Brain Cancer Research Report Site Specific Group Meeting Tuesday 17th November 2015
NIHR CRN High Level Objectives Set up as fast as you can Recruit as many and as fast as you can All organisations involved Commercial and non commercial portfolio studies
Cancer specialty specific objectives Recruitment overall at 20% of cancer incidence Recruitment to interventional studies at 7.5% of cancer incidence Recruiting local portfolio to include: Surgical trials Rare cancers Children and young people Radiotherapy
Recruiting studies in 2014-15
Recruiting Studies in 2015-16 YTD
NIHR studies awaiting national set up looking for sites ISRCTN Acronym & Title Status Type Open to additional sites HIPPO - A randomized phase II trial of Hippocampal Sparing versus Conventional Whole Brain Radiotherapy after surgical section or radiosurgery in favourable prognosis patients with 1-4 brain metastases Planned closure date – March 2018 In Set-Up Pending NHS Permission Interventional Yes, within lead country only SIOP Ependymoma II - SIOP Ependymoma II - An International Clinical Program for the diagnosis and treatment of children, adolescents and young adults with Ependymoma Yes, within and outside lead country
Contact & reference details Maxine.taylor@nihr.ac.uk – Research Delivery Manager Hugh.barr@glos.nhs.uk – Network Cancer Clinical Lead http://csg.ncri.org.uk/portfolio-maps/ https://www.edge.nhs.uk/Account/Index?ReturnUrl=%2f http://www.crn.nihr.ac.uk/can-help/funders-academics/nihrcrn-portfolio/