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Trial updates as of 3 February 2012

Trial name	No. of patients in trial	Type of Cancer
RAZOR	30	Advanced renal cell carcinoma with bone metastases
SOLD	68	Adjuvant breast cancer
ReCharge	178	All cancers
SIRFLOX	64	Advanced colorectal cancer with non-resected liver metastases
LONGCYP	33	Adjuvant and advanced GI cancers
GBM DCV TMZ	6	Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme

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Coming events

Event date	Event name
31 March - 4 April 2012	AACR Annual Meeting 2012 McCormimck Place West Chicago, Illinois USA
1 June - 5 June 2012	ASCO Annual 2012 Meeting McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois USA

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News

CTNZ newsletter - Dec 2011(2.1MB PDF) Just added

Funding announcement for research into colorectal cancer(80.0KB PDF)

Inquiry into improving New Zealand’s environment to support innovation through clinical trials(304.9KB PDF)

CTNZ offices are now located at Boyle Building 505, Level 1(535.8KB PDF)

CTNZ newsletter - August 2011(111.0KB PDF)

Recent CTNZ publication in NZMJ - The colorectal cancer patients’ journey: the Auckland region(145.6KB PDF)

The final report to the Australian Government of the Clinical Trials Action Group - Clinically competitive: Boosting the business of clinical trials(542.9KB PDF)

• This report is the culmination of six months of discussion, debate, consultation, research and deliberation by a team dedicated to the cause of strengthening and improving the Australian clinical trials environment. The report (link above), was made available in March 2011

Report published by The Academy of Medical Sciences (UK) - A new pathway for the regulation and governance of health research(1.8MB PDF)

• In May 2010 the Academy of Medical Sciences (UK) was invited by the UK Government to review the regulation and governance of health research involving human participants, their tissue or their data. The report (link above), was made available in January 2011.

Read the Cancer Trials New Zealand submission to the parliamentary select committee inquiry into improving New Zealand's environment to support innovation through clinical trial(92.8KB PDF)

• Submissions to the parliamentary select committee inquiry into improving New Zealand's environment to support innovation through clinical trial are now available to view online at www.parliament.nz

Read all previous CTNZ newsletters and other news

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