Welcome to our June edition of UPdate providing you with Trial UPdates as well as the latest news and events.
Our ANZUP Annual Scientific Meeting is being held from 17-19 October 2021 as a face-to-face event in Adelaide, with a virtual option. To assist with our planning for both the face-to-face event and virtual component, we are asking our members to please complete this short one-minute survey by Sunday 6 June: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GKJQVLD.
In terms of our ANZUP trials, there were a number of great achievements during May:
- Our DASL-HiCaP trial reached another important milestone on Friday 28 May with the first site activation visit (SIV) in Ireland/UK at Bon Secours Cork, Ireland led by site PI Paul Kelly (with the US to follow shortly)
- The KEYPAD study recruited their 50th patient, with just 20 patients left to complete study recruitment
- Our PCR-MIB study is very close to reaching its target milestone with 27 of 30 patients recruited
- Congratulations to Cancer Trials Ireland who held their first 'Cancer Retreat' during the month, you can read more about the event below
- The ANZUP co-badged study ProPSMA won ACTA Trial of The Year - 2nd year in a row for ANZUP! Well done to Michael Hofman and all the team involved in the study
- Our ENZA-p Clinical Trials Protocol featured in the BJUI Journal - congratulations to Louise Emmett and all the ENZA-p team for getting this published
Following on from the very successful Prostate Concept Development Workshop held in May, on 25 June we are holding the Renal Cell CDW via Zoom. If you have any concepts you wish to present please ensure you send through your concept/s prior to the meeting. You can find more information on our website here.
The Below the Belt #MoveYourWay Challenge happened throughout May - and what a great success it was! So far raising over $60,000 for much needed funds for below the belt cancer research. It's not late to donate to your colleague, friend or team.
We hope you enjoy ANZUP’s Monthly June UPdate.
In this edition:
- This month's top stories
- ANZUP Trial updates including co-badged trials
- Upcoming ANZUP Meetings & Events
- Other News
This month's top stories
#MoveYourWay - it's a wrap!
During May we held our 2nd Below the Belt #MoveYourWay Challenge - and what a great success it was! So far raising over $60,000 for much needed funds for below the belt cancer research. It's not too late to donate to your colleague, friend or team online today!
#ANZUP21 - registrations, abstracts &
Trial Coordinator scholarships open Monday 7 June!
The ANZUP ASM is being held as a face-to-face event in Adelaide from
17 - 19 October 2021 (with a virtual option), so ensure you mark these dates in your diary NOW.
We will also be offering a number of Trial Coordinator scholarships, to help you attend the meeting. Registrations, abstracts and scholarships open on Monday 7 June.
To help with our ASM planning - please complete our short one-minute by Sunday 6 June: ASM survey online
Cancer Retreat a success!
On Friday 20 May, Cancer Trials Ireland held a virtual 'Cancer Retreat' - a day-long online event that provided an opportunity to discuss how the cancer trials community works together, how that might be improved, and what challenges and opportunities may emerge in the coming five years. Read more here.
ANZUP Co-Badged Study ProPSMA wins ACTA Trial of The Year for 2021
For the second year in a row an ANZUP study has won ACTA Trial of The Year. Congratulations to Study PI Michael Hofman and everyone who made this trial possible! Well done! Read more online here.
ANZUP Trial Updates
Please consider our studies in the relevant patient population.
Principal Investigator:
Louise Emmett
Status: Open and recruiting
Date Opened: 7 August 2020
Recruitment aim: 160 participants
Patients enrolled: 45 (increase of 7)
Principal Investigator:
Craig Gedye
Status: Open and recruiting
Date Opened: 11 December 2017
Recruitment aim: 70 participants
Patients enrolled: 50 (increase of 2)
Principal Investigator:
Andrew Weickhardt
Status: Open and recruiting
Date Opened: 18 August 2016
Recruitment aim: 30 participants
Patients enrolled: 27 (no change)
Principal Investigators:
Christopher Sweeney and Tamim Niazi
Status: Open and recruiting
Date Opened: March 2020
Recruitment aim: 1,100 participants
Patients enrolled: 180 (increase of 17)
Principal Investigator:
David Pook
Status: Open and recruiting
Date Opened: April 2019
Recruitment aim: 48 participants
Patients enrolled: 21 (no change)
Principal Investigator:
Peter Grimison (ANZ)
Status: Open and recruiting
Date Opened: August 2018
Recruitment aim: 60 (plus 420 participants internationally)
Patients enrolled: 11 (no change)
Principal Investigator:
Dickon Hayne
Status: Open and recruiting
Date Opened: December 2013
Recruitment aim:
STAGE 1: 130 participants
STAGE 2: 370 participants
Patients enrolled: 348 (increase of 5)
Principal Investigator:
Peter Grimison (ANZ)
Status: Open and recruiting
Date Opened: February 2014
Recruitment aim:
STAGE 1: 150 participants
STAGE 2: 350 participants
Patients enrolled: 165 (increase of 4)
Co-badged Trial Updates
Principal Investigators:
Jarad Martin & Mark Sidhom
Status: Open and recruiting
Date Opened: January 2019
Recruitment aim: 150 (soon to increase to 474)
Patients enrolled: 111 (increase of 7)
Principal Investigator:
Arun Azad
Status: Open and recruiting
Date Opened: April 2020
Recruitment aim: 140
Patients enrolled: 41 (increase of 4)
Upcoming ANZUP Meetings & Events
Save the date for these upcoming ANZUP meetings and events:
- Concept Development Workshops
- Friday 25 June - Renal Cell
- #ANZUP21 ASM
- 17-19 October - Adelaide Convention Centre & virtual
Other News
Do you work with men living with prostate cancer?
ANZUP has endorsed a study investigating how prostate cancer treatments may be impacting men's lives and their families.
Lorna Huang, PhD Candidate at Macquarie University, is examining the problems experienced by prostate cancer patients undergoing hormone therapy (e.g., cognitive problems, mental health, etc.). To compare people's experiences, we hope to recruit men:
- undergoing hormone therapy treatments for prostate cancer
- not undergoing hormone therapy treatments for prostate cancer
- without prostate cancer
In doing this research, we endeavour to provide insights into ways we can support men with prostate cancer. You can direct men to this link: https://tinyurl.com/prostatecognition and here's a flyer you can print and display.
Or for more information about the study, contact
- Lorna Huang: lorna.huang@hdr.mq.edu.au
- Kerry Sherman: Kerry.sherman@mq.edu.au
Any questions, comments or queries?
Get in touch via anzup@anzup.org.au
