ACRIN Annual Meeting
OVERVIEW OF ECOG
Robert L. Comis, M.D.
Chair
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
September 22, 2011
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ECOG Constitution Mission Statement
The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)
is a multidisciplinary organization devoted to the
prevention, treatment and study of neoplastic
disease that will eventually lead to the control and
cure of cancer.
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Organizational Structure
Group
Chair
Vice Chair
Group Chair’s
Office
Administrative
Committees
Academic
Members
Operations
Office
Group
Statistician
Research & Education
Foundation
Principal
Investigators
Statistical
Center
Scientific
Committees
CCOP
Members
Academic
Disease
Members
Committees
Other
Scientific
Committees
Affiliates
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Scientific and Administrative
Senior Leadership
 Chair – Dr. Robert Comis
 Vice Chair – Dr. Peter O’Dwyer
 Group Statistician – Dr. Robert Gray
 Executive Officer – Dr. Bruce Giantonio
 Associate Chair – Dr. Joseph Sparano
 Coordinating Center Co-Directors –
Ms. Jean MacDonald and Ms. Mary Steele
 Director of Operations – Ms. Donna Marinucci
 Regulatory Officer – Dr. Robert Catalano
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Main Academic Member Institutions
U10 Funded
Non-U10 Main Members
 Albert Einstein Cancer Center
 Beth Israel Deaconess
 Emory University School of Medicine
Medical Center
Neoplasicas (Lima, Peru)
 Cancer Institute of New Jersey
 Case Western-MetroHealth
Medical Center
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 Instituto de Enfermedades
 Ireland Cooperative Oncology
Research Group
 New York University Medical Center
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Indiana University Medical Center
Johns Hopkins University
Mayo Clinic
 Stanford University
 The Penn State Cancer Institute
 Tufts Medical Center
Northwestern University
 University of Alabama
University of Pennsylvania
 University of Miami
University of Pittsburgh
University of Wisconsin
Vanderbilt University
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Primary CCOPs
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Colorado Cancer Research Program CCOP
Cook County MBCCOP*
Evanston Hospital CCOP
Kalamazoo CCOP
Main Line Health CCOP
Marshfield Clinic CCOP
Medical College of Georgia MBCCOP*
Meharry Medical College MBCCOP*
Metro-Minnesota CCOP
Ochsner CCOP
Oklahoma CCOP
*Minority Based CCOP
San Juan MBCCOP*
SUNY Downstate MBCCOP*
St Vincent Hospital Regional Center CCOP
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Administrative and Scientific
Organizational Structure
Administrative Committees
- Audit
- CRA
- Data Monitoring
- Executive Review
- Nominating
- Oncology Nursing
- Patient Representative
- Pharmacy
- Radiation Oncology
- Surgery
Scientific Committees
Disease Committees
Other Scientific Committees
- Breast
- Laboratory Science
- Gastrointestinal
and Pathology
- Genitourinary
- Developmental Therapeutics
- Head and Neck
- Pathology Coordinating
- Leukemia
Office/Reference Laboratory
- Lymphoma
- Central Immunologic
- Melanoma
Monitoring Laboratory
- Myeloma
- Leukemia Laboratory
- Thoracic
- Cytogenetics
DCP Funded Committees:
- Patient Outcomes, Survivorship and Underserved
- Prevention
- Symptom Management
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Accrual
Registrations to Therapeutic Studies
9073
6975
8574
5737
5220
4465
5042
3450
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Registrations
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(Average)
(Projected)
Grant Year
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CTSU Participation 2004-2009
ECOG Participation in CTSU Menu Studies
ECOG studies on the CTSU menu
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CTSU studies “endorsed” by ECOG
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CTSU patients accrued to ECOG studies
11,417
ECOG patients accrued to CTSU studies
6,618
ECOG patients accrued to other intergroup studies
1,714
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Major Accomplishments
 Six studies led to new standard of care and FDA indications
 Bevacizumab in metastatic colon (E3200), lung (E4599),
breast (E2100)
 Rituximab in indolent (E1496) and aggressive
lymphoma (E4494)
 Thalidomide in multiple myeloma (E1A00)
 Two phase III adjuvant trials:
 E5103 – bevacizumab + chemotherapy in HER2negative breast cancer
 E1505 – bevacizumab + chemotherapy in stage IB – IIIA
NSCLC
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Major Accomplishments
 Head and Neck cancer: defined prognostic and
predictive roles of p53 mutations and HPV+
 AML: established superiority of high dose
daunorubicin induction
 Adult ALL: defined new adverse cytogenetic
parameters
 Breast cancer: described VEGF SNPs related to
response and toxicity; and potential new
therapeutic targets (eg, GRB-7)
 Multiple Myeloma: established superiority of low
dose dexamethasone plus lenalidomide in
induction therapy
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Publication Record (2004-2008)
JCO
93
Blood
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NEJM
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Peer-Review Funding: 2004-2008
 Laboratory Science and Pathology
Committee (LSPC)
 Reviews, comments on and approves
all ECOG related grant studies prior
to submission
 22 R01 and R21 proposals were reviewed and
approved by LSPC
 50% of RO1 and R21 submissions were funded
by NIH
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Peer-Review Funding: 2004-2008
NIH
Total
29
R01
*8/14 correlative research grants
R21/Other
21*/29 (72%)
8/29 (28%)
Other
Breast Cancer Research Foundation
2
Susan B. Komen Foundation
1
American Cancer Society
1
Lymphoma Research Foundation
1
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
2
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Major Accomplishments
 Key components of our Translational
Science effort
 Laboratory Science and Pathology Committee
 PCO-RL and other core laboratories
 Developmental Therapeutics Committee
 Pharmacogenetics subcommittee studies
 Leukemia Laboratory Committee and Leukemia
Translational Research Laboratory
 Translational Science Team
 IT infrastructure
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Major Accomplishments
 Established scientific infrastructure to perform
large-scale biomarker driven studies
 Launched two large marker-driven phase III
studies
 E5202 – stage II colon cancer (MSI; 18q LOH)
 TAILORx (PACCT-1) – node negative breast
cancer (Oncotype-DX)
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E5202 Trial Schema
High-Risk Patients
MSS/18q LOH or
MSI-L/18q LOH
are
RANDOMIZED
Stratify:
Disease stage
(IIA or IIB)
Microsatellite stability
(stable vs MSI)
18q LOH
Low-Risk Patients
MSS or MSI-L with
retention of 18q alleles
MSI-H
Arm A:
mFOLFOX6
q2w × 12
Arm B:
mFOLFOX6 +
bevacizumab*
q2w × 12
Arm C:
Observation only
MSI-L = low-level microsatellite instability
MSI-H = high-level microsatellite instability
*bevacizumab continued for an additional 6 months
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Integral Biomarker Specimen Flow—E5202
Fax results - avg 4 working days
5 working days
Surgery
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Site registers
patient, ships
2 blocks
(1 tumor,
1 normal)
PCO-RL *
Laboratory
QC and
Processing
ECOG
Rando
Site registers
patient to
Treatment
MDACC* tests
for 18qLOH,
MSI
Fax results - avg 4 working days
* CAP-accredited lab for CLIA-88 compliance
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General Themes for the Future
 Study “targeted” therapies with the ultimate goal
of developing new potentially curative strategies
 Define new predictive and prognostic factors
which lead to hypothesis driven clinical trials
 Continue to develop both laboratory-based
and IT infrastructure
 Build upon new data from existing pivotal studies
undergoing completion and analysis
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