E-Newsletter - July 2022
Recently Activated Trials
Two alliance trials now actively Enrolling participants
with BREAST CANCER, RESECTED MUCOSAL MELANOMA
Alliance A221803: Mepitel film for the reduction of radiation dermatitis in breast cancer patients undergoing post-mastectomy radiation therapy: A randomized phase III clinical trial
Overview: This phase III trial studies how well Mepitel Film works in reducing radiation dermatitis (redness and peeling) in patients with breast cancer during radiation therapy after a mastectomy. Mepitel Film may reduce the severity of skin redness and peeling in the area of radiation.
Study Chair: Kimberly Corbin, MD, Mayo Clinic | Activated: 6/15/2022 | CT.gov Link: https://bit.ly/AllianceA221803 | Alliance Member Site
Alliance A091903: A randomized phase II trial of adjuvant nivolumab with or without cabozantinib in patients with resected mucosal melanoma
Overview: This phase II trial tests whether nivolumab in combination with cabozantinib works in patients with mucosal melanoma. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Cabozantinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. It works by blocking the action of an abnormal protein that signals tumor cells to multiply. This helps stop the spread of tumor cells. Giving nivolumab in combination with cabozantinib could prevent cancer from returning.
Study Chair: Alexander Shoushtari, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Activated: 6/1/2022 | CT.gov Link: https://bit.ly/Alliance-A091903 | Alliance Member Site
For other articles in this issue of the Alliance E-news Newsletter, see below:
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Nursing in the Modern Clinical Trials Era
Lisa A. Kottschade, MSN, APRN, CNP - Chair, Alliance Oncology Nursing Committee -
July is National Sacroma and Bone Cancer Awareness Month
A091902: Angiosarcoma -
Spotlight on Alliance Trials
*Recently Activated Trials
A221803 (Reducing Radiation Dermatitis - Breast Cancer
A091903 (Resected Mucosal Melanoma)
*Ongoing Trials
A011801 (COMPASS HER2 RD/Breast Cancer)
A021602 (CABINET/Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors)
A021804 (Advanced Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma)
A031902 (CASPAR/Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer)
A071702 (Somatically Hypermutated Recurrent Glioblastoma)
A081801 (Non-small Cell Lung Cancer) -
Announcements
Call for Nominations: Charles G. Moertel Lecture 2023
2022 Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation Special Projects Allocation Awards
Alliance Myeloma Committee Chair Appointment
Alliance Board of Directors Approve New Program for Procedure-Based Therapy (PPBT)
New Alliance Participant Engagement Portal to Launch Soon -
Alliance in the News
Inequities in Alliance Acute Leukemia Clinical Trial and Biobank Participation: Defining Targets for Intervention - Alliance NCTN/NCORP/AFT at 2022 ASCO