Latest NCIC Clinical Trials Group Stories
SEATTLE, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Oncothyreon Inc. (Nasdaq: ONTY) today announced that an ongoing Phase 2 trial of PX-866 in patients with recurrent or metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer will be expanded to include an additional group of up to 25 patients whose disease has begun to progress while receiving abiraterone (Zytiga®) and prednisone. PX-866 is Oncothyreon's small molecule compound designed to inhibit the activity of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI-3K),...
--Company to Host Conference Call to Discuss Randomized Phase II Program-- CALGARY, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Oncolytics Biotech Inc. ("Oncolytics") (TSX:ONC) (NASDAQ:ONCY) announced today that it has entered into an agreement whereby the NCIC Clinical Trials Group (CTG) at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, will sponsor and conduct a randomized Phase II study of REOLYSIN(®) in patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer ("NSCLC"). "This...
New research led by the NCIC Clinical Trials Group (CTG) at Queen’s University has proven patients with limited stage Hodgkin’s lymphoma have a better chance of long-term survival if they undergo a standard chemotherapy regimen as opposed to radiation-based treatment. “These results will influence current treatment practices and lead to more patients being treated with chemotherapy alone,” says Dr. Ralph Meyer, professor of oncology at Queen’s and director of the NCIC CTG....
SEATTLE, WA, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Oncothyreon Inc. (Nasdaq: ONTY) today announced enrollment of the first patient in a Phase 2 trial of PX-866 in patients with recurrent or metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. PX-866 is a small molecule compound designed to inhibit the activity of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI-3K), a component of an important cell survival signaling pathway. The open label Phase 2 trial is being conducted by the NCIC Clinical Trials...
