board of Directors and Executive Committee
    Meet New Alliance Leadership
    Alliance Members on the Move
  • Announcements
    What Alliance Members Need to Know About CTEP's New Registration and Credentialing Repository (RCR)
  • Featured Columns
    Alliance Breast Committee Member Survey
    Alliance Disparities Committee Corner
  • Did You Know? Alliance Website Tips
  • Alliance Mission: By the Words
  • PDF Version
• Winter Vol 7 No 1 (February)
  • Message From the Group Statistician
  • New Co-Chairs to Lead Alliance Cancer in the Elderly Committee
  • Alliance Leaders Assume New Posts
  • Protocols
    Recent Alliance Protocol Activations
  • Spotlight on Alliance Trials
    CALGB (Alliance) 100104 | Alliance Trial Results Lead to FDA Approval
    Alliance A021302 | Gastric Cancers
    Alliance A061402 | Solitary Plasmacytoma of the Bone
    Alliance A091302 | Hürtle Cell Thyroid Cancer
  • CRP Perspective (new recurring column)
    "A Rose (or Roger) By Any Other Name"
  • Staff & Members
    Meet New Alliance Leadership
    Alliance Members on the Move
    Call for Nominations: Alliance Respiratory Committee Co-Chair 
  • Member Services
    Undertanding Alliance Member Accrual Credits
    Understanding the Importance of CTEP-IAM Registration
  • CTMB Update
  • Did You Know? Alliance Website Tips
  • Alliance Mission: By the Words
  • PDF Version

• 2016
• Winter Vol 6 No 5 (December)
  • Message From the Group Chair
  • Daniel J. Sargent Alliance Memorial Service Video
  • Alliance Leaders Elected to ASCO Posts
  • Recent Alliance Protocol Activations
  • Meet New Alliance Leadership
  • New Alliance Staff
  • Alliance Names Most Notable, Original Manuscripts
  • Annual Alliance Research Awards
  • Recap: 2016 ASH Meeting
  • Learm more about NCI-Sponsored Precision Medicine Trials
  • New NCI Liaisons to Alliance Cancer Control Program
  • Alliance Institutional Best Practices Blog (member site)
  • Alliance Mission: By the Words
  • PDF Version
• Fall Vol 6 No 4 (October)
  • Registration Now Open for Alliance Fall Group Meeting
  • In Memoriam: Daniel J. Sargent, PhD
  • Four Investigators Receive Funding Through Alliance Cancer Control Program
  • Alliance Researcher Approved for $5.45M PCORI Funding Award
  • NCI Selects Alliance Researcher to Co-Chair CCDR Coordinating Committee
  • Results from NCCTG (Alliance) N107C Trial for Patients with Metastatic Brain Tumors
  • New Alliance Committee Leadership
  • Recent Alliance Protocol Activations
  • Did You Know? Three Alliance Website Tips
  • PDF Version
• Summer Vol 6 No 3 (August)
  • Two Leading Cancer Researchers to Co-Chair Alliance Breast Committee
  • Meet New Alliance Leaders
  • Greetings from Alliance Statistics and Data Center
  • Spotlight on Patient Advocacy: Resolution
  • What's New? Alliance Member Services Enhancement Task Force
  • Spotlight on Alliance Trials:
    NCCTG (Alliance) N0574
    
    Alliance A031203
    In the News:
    

    Alliance A011401
    CALGB/SWOG/Alliance 80405
  • Alliance On the Move:
    New Staff  
    Members Making Strides
  • Call for Nominations:
    Moertel Lecture  
    Alliance Community Oncology Committee Co-Chair  
    Alliance Prevention Committee Co-Chair
  • Did You Know? Four Alliance Website Tips
  • PDF Version
• Spring Vol 6 No 2 (May)
  • Alliance Convenes 2016 Spring Group Meeting May 12-14
  • Thirteen Years of Service for Co-Chairs of the Alliance Breast Committee
  • CALGB 10603 (RATIFY) Study Results in FDA Breakthrough Therapy Desgination
  • Alliance Welcomes New Staff
  • In Memoriam: Egbert C. Brown and Kathleen W. Rao, PhD, FACWG
  • Funding Opportunities: CCP Pilot Project  CCP Jr. Faculty Awards  CCDR Pilot Project
  • Alliance Foundation Award Opportunities: Richard L. Schilsky CALGB Achievement Award  Alliance Scholar Award
  • PDF Version
• Spring Vol 6 No 1 (March)
  • Alliance Researcher Approved for PCORI Award
  • Chicago 'Top Doctors'
  • Alliance CRP Committee Improves Training
  • Alliance Study to Assess Post RT Treatment Options
  • Reducing Cancer-related Fatigue Focus of Alliance Study
  • Recap: 2015 ASH Meeting
  • Did You Know? Searchable Alliance Pubs App
  • Positions Available: Alliance Breast Committee, Alliance Oncology Nursing Committee and Alliance Pharmacy Committee
  • Renewal of DARF + IR Forms
  • PDF Version

• 2015
• Winter Vol 5 No 6 (December)
  • Message From the Group Chair
  • First Targeted Therapy for Patients with High-Risk AML
  • Alliance, GNS Launch Big Data Initiative to Transform Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
  • Meet New Alliance Leadership
  • New Leadership, Staff in Alliance Statistics Unit
  • Alliance Data Management Unit Consolidation
  • Alliance Receives 'The Charlie Award' from CEO Roundtable on Cancer
  • Alliance Names Most Notable, Original Manuscripts
  • Annual Alliance Research Awards
  • Alliance Patient Advocate Committee Update
  • Alliance Mission: By the Words
  • PDF Version
• Fall Vol 5 No 5 (November)
  • Alliance Convenes 2015 Fall Group Meeting November 5-8
  • Introducing Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC (AFT)
  • Alliance Researchers Explore Use of Aspirin to Treat Breast Cancer
  • Deadlines for Upcomnig Alliance Abstracts
  • Four Investigators Receive Funding Awards from Alliance Cancer Control Program (updated)
  • New Study Chair Appointments | Alliance A071101
  • On the Move: Alliance Members + Welcome New Staff
  • PDF Version
• Fall Vol 5 No 4 (October)
  • AFT Launches New PALLAS Trial
  • Pivotal Alliance Thyroid Cancer Trials: A091302 and A091305
  • Alliance Researchers Approved for PCORI Awards
  • Meet the Alliance Member Services Enhancement Task Force
  • Edith Perez Steps Down as Vice Chair
  • CRP Resources Now Available
  • New CRP Breakout Sessions for Alliance Fall Group Meeting
  • Upcoming Pilot Project from the A-ONC Team
  • A-OCN Seeks GU Liaison
  • Alliance Hosts SOCRA Exam
  • Upcoming Conferences
  • PDF Version

• Summer Vol 5 No 3 (July)
• Spring Vol 5 No 2 (May)
• Winter Vol 5 No 1 (February)

• 2014
• Winter Vol 4 No 6 (December)
• Fall Vol 4 No 5 (October)
• Summer Vol 4 No 4 (July)
• Spring Vol 4 No 3 (May)
• Winter Vol 4 No 2 (February)
• Winter Vol 4 No 1 (January)

• 2013
• Winter Vol 3 No 9 (December)
• Fall Vol 3 No 8 (September)
• Summer Vol 3 No 7 (July/August)
• Summer Vol 3 No 6 (June)
• Spring Vol 3 No 5 (May)
• Spring Vol 3 No 4 (April)
• Spring Vol 3 No 3 (March)
• Winter Vol 3 No 2 (February)
• Winter Vol 3 No 1 (January)

• 2012
• Fall Vol 2 No 9 (October)
• Fall Vol 2 No 8 (September)
• Summer Vol 2 No 7 (July/August)
• Summer Vol 2 No 6 (June)
• Spring Vol 2 No 5 (May)
• Spring Vol 2 No 4 (April)
• Spring Vol 2 No 3 (March)
• Winter Vol 2 No 2 (February)
• Winter Vol 2 No 1 (January)

• 2011
• Winter Vol 1 No 5 (December)
• Fall Vol 1 No 4 (November)
• Fall Vol 1 No 3 (October)
• Fall Vol 1 No 2 (September)
• Summer Vol 1 No 1 (August)

In Memoriam: Daniel J. Sargent, PhD | Alliance Memorial Service Video (November 2016) | Celebration of Life Tribute Book (pdf)