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Registered trials in cancer open to recruitment

 

The registry records:
• a trial's objectives
• a trial's main design features
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• the treatments under investigation
• the outcomes being assessed
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All trials in which the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre is involved (including as coordinating, statistical or randomisation centre) are automatically registered.

No.

Trial

15

Intensive chemotherapy and recombinant human G-CSF in later chronic-phase-accelerated-phase chronic myeloid leukaemia

17

Multicentre centrally randomised, comparative study of the efficacy and safety of cefpirome (HR810) plus gentamicin versus piperacillin plus gentamicin in the initial management of febrile neutropenic patients

36

Postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy in the treatment of patients with cutaneous melanoma of the head and neck

48

Bone marrow transplantation in aplastic anaemia

60

Gencitabine in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer

63

Multicentre trial of tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer

72

Phase III prospective randomised clinical trial of accelerated radiotherapy (ART) for stage III and stage IV squamous carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract

88

Peptide T: an evaluation of its effect on the nutrional status and quality of life of patients with advanced cancer

99

Phase II intergroup prospectively randomised trial of perioperative 5-fluorouracil after curative resection, followed by 5-fluorouracil and levamisole for patients with colon cancer

119

Phase II prospective study of postoperative accelerated radiotherapy for high risk squamous carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract

125

Trial of early autologous bone marrow transplant in intermediate grade non-Hodgkins lymphoma

173

Adjuvant tamoxifen: longer against shorter

175

Phase II study of synchronous carboplatin-etoposide and radiation in merkel cell carcinoma of the skin

179

Phase II trial of high-dose epirubicin combined with ifosfamide and mesna, followed by filgrastim (G-CSF) support in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas

180

Phase II trial of evaluating efficacy of administering procarbazine prior to BCNU combined with vincristine in relapsed high grade gliomas

188

Assessment of parameters of response to combined modality treatment of locally advanced breast cancer

192

Phase III randomised study to evaluate the effects of two conventionally fractionated radiation regimens for early prostate carcinoma on anorectal function and survival

205

Fluorouracil-leucovorin with preoperative irradiation vs radiotherapy alone, and postoperative 5-fluorouracil-cyclophosphamide vs no adjuvant therapy in patients with resectable T3/4 adenocarcinoma of the rectum

213

Prospective randomised multicentre phase III clinical trial comparing the effects of panorex injection plus 5-fluorouracil-leucovorin vs 5-fluorouracil-leucovorin vs panorex injection alone in patients with surgically resected stage III (Dukes C) carcinoma of the colon

216

International field study of the reliability and validity of the EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3.0) and a disease-specific questionnaire module (the QLQ-BR23) in assessing the quality of life of patients with breast cancer

220

Randomised double-blind in postmenopausal women with primary breast cancer who have received adjuvant tamoxifen for 2-3 years, comparing subsequent adjuvant exemestane treatment with further tamoxifen

221

Hormonal replacement therapy after breast cancer diagnosis: is it safe?

225

Chemotherapy both before and after local treatment versus chemotherapy only after local treatment for women with locally advanced breast cancer

226

Randomised phase III study of chemotherapy and radiotherapy vs radiotherapy alone as adjuvant treatment to patients with node positive stages IB and IIA cervix cancer

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227

Immunisation and testing of adenocarcinoma patients using intramuscular mannan-muci fusion protein (MFP) and low dose cyclophosphamide

232

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Phase II study of taxotere and carboplatin combination chemotherapy in unresectable metastatic and locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer

233

Cancer patients' education and role modelling for clinical decisions

237

Brain metastases radiation fractionation: a prospective randomised study

238

Randomised comparison of breast conservation with or without lumpectomy radiotherapy boost

240

International phase III trial of primary therapy for B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

247

MMT 95 study for rhabdomyosarcoma and other malignant soft tissue tumours of childhood

252

Immunisation of patients with adenocarcinoma using subcutaneous mannan-muci fusion protein and recombinant human IL-12 (not available)

254

Chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody in remission induction and maintenance treatment of relapsed follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a phase III randomised clinical trial

257

Intergroup phase III trial to evaluate the activity of docetaxel, given either sequentially or in combination with doxorubicin, followed by CMF, in comparison to doxorubicin alone or in combination with cyclophosphamide, by CMF, in the treatment of node-positive breast cancer patients (IBCSG 20-98, BIG 2-98)

258

Phase I pilot study of intensive chemotherapy with peripheral blood stem cell rescue in infants with malignant brain or spinal cord tumours

259

Phase I study of monoclonal antibody F19 (BIBH-1) in patients with unresectable, advanced or metastatic fibroblast activation protein-positive colorectal cancer

260

Phase I/II study of concurrent carboplatin, vincristine, and radiotherapy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy in children with newly diagnosed high risk primitive neuroectodermal tumour

261

 

 

Phase II pilot study of an intensified modification of the New York I regimen for untreated disseminated pediatric anaplastic (Ki-1 positive) large cell and large T-cell lymphoma: addition of VP-16 and ARA-C, increase in MTX dose, and use of PEG-ASP

262

Phase II pilot study of intensified induction/consolidation followed by intensified re-induction/re-intensification in infants less than 1 years of age with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

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263

Phase II pilot study of peripheral blood stem cell transplantation after preparative therapy consisting of cyclophosphamide, carmustine, and etoposide for recurrent and primarily refractory hodgkin's and non-hodgkin's childhood lymphoma

264

Phase II study of docetaxel in children with recurrent solid tumours

265

Phase II study of donor leukocyte infusions in patients with recurrent or persistent hematologic malignancies after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

266

Phase II study of oral topotecan in children with relapsed acute lymphocytic leukaemia, acute myeloid leukaemia, or blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukaemia

267

Phase II study of salvage chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukaemia or myelodysplastic syndrome in first relapse or refractory to initial remission induction therapy and for secondary acute myeloid leukaemia

268

Phase II study of topotecan in children with recurrent or refractory brain tumours, sarcomas or neuroblastomas

271

Phase II study of vinorelbine in children with recurrent or refractory malignancies

272

Phase II upfront window study of irinitecan follwed by multimodal, multiagent therapy in selected children and adolescents with newly diagnosed stage IV clinical group IV rhabdomyosarcoma

273

 

Phase III multimodality therapy based on histology, stage, age, and tumour size in children with Wilm's tumour, clear cell sarcoma of the kidney, and rhabdoid tumours of the kidney

274

Phase III mutimodality therapy based on prior treatment and histology for patients with relapsed wilm's tumour, clear cell sarcoma of the kidney, and rhabdoid tumours of the kidney

275

Phase III nonrandomised study of primary surgical therapy in children with low risk neuroblastoma

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276

Phase III pilot study of three intensification regimens and phase III randomised study of intensification therapy plus dexrazoxane in patients with newly diagnosed, nonmetastatic osteosarcoma

277

Phase III randomised international study of reduction in intensification of the LMB 89 regimen for non-hodgkin's lymphoma: reduced doses of CTX for intermediate risk patients and less maintenance therapy for intermediate risk and high risk patients

278

Phase III randomized study of immunotherapy with polyvalent melanoma vaccine (CancerVax) plus BCG versus BCG plus placebo following surgery in patients with stage IV melanoma

279

Phase I study of arsenic trioxide in pediatric patients with refractory leukaemia or lymphoma

280

Phase I study of fenretinide in children with high risk solid tumors

281

Phase I study of gadolinium texaphyrin and radiotherapy in children with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

282

Phase I study of gemcitabine in pediatric patients with refractory solid tumors

284

Phase I study of monoclonal antibody Ch14.18 with sargramostim (GM-CSF) immediatley following autologous marrow or PBSC transplantation and interleukin-2 (IL-2) in children with neuroblastoma

285

Phase I study of PSC-833 in combination with etoposide and mitoxantrone for refractory or relapsed pediatric acute leukaemia

286

Phase I study of recombinant human thrombopoietin with filgrastim (G-CSF) in children receiving ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide chemotherapy for recurrent or refractory solid tumours

288

Phase II pilot study of bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine, prednisone, filgrastim (G-CSF), dacarbazine, vinblastine, and radiotherapy in pediatric patients with previously untreated stage II, III or IV Hodgkin's

289

Phase II study of intensified alternating regimens of VAdrC (vincristine, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide) and IE (ifosfamide, etoposide) in newly diagnosed, metastatic Ewing 's sarcoma and primitve neuroectodermal tumour

290

Phase II study of irinotecan in children with refractory CNS or solid tumors

295

Phase III randomized study of adjuvant lomustine/cisplatin/vincristine vs cyclophosphamide/cisplatin/vincristine following craniospinal radiotherapy in children with newly diagnosd, average-risk medulloblastoma

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296

Phase III randomized study of BCG plus a polyvalent melanoma vaccine (CancerVax) versus BCG plus placebo in patients with resected stage III melanoma

297

Phase III randomized study of high dose versus standard dose prophylactic cranial radiotherapy in patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer in complete remission

298

Phase III randomized study of interleukin-2 plus histamine dihydrochloride (maxamine) versus no further therapy (standard of care) in patients with acute myeloid leukemia in first or subsequent complete remission following consolidation therapy

299

Phase III randomized study of postoperative cisplatin, vincristine, and flourouracil with or without amifostine versus carboplatin and cisplatin with or without amifostine in children with hepatoblastoma

301

Phase III randomized study of response-dependent therapy with doxorubicin/bleomycin/vincristine/etoposide (DBVE) with vs without dexrazoxane followed by low-dose involved-field radiotherapy for newly diagnosed stage IA, IIA, IIIA1 childhood Hodgkin's disease

302

Phase III randomized study of rituximab in patients with relapsed follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

303

Phase III randomized study of standard anitbiotic therapy with or without filgrastim in children with chemotherapy induced febrile neutropenia

304

Phase III randomized study of surgery with or without axillary node clearance followed by adjuvant tamoxifen in elderly women with breast cancer

305

Phase III randomized study of the efficacy, safety, and toleration of voriconazole vs amphotericin B in the treatment of acute invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients

306

Phase III randomized study of treatment based on response to induction chemotherapy in patients with higher risk childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia: standard vs augmented Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster regimen with standard vs prolonged intensification for ra

309

Phase III study of carboplatin and vincristine vs thioguanine, procarbazine, lomustine (CCNU), and vincristine for progressive low grade astrocytoma in children less than 10 years old

310

Phase III study of children with down syndrome and transient myeloproliferative disorder, acute myelogenous leukemia, or myelodysplastic syndrome

311

Phase III study of combination chemotherapy in children with intermediate risk neuroblastoma

312

Phase III study of dactinomycin and vincristine with or without cyclophosphamide and/or radiation therapy in patients with newly diagnosed low risk rhabdomyosarcoma of embryonal or botyroid subtype

314

Phase III study of systemic chemotherapy combined with local therapy for isolated extramedullary relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

315

Detection of minimal residual disease in children receiving therapy for acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome

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316

Diagnostic study of p16/p15 gene alterations in children with relapsed acute lymphocytic leukemia treated on protocol CCG-1941

317

Molecular biology of pediatric brain tumors

318

Study of molecular genetic lesions and clinical outcomes in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

320

Phase II study examining the efficacy of short fractionation radiotherapy for the palliation of liver metastases

321

A randomised trial of whole brain irradiation following local treatment of solitary brain metastases

322

Concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy for oesophageal cancer patients

323

ANZLG/TROG prospective study of limited chemotherapy and involved field radiotherapy for patients with clinical stage I-II Hodgkin's disease

325

Randomised multicentre trial of involved field radiotherapy versus involved field radiotherapy plus chemotherapy for stage I-II low grade follicular lymphoma

326

Prospective, non-randomised study of chemotherapy and radiotherapy for osteolymphoma (OL)

327

Tumour volume as an independent prognostic factor in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: A protocol for a prospective database

331

Phase II study of intrathecal topotecan in pediatric patients with refractory meningeal malignancy

332

Phase II study of vinblastine and methotrexate in children with desmoid tumors that are recurrent or untreatable with surgery or irradiation

333

Phase III randomized study of doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel with or without trastuzumab (herceptin) in women with node positive breast cancer that overexpresses HER2

343

Randomised phase II with run into phase III trial of SIR-spheres plus systemic chemotherapy versus systemic chemotherapy alone in patients with non-resectable liver metastases from primary adenocarcinoma of large bowel

380

Development of a dose calculation scheme for bolus 5-fluorouracil plus folinic acid using pretreatment dihydrouracil ratio

381

Hepatic metabolism and biliary excretion as deterinants of vinorelbine disposition. Relationships of vinorelbine toxicity to specific tests of liver function and to body surface area.

385

Phenoxodiol trial for metastatic cancer (prostate, lung, pancreatic and renal carcinomas and melanoma; and more recently leukemia)

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403

Maintenance chemotherapy in hormone non-responsive breast cancer

416

Sentinal lymph node biopsy versus axillary clearance in operable breast cancer

417

Phase III randomised trial of paclitaxel and carboplatin versus triplet or sequential doublet combinations in patients with epithelial ovarian or primary peritoneal carcinoma

418

ZEST trial: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of Zoloft's effects on symptoms and survival in advanced cancer. Antidepressants, well-being and survival in advanced cancer.

420

Adjuvant chemotherapies in resectable pancreatic cancer

426

Twins: timing of birth at term

436

Phase III trial to evaluate oral chemotherapy with capecitabine versus standard chemotherapy with CMF for advanced breast cancer

437

Phase II study of induction therapy using Idarubicin and infusional high dose cytarabine for adult patients with de novo untreated acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

438

Adjuvant tamoxifen longer against shorter (ATLAS) clinical trial in early breast cancer

440

Phase II study of intravenous vinorelbine (Navelbine) and capecitabine (Xeloda) in patients with advanced breast cancer

441

Nonmyeloablative allogenic stem cell transplantation (NMSCT) in adults with intermediate and adverse prognosis AML in first complete remission

443

Phase III trial of primary therapy for B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

446

Randomised three-arm multicentre comparison of 1 year and 2 years of herceptin versus no herceptin in women with HER2-positive primary breast cancer who have completed adjuvant chemotherapy

448

Low dose cytotoxics as anti-angiogenesis treatment following adjuvant induction chemotherapy for patients with ER-Negative and PgR negative breast cancer

450

Phase III study of regional radiation therapy in early breast cancer.

452

Phase III limited institution pilot study of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia for the Australian & New Zealand Children's Haematology Oncology Group

454

Pre- and post-operative chemotherapy with oxaliplatin 5-fluorouracil-leucovorin versus surgery alone in resectable liver metastases from colorectal origin: phase III study

455

Randomised trial of preoperative radiotherapy for stage T3 adenocarcinoma of rectum

456

Phase III randomised double-blind placebo controlled study of rofecoxib (Vioxx) in colorectal cancer patients following potentially curative therapy

458

Phase II pilot study of Glivec (imatinib mesylate, formerly known as STI571) combined with inductions chemotherapy in blast phase chronic myeloid leukaemia and philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

459

Randomised trial of Idarubicin dose escalation in consolidation therapy following intensive induction chemotherapy incorporating high-dose cytarabine in patients with untreated adult acute myeloid leukaemia

460

Thoracic stabilisation study: a randomisation comparison of the effect of immobilisation: no immobilisation and immobilisation

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462

Patients' perceptions of adjuvant chemotherapy for early colon cancer: what makes it worthwhile?

463

Randomised comparison of first line docetaxel/gemcitabine doublet chemotherapy versus sequential single agent chemotherapy (docetaxel followed by gemcitabine) in stage 111B/IV non-small-cell lung cancer

464

Randomised phase II study of two regimens of palliative chemoradiation therapy in the management of locally advanced non-small lung cancer

467

Prospective multicentre study of involved-field radiotherapy with transplantation for Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's disease lymphoma

468

Phase III adjuvant trials in pancreatic cancer comparing 1. 5-fluorouracil and D-L folinic acid versus 2. gemcitabine versus 3. no adjuvant treatment

469

Phase II study of a modified 'hyper CVAD' frontline therapy for patients with poor prognosis diffuse large B-cell and peripheral T-cell non-hodgkin's lymphoma

471

Randomised multicentre trial of involved field radiotherapy versus involved field radiotherapy plus chemotherapy for stage I-II low grade follicular lymphoma

472

Feasibility study to evaluate adjuvant chemoradiotherapy for gastric cancer

473

Prospective, non-randomised study of chemotherapy and radiotherapy for osteolymphoma (OL)

474

Randomised phase III study in advanced oesophageal cancer to compare quality of life and palliation of dysphagia in patients treated with radiotherapy versus chemo-radiotherapy.

475

Phase II study of idarubicin based combined modality therapy in primary central nervous system lymphoma

476

Multicentre phase III study comparing radical synchronous chemo-radiation vs radical radiation alone in the definitive management of muscle invasive TCC of the urinary bladder following maximal trans-urethral resection

477

Randomised study of ice plus rituximab (R-ICE) versus DHAP plus rituximab (R-DHAP) in previously treated patients with CD 20 positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, eligible for transplantation, followed by randomised maintenance treatment with rituxima

482

Immunotherapy of melanoma with dendritic cells vaccines

483

Molecular epidemiology of ovarian cancer: Australian Ovarian Cancer Study

486

Randomised double-blind trial of amifostine vs placebo for radiation-induced xerostomia in patients with head and neck cancer

487

Randomised clinical trial of surgery versus surgery plus adjuvant radiotherapy for regional control in patients with completely resected macroscopic nodal metastatic melanoma

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488

Multicentre randomised phase III study of low-dose Thalidomide, prednisolone and zoledronic acid versus prednisolone and zoledronic acid for post ASCT maintenance therapy in patients with multiple myeloma

489

Multicentre randomised phase II study of the safety and efficiacy of thalidomide post-allogenic stem cell/bone marrow transplantation in multiple myeloma

490

Investigation of a new method for chemotherapy dose computation in cancer patients

491

Randomised trial investigating the effect on biomedical (PSA) control and survival of different durations of adjuvant androgen deprivation in association with definite radiation treatment for localised carcinoma of the prostate (RADAR)

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492

Cancer pain education package for patients and carers: development and trial

495

Improving outcomes for people with cancer: consultation skills training with oncologists

497

Enhancing patient participation and understanding: a randomised controlled trial of a question prompt list for palliative care patients

499

Open-label, phase II trial to assess symptom control, weight change and the tolerabiliity of olanzapine in cancer patients with anorexia-cachexia syndrome.

526

Pilot study to determine the efficacy and safety of Glivec (ST1571) alone and Glivec (ST1571) plus intron A in the early recovery phase post autologous blood or marrow transplant for advanced phase chronic myeloid leukaemia and Ph-positive acute lymphoblastoma

528

Randomised trial of chlorambucil versus fludarabine as initial therapy of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia and splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes

529

Phase II randomised study to assess the response of fludarabine in combination with cyclophosphamide (F-C) versus fludarabine in combination with cyclophosphamide and MabThera (F-C-M) in patients with untreated mantle cell lymphoma.

530

Clinicopathological study of Burkitt's and Burkitt-like non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

531

Phase II study of CHOP, with intrathecal methotrexate followed by radiotherapy in patients with primary testicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma


Cancer trial acronyms
ABCSG Australian Bladder Cancer Study Group
ACCV

Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria

AGITG Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group
ALSG

Australian Leukaemia Study Group

ANZBCTG Australia and New Zealand Breast Cancer Trials Group
ANZGCTG Australia and New Zealand Germ Cell Trials Group
ANZLG Australia and New Zealand Lymphoma Group
AOCOA Asia-Oceania Clinical Oncology Association
AOTRG Advanced Ovarian Cancer Trialists Group
ATSG Australian Tropisetron Study Group
COSA Clinical Oncological Society of Australia
COSA H&N COSA Head and Neck Group
COSA GOG COSA Gynaecology Oncology Group
EBMT European Bone Marrow Transplant Group
ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (USA)
EORTC European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer
GI-ACCV Gastro-Intestinal Subcommittee of ACCV
GISC Gastro-Intestinal Study Committee of VCOG
GOSG Gynaecological Oncology Study Group
IBCSG International Breast Cancer Study Group
IBMTR International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry
ICONS International Collaborative Ovarian Neoplasm Studies
IGLOO International Group for Quality of Life in Oncology
MOG Medical Oncology Group
MRC Medical Research Council
NCI National Cancer Institute (USA)
NCOG NSW Cooperative Oncology Group
NSABP National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project
SMU Sydney Melanoma Unit
SWOG Southwest Oncology Group
TROG Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group
UKCCCR United Kingdom Coordinating Committee on Cancer Research
UKLG United Kingdom Lymphoma Group
VCOG Victorian Cooperative Oncology Group

WABG

Western Area Breast Group

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