Trial & Business Updates: 1/15/2015

A Randomised, Double-Blind, Parallel Group, Placebo-Controlled Multi-Centre Phase III Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Olaparib Versus Placebo as Adjuvant Treatment in Patients with Germline BRCA1/2 Mutations and High Risk HER2 Negative Primary Breast Cancer Who Have Completed Definitive Local Treatment and Neoadjuvant or Adjuvant Chemotherapy.

A Dose Finding Study Followed by Phase II Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Veliparib (ABT-888) Added To Chemoradiotherapy with Carboplatin and Paclitaxel for Unresectable Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), (NCI Study Number 8811)

A Phase II Study of Blinatumomab (NSC-765986) and POMP (Prednisone, Vincristine, Methotrexate, 6-Mercaptopurine) for Patients >/= 65 Years of Age with Newly Diagnosed Philadelphia Chromosome Negative (Ph-) Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) and of Dasatinib (NSC-732517), Prednisone and Blinatumomab for Patients >/= 65 Years of Age with Newly Diagnosed Philadelphia-Chromosome Positive (Ph+) ALL, and Philadelphia-Chromosome-Like Signature (Ph-Like) ALL (Newly Diagnosed or Relapsed/Refractory) with Known or Presumed Activating Dastainib-Sensitive Mutations or Kinase Fusions (DSMKF)

Phase III Trial of High Dose Interferon Alpha-2b versus Cisplatin, Vinblastine, DTIC Plus IL-2 and Interferon in Patients with High Risk Melanoma

A Phase III Trial of CHOP vs. CHOP + Rituximab vs. CHOP + Iodine-131-Labeled Monoclonal Anti-B1 Antibody (Tositumomab) For Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Follicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas

"Phase III Trial of Continuous Schedule AC + G Vs. Q 2 Week Schedule AC, Followed by Paclitaxel Given Either Every 2 weeks or Weekly for 12 Weeks as Post-Operative Adjuvant Therapy in Node-Positive or High -Risk Node Negative Breast Cancer"

Phase III Randomized Trial of Anastrozole Versus Anastrozole and Fulvestrant as First Line Therapy for Post Menopausal Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer.

A Phase IIb Study of Molecular Responses to Imatinib, at Standard or Increased Doses, or Dasatinib (BMS-354825) (NSC-732517) for Previously Untreated Patients With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) in Chronic Phase.

A Phase IIb Study of Molecular Responses to Imatinib, at Standard or Increased Doses, or Dasatinib (BMS-354825) (NSC-732517) for Previously Untreated Patients With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) in Chronic Phase.

Molecular Epidemiology Case-Series Study of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Smoking and Non-Smoking Women and Men

A Randomized Phase III Trial to Test the Strategy of Changing Therapy Versus Maintaining Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients who Have Elevated Circulating Tumor Cell Levels at First Follow-Up Assessment

A Randomized Trial of Maintenance versus Observation for Patients with Previously Untreated Low and Intermediate Risk Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL), Phase III

Phase I Study Evaluating the Combination of Lapatinib (GW572016; NSC-727989; IND-75,093) and Everolimus (RAD001; NSC-733504; IND-75,093) in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors

A Phase II Study of ATRA, Arsenic Trioxide and Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin in Patients With Previously Untreated High-Risk Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

A Randomized Phase III Trial of CC-5013 (lenalidomide, NSD-703813) and Low Dose Dexamethasone (LLD) versus Bortezomib (PS-341, NSC-681239), Lenalidomide and Low Dose Dexamethasone (BLLD) for Induction, in Patients with Previously Untreated Multiple Myeloma without an Intent for Immediate Autologous Stem Cell Transplant

A Randomized Phase II Trial of Weekly Nanoparticle Albumin Bound Paclitaxel (Nab-Paclitaxel) (NSC-736631) With or Without Bevacizumab, Either Preceded by or Followed by Q 2 Week Doxorubicin (A) and Cyclophosphamide (C) Plus Pegfilgrastim (Peg-G) as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Inflammatory and Locally Advanced Her-2/Neu Negative Breast Cancer

Phase II Study of Combination of Hyper-CVAD and Dasatinib with or without Allogeneic Stem Cell transplant in Patients with Philadelphia (Ph) Chromosome Positive and/or Bcr-Abl Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

A Phase II Trial of Response-Adapted Therapy of Stage III-IV Hodgkin Lymphoma using Interim FDG-PET Imaging

A Phase I / Randomized Phase II Study of Cediranib (NSC #732208) Versus Placebo in Combination with Cisplatin and Pemetrexed in Chemonaive Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

EVEREST: EVErolimus for Renal Cancer Ensuing Surgical Therapy, A Phase III Study.

A Phase II Prospective Study of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (Her-1/EGFR) Inhibitor-Induced Dermatologic Toxicity: Validation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – EGFRI 18 (FACT-EGFRI 18) Questionnaire for EGFRI-induced Skin Toxicities

Randomized Trial Of A Text-Messaging Intervention To Reduce Early Discontinuation Of Adjuvant Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy In Women With Early Stage Breast Cancer

A Randomized Phase II Trial of R-HCVAD-MTX/ARA-C Induction Followed by Consolidation With an Autologous Stem Cell Transplant vs. R-Bendamustine Induction Followed by Consolidation With an Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Patients