Outstanding Administrator Award

We are proud to announce that UC-NCORP Director, Kamara Mertz-Rivera, was awarded the Dorothy Coleman Outstanding Administrator Award at the NCORP Annual Meeting! This prestigious honor recognizes Kamara's exceptional leadership, dedication, and commitment to our NCORP Program. We are grateful for all of her hard work!

Newly Activated Studies

These studies have recently activated.

More information can be found on CTSU.

A012303: ShortStop-HER2: Shortened Duration of Adjuvant Therapy in Patients with Early-Stage HER2+ Breast Cancer Who Achieve pCR After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with HER2 Blockade
S2417CD: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial To Evaluate The Effectiveness of an Intervention called Current Together After Cancer (CTAC) to Promote Guideline-Concordant Colorectal Cancer Surveillance
EAA241: A Randomized Phase II Trial Comparing Daratumumab-Bortezomib-Dexamethasone Versus Cyclophosphamide-Bortezomib-Dexamethasone in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma with Light Chain Cast Nephropathy (LCCN)
NRG-GU015: The Phase III Adaptive Radiation and Chemotherapy for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Trial (ARCHER)
EA2234: A Randomized Phase II/III Trial of Intraperitoneal Paclitaxel Plus Systemic Treatment vs Systemic Treatment Alone in Gastric Carcinomatosis - STOPGAP II

Research Base Meetings

SWOG Fall Meeting: September 18-20, 2025 - Chicago, IL

URCC Fall Meeting: September 25-28, 2025 - Niagara Falls, NY

Wake Forest Fall Meeting: October 6-8, 2025 - Asheville, NC

ECOG-ACRIN Fall Meeting: October 22-24, 2025- Philadelphia

Accruals, Biospecimens, & Special Entries

Under-Represented Populations

CCDR Corner

S2417

It's a new grant year, and there is a new CCDR protocol-SWOG S2417: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial To Evaluate The Effectiveness of an Intervention called Current Together After Cancer (CTAC) to Promote Guideline-Concordant Colorectal Cancer Surveillance. This trial enrolls newly diagnosed, surgically resected Stage 2-3 colorectal cancer patients. The patients must identify a supporter but the supporter does not have to enroll on the protocol. Participants are randomized to either an enhanced website with education on colorectal cancer surveillance, dyadic training, and supporter involvement or a static website. The primary outcome is higher rates of guideline concordant colorectal cancer surveillance at 12 months after registration.

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All About AYAs

Diving In!

Just Ask!

The Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) is launching a Patient Journey Podcast for the ACCC CancerBUZZ channel. This is a long-form podcast discussion between providers, patients, caregivers and/or patient advocates. The first topic selected by the internal committee is “Just ASK: A Patient’s Experience with Clinical Trials.” On the morning of July 31^st, Dr. Tondre Buck, Hematologist Oncologist, Audrianna Carrington, Clinical Research Professional, and Glenis Redmond, author-poet, cancer research advocate and clinical trial participant, joined the podcast to discuss the importance of cancer research, the NCI Cancer Moonshot Biobank Research Trial, barriers to clinical trial access and participation, and lastly medical mistrust among the community.

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Cancer BUZZ Podcast

Wake Forest CCDR Recognition

SMC (SC101, SC024) recieved recognition in the Wake Forest Community Connection Quarterly Newsletter for CCDR efforts. SMC was one of top accruing sites for both Patient and Non-Patient accruals. Michael Humeniuk, MD was the Top CCDR Accruing Investigator for this quarter. Way to go!

NCORP Annual Meeting

Pictured above (left to right): Amy Curtis MD, Jeremy Kilburn MD, NCORP Acting Chief, Brandy Heckman-Stoddard Ph.D., Kamara Mertz-Rivera, Michael Humeniuk MD, Melyssa Foust

Pictured above (left to right): Jeremy Kilburn MD, Amy Curtis MD, Kamara Mertz-Rivera, Melyssa Foust, Michael Humeniuk MD

UC-NCORP was well represented at this year's NCORP Annual Meeting held on August 24-25th in Bethesda Maryland. UC-NCORP team members excitedly celebrate Kamara Mertz-Rivera's recognition as NCORP Outstanding Administrator!