On March 3 - 4, 2017, a meeting of representatives of the twenty national trial groups was held in Spanish Valencia. CEEGOG was represented by its Chairman Prof. David Cibula and the administrative manager Mrs. Ivana Nohová.  

The Engot Admin meeting focused on EU regulations, the GCP amendment, trial budgeting, the ENGOT welcome package, the new ENGOT website, and on the summary of the strategic meeting held in Copenhagen in October 2016.
The main topic of the ENGOT assembly meeting involved trial activities and the status of collaboration as usual. The CEEGOG/ENGOT trials, i.e. the SENTIX trial and the ABRAX trial were disscussed, too. There is big interest to join the ABRAX study within ENGOT groups. It was agreed to send out the ABRAX protocol to all ENGOT groups.
The status of collaboration was presented and the integration of ENGOTgroups with less activity was also discussed. Altough being a relatively small and new group, CEEGOG is ranked among the active groups within ENGOT thanks to their Chairman´s activity and CEEGOG centers interest to participate in ENGOT trials. Moreover, Prof. David Cibula delivered again a presentation on the new project idea – SEDLIS 2020.
Other topics of discussion were as follows: rare tumors, how to manage competition with pharma and GOG, TR activity and tumor bank, finances and website, update on publication rules, GCA workshops, PhaseI/II trials and EVA privileged partnership.
For more information, you are welcome to contact the CEEGOG office.

Ovarian cancer study
Women with relapsed ovarian cancer can take part in SOLO3, a clinical study for ovarian cancer, supported by AstraZeneca, to help scientists find better treatments for this disease.  This page provides information about the SOLO3 clinical trial.
A clinical study of olaparib in women who:

Have previously been diagnosed and treated for ovarian cancer, peritoneal cancer, and/or fallopian tube cancer and their disease has come back. 

Have an inherited BRCA mutation. In case of an unknown BRCA status, patients are eligible to undergo BRCA testing even if they have not yet had recurrence or progression of disease >6 months (>/=183 days) after completion of their last platinum therapy. Note: The BRCA test is covered by the sponsor.

Have completed at least two courses of platinum-based chemotherapy, and finished the last course at least six months ago.  Platinum agents are carboplatin, cisplatin, and oxalaplatin
 
Have a tumor that has shrunk or disappeared following their last course of platinum-based chemotherapy
 
For information on SOLO3 participating study locations for referrals, please visit www.astrazenecaclinicaltrials.com and enter ‘SOLO3’ in the search box.
 

We would like to express our thanks for your participation in the CEEGOG meeting held in Prague on December 9, 2016. It is our pleasure to invite the 9 new centers for cooperation. Currently  CEEGOG is composed of 39 centres from 8 countries – the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Slovenia, Ukraine, Hungary, Belarus, Georgia.

We would like to invite CEEGOG members and friends to the CEEGOG meeting, which is going to be held  at the General University Hospital in Prague on Friday, December 9, 2016, from 9:30 am to 16:00 pm. Both CEEGOG members and CEEGOG friends are cordially invited to attend the meeting.

On October 6-7, 2016, a meeting of representatives of national trial groups was held at Scandic Stortoget Hotel in Malmö. CEEGOG was represented by its chairman Prof. David Cibula and the administrative manager Mrs. Ivana Nohová.

The Engot Admin meeting was focused on ENGOT documentation, risk based monitoring and budgeting a trial, monitoring network, on EU regulation and the GCP amendment.

The ENGOT Administrative meeting was followed by the ENGOT assembly meeting. The main topic involved trial activities and the status of collaboration. Group participation in ENGOT studies was also evaluated. Prof. David Cibula delivered a presentation on the ABRAX proposal of CEEGOG. It was decided that this could be an ENGOT tial. All groups showed interest in ABRAX. Other topics for discussion were as follows: privileged partnership application of EVA group (Brazil), new PGOG application, update of publication rules and reports from the ESGO council and working groups.

More information may be provided by the CEEGOG office on request.

The Gynaecological Cancer Academy (GCA), which is run by ENGOT, sets itself the goal of nurturing and developing the next generation of leaders in gynaecological oncology in order to ensure continuity and the transfer of knowledge and experience among members of the clinical trial community.

The 8th GCA workshop took place in Baveno on September 30, 2016. CEEGOG was represented by two physicians, namely Dr. Jaroslav Klát (University Hospital in Ostrava) and Dr. Roman Kocián (General University Hospital in Prague).

The main topic of the workshop was Non-ovarian cancer. The most important presentations of the training module are webcasted and available on ESGO eAcademy.

We would like to inform you that our Association  has endorsed the CEEGOG membership application of the Maribor center. We are pleased that CEEGOG has been expanding and currently includes centers from 4 countries - the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and newly Slovenia.

It is our great pleasure to let you know that the protocol for the SENTIX trial (SENTinel lymph node in cervIX cancer) has been finished and the trial is now ready for new centers to join it and for new patients to be enrolled in.

SENTIX is a prospective observational international multicenter trial on sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with early stage of cervical cancer. Our target is to enroll 300 patients and this could be achieved until the end of 2017.The trial chair is David Cibula, and the main investigator is Roman Kocian (General University Hospital in Prague, CZ). 

Since the SENTIX is the original CEEGOG trial it is our hope that the majority of CEEGOG centers will participate in it.

We are looking forward to our prospective mutual cooperation.  For futher information or if you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the CEEGOG office.

We would like to update you on the change of the CEEGOG residence. The proposal for the new place of residence was approved by all participants at the CEEGOG meeting in April 2016. Starting April 20, 2016, the Association resides in the city of Prague.

The GCA targets translational research, Phase 1/Phase 2 trials and Ph1 drugs development involving researchers and specialist in Ph1-2 clinical studies.

The 7th GCA workshop took place in Copenhagen on May 13 – 14, 2016. CEEGOG was represented by three physicians, Jaroslav Klát (University Hospital in Ostrava), Michal Zikán (General University Hospital in Prague) and Roman Kocián (General University Hospital in Prague).

During this creative meeting, which was supervised  by Prof. Ignace Vergote (Chair) and  Antonio Casado (Co-Chair) national network representatives presented phase 1, 2 trial proposals. Prof. Cristiana Sessa delivered a key note lecture focused on how Phase 1/2 should be carried on and how Phase 1 trials are being managed in Bellinzona Oncology Institute in Southern Switzerland. Dr. Mirza Mansoor (Dep. of Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital) introduced a Ph 2 randomized Umbrella Trial in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer combining PD-L1 antagonist Durvalumab with an agent targeting immunosuppression in the tumor bed (AZD 5069, AZD 9150) as a complementary antitumor strategy. Later, individual proposals  were discussed and remarked. The  high importance of the annual meeting with ENGOT support was emphasised and  it was agreed to continue discussion via a teleconference in June 2016.

Should you need futher information, you are welcome to contact the CEEGOG office.

We are very pleased to announce that the trial on the role of HE4 in the follow-up of advanced ovarian, Fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancer has been opened for the enrollment. Since the calculated size of the group is relatively small (150), we are conviced the enrollment will be complete within a relatively short time. We consider this trial to be a great opportunity for CEEGOG and some other centers.

The Principal investigators are Jiri Presl (UH Pilsen, CZ) and Vit Weinberger (UH Brno, CZ).

We are looking forward to cooperating with you and we really appreciate your support for this trial. For more information, please do not hesitate to contact CEEGOG office.

  1. CEEGOG meeting in Prague on April 20, 2016
  2. ENGOT meeting in Frankfurt, March 3 - 4, 2016
  3. ENGOT meeting in Nice, October 23, 2015
  4. Welcome new CEEGOG member
  5. ENGOT meeting in Frankfurt, February 18 - 19, 2015
  6. CEEGOG joins ENGOT
  7. CEEGOG founded