Radiation Oncology/Trial acronyms

Listing of Oncology Clinical Trial Acronyms

This listing is for names of trials with acronyms. It should not be used to include trial results (those should be placed in other chapters.) Include the expansion of the acronym when known.
Technically, the "acronyms" contained herein may be acronyms or initialisms and may be formed from initial or non-initial letters.

Trial Disease site Title / Description Reference
ACCORD Action Clinique COordonnées en cancérologie Digestive
(multiple trials)
ACCORD 11 Pancreas also: PRODIGE 4
ACORN Breast taxol +/- sorafenib Gradishar WJ, San Anton 2009
ALTTO Breast
ARTIST Gastric Adjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy in Stomach Cancer [1]
ASCENT2 Prostate castrate resistant
ATLAS Lung second line maintenance Miller VA, ASCO 2009
AVADO Breast ? AVAstin and DOcetaxel Miles D, ASCO 2008
AVAGAST Gastric
AZURE Breast zometa
BEATRICE Breast A Study of Avastin (Bevacizumab) Adjuvant Therapy in Triple Negative Breast Cancer http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00528567
BENTLY Lymphoma ? BENdamustine T cell LYmphoma Abstract
BETH Breast chemo + herceptin +/- Avastin
BISMARK Bone mets zometa in bone mets
BOLERO Breast Breast cancer trials of OraL EveROlimus
BRIM3 Melanoma BRAF inhibitor Vemurafenib for MELANOMA ASCO 2011 LBA4
BRiTE Colorectal Bevacizumab Regimens: Investigation of Treatment Effects and Safety [2]
CHEST Lung Chemotherapy for Early Stages Trial PMID 22124104
CINDERELLA Glioma carbon ion radiotherapy versus fractionated steretotactic radiotherapy in patients with recurrent or progressive gliomas PMID 20925951
CLASSIC Gastric Capecitabine and Oxaliplatin Adjuvant Study in Stomach Cancer ASCO 2011 - Bang - LBA 4002
CLEOPATRA Glioma PMID 20819220
CLEOPATRA
(another one)
Breast CLinical Evaluation Of Pertuzumab And TRAstuzumab PMID 21147694
COMICE Breast Multicentre randomised controlled trial examining the cost-effectiveness of contrast-enhanced high field magnetic resonance imaging in women with primary breast cancer scheduled for wide local excision (COMICE)
CONFIRM Breast fulvestrant Di Leo A, San Antonio 2009
CORRECT Colorectal regorafenib [3]
COSMIC H&N / salivary PMID 20937120
CRYSTAL Colorectal Cetuximab combined with iRinotecan in first line therapY for metaSTatic colorectAL cancer [4]
DASISION CML dasatinib
DEVA Breast Docetaxel Epirubicin Adjuvant
EMBRACE Breast eribulin Twelves C, ASCO 2010
EVEREST Colorectal ? Erbitux ... ASCO abstract
EVOLUTION Myeloma Kumar S, ASH 2009
EXPERT-C Rectal ? Eloxatin (oxaliplatin) Xeloda (capecitabine) Pre-operative Radiotherapy - Cetuximab [5]
FACT Breast fulvestrant Bergh 2009
FIRST Breast fulvestrant Ellis 2008
First-SIGNAL Lung First-Line Single-Agent Iressa Versus Gemcitabine and Cisplatin Trial in Never-Smokers With Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Abstract
GEPARDO Breast German Preoperative Adriamycin and Docetaxel
GIDEON HCC Global Investigation of Therapeutic DEcisions in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Of its Treatment with SorafeNib ASCO 2011 - Marrero abs 4001
PMID 20642705
HERA Breast
IMPACT Prostate vaccine - Provenge Kantoff P, 2010 abs.
INTACT Lung Iressa non–small cell lung cancer trial assessing combination treatment
IPASS Lung Fukuoka M, ASCO 2009 abs
LANDSCAPE Breast
Brain)
brain mets her2. lapatinib. probably LApatiNib and CAPEcitabine ASCO 2011 - 509 (T.Bachelor)
LOGiC Gastric Lapatinib Optimization Study in ErbB2 (HER2) Positive Gastric Cancer [6]
MACRO Colorectal metastatic. maintenance bevacizumab
MADeIT Lung Molecular Analysis Directed Individualized Therapy Simon GR, Proc IASLC 2009 abst
MARCIE Meningioma PMID 21062428
MONET Lung MOtesanib NSCLC Efficacy and Tolerability Study clinicaltrials.gov
MOSAIC Colon
OCEANS Ovarian A Study of Carboplatin and Gemcitabine Plus Bevacizumab in Patients With Ovary, Peritoneal, or Fallopian Tube Carcinoma [7]
OPTIMIZE 2 Breast
Bone mets
Zometa
OPTIMOX Colorectal oxaliplatin
OPUS Colorectal Cetuximab plus 5-FU/FA/oxaliplatin PMID 21228335
PASSPORT Lung
Brain mets
Avastin
PIVOT Prostate Prostate cancer Intervention Versus Observation Trial
POET Esophagus / Gastric PreOperative chemotherapy or radiochemotherapy in Esophagogastric adenocarcinoma Trial
PRIMA Lymphoma Primary RItuximab and MAintenance. Follicular lymphoma
PRODIGE 4 Pancreas FOLFIRINOX. See ACCORD 11
QUASAR Colorectal eval Oncotype assay for Stage II CRC Kerr D, ASCO 2009
RIBBON-1 Breast capecitabine/Bev Robert NJ, ASCO 2009
RIBBON-2 Breast chemo/Bev 2nd line Brufsky A, San Anton 2009
SALUTE Lung A Study of Bevacizumab in Previously Untreated Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer PMID 21502556
SATURN Lung second line maintenance Cappuzzo F, ASCO 2009
SELECT Prostate selenium and vitamin E cancer prevention trial
SELECT
(another one)
RCC high dose IL-2
SENTINA Breast sentinel node biopsy, neoadjuvant
SHARP HCC sorafenib Chang AI, Lancet Oncol 2009
START HCC transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, sorafenib
STEPP skin toxicity evaluation protocol with panitumumab Lacouture ME, JCO 2010, 1351
SUPREMO Breast Selective Use of Postoperative Radiotherapy AftEr MastectOmy
TAILORx Breast oncotype dx
TARGIT Breast targeted intraoperative RT Vaidya, Lancet 2010
TECHNO Breast Pathologic Complete Response After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Plus Trastuzumab Predicts Favorable Survival in Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Overexpressing Breast Cancer: Results From the TECHNO Trial of the AGO and GBG Study Groups
TITAN Breast AC-> vs AC->ixabepilone
TOGA Gastric written as "ToGA" - trastuzumab gastric Van Cutsem E, ASCO 2009
TORAVA RCC temsirolimus + bevacizumab
TORCH Lung A study of Tarceva OR CHemotherapy for the treatment of advanced NSCLC clinicaltrials.gov
TRIBUTE (lung)
TROPIC Prostate metastatic, cabazitaxel Sartor AO, 2010 abs
VELOUR Colorectal aflibercept [8]
VERTICAL Lymphoma A Phase II Study of VELCADE (Bortezomib) in Combination With Bendamustine and Rituximab in Subjects With Relapsed or Refractory Follicular Lymphoma (VERTICAL) [9] [10]
ZEAL Lung ZACTIMA Efficacy with Alimta in Lung cancer [11]
ZEPHYR Lung ZACTIMA Efficacy trial for NSCLC Patients with History of EGFR-TKI and chemo-resistance Abstract [12]
ZEST Lung ZACTIMA Efficacy when Studied versus Tarceva [13]
ZETA Thyroid medullary thryoid, vendetanib
Z-FAST Breast zoledronic acid
also: ZO-FAST and E-ZO-FAST
Brufsky A, San Antonio 2009
ZODIAC Lung ZACTIMA in cOmbination with Docetaxel In non-smAll cell lung Cancer [14]
ZORO Breast goserelin / zoladex. GBG 37 ZORO Study PMID 21537042