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Ottawa researcher leads international clinical trial with new cancer drug


November 19, 2014

Dr. Glen Goss is the chair of an international clinical trial of a new class of cancer drug aimed at curing non-small cell lung cancer in patients who have had surgery and chemotherapy for the disease confined to the lungs. "This trial will test a new drug from an emerging class of agents that doesn’t directly kill cancer cells but instead improves the patient’s immune system’s ability to fight and kill the cancer cells," said Dr. Goss. In patients with more advanced lung cancer, excellent and prolonged responses to the new agent have been seen. The academic-led trial BR31, sponsored by NCIC Clinical Trials Group at Queen’s University will be available to lung cancer patients following standard treatment. Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in North America and is the leading cancer killer in both men and women. The trial will be open to 1,100 patients in Canada and around the world. Read more in the Queen’s Gazette.

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