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Fixed-Duration and De-escalated Therapy

Doing less on purpose: fixed-duration regimens tested against treatment until progression, risk-adapted observation, and the evidence needed before an established therapy can safely be shortened or withheld.

3 articles in this topic

  • August 10, 2026Journal of Clinical OncologyNRG Oncology RTOG 0539 (NCT00895622)

    10-Year Data Validate Risk-Adapted Meningioma Strategy: Observation, Then Selective Radiotherapy

    Long-term follow-up (median exceeding 10 years) of NRG Oncology RTOG 0539 validates a risk-adapted meningioma strategy: observation after gross total or subtotal resection for low-risk (WHO grade 1) disease, and radiotherapy for intermediate- and high-risk disease.

  • July 16, 2026New England Journal of MedicineENDURANCE (ECOG-ACRIN E1A11) maintenance randomization (NCT01863550)

    Indefinite Lenalidomide Maintenance Fails to Beat 2-Year Fixed Duration in Myeloma

    Randomized phase 3 comparison, from the maintenance ("R2") randomization of the ECOG-ACRIN ENDURANCE (E1A11) trial, of indefinite-duration versus fixed 2-year lenalidomide maintenance in 516 standard-risk multiple myeloma patients who did not undergo up-front autologous stem-cell transplantation.

  • March 12, 2026New England Journal of MedicineCLL17 (NCT04608318)

    Fixed-Duration Therapy Matches Continuous Treatment in Previously Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: The CLL17 Trial

    Phase 3 randomized trial of 909 patients with previously untreated CLL across 174 sites in 13 countries

Cancer types covered: Brain Cancer · Multiple Myeloma · Leukemia