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20 research projects selected for funding to support the EU Mission on Cancer

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Title

Coordinating institution

Partners

Improving and upscaling primary prevention of cancer through implementation research

Total EU funding: €50 million

PIECES

Towards large-scale adoption and tailored implementation of evidence-based primary cancer prevention programmes in Europe and beyond.

INSTITUT CATALA D'ONCOLOGIA - ICO

15 partners: ES (3), NL (2), AL, IT, UA, BE, NO, DE (3), AU, UK

CO-CAPTAIN

Cancer prevention among individuals with mental ill-health: Co-adapting and implementing patient navigation for primary cancer prevention.

MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN

14 partners: AT, BE, ES (8), EL (2), NL, PL

PREVENT

Improving and upscaling primary prevention of cancer by addressing childhood obesity through implementation research - the PREVENT approach

ETHNIKO KAI KAPODISTRIAKO PANEPISTIMIO ATHINON - NKUA

20 partners: BE (4), DE, EL (6), ES (3), IE, IT, SE (4)

ONCODIR

Evidence-based Participatory Decision Making for Cancer Prevention through implementation research

ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS - CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS CERTH

27 partners: GR (7), ES (3), BE (4), AT (2), RO (3), LT (3), NL, IT (2), CY, LU

4P-CAN 

Personalised CANcer Primary Prevention research through Citizen Participation and digitally enabled social innovation

ASOCIATIA CENTRUL PENTRU INOVATIE IN MEDICINA - CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN MEDICINE

17 partners: RO (5), UA, BE (2), MK, BG (2), MD, PT, ME, IT, IE, FR

CPW  Cancer Prevention at Work (CPW): Occupational health surveillance in the implementation of prevention of infection-related cancer. ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA - UNIBO 19 partners: CZ, DE, DK, ES (3), IT (6), RO (4), SK (3)

Strengthening research capacities of comprehensive cancer infrastructures

Total EU funding: €10 million

 

CCI4EU 

Comprehensive Cancer Infrastructures 4 Europe

ORGANISATION OF EUROPEAN CANCER INSTITUTES - OECI

BE (3), AT, FI, RO, BG, DK, IE, ES (2), LT, EE, GR, NL (3), DE (3), MD, SI, UA, PT, SK, IT (4), CY, SE (2), HR, FR (2), LU (2), NO, CZ, HU, PL (2), LV, MT

Pragmatic clinical trials to optimise treatments for patients with refractory cancers

Total EU funding: €72.1 million

Sagittarius 

A precision medicine trial leveraging blood-based tumour genomics to optimise treatment in operable stage III and high-risk stage II colon cancer patients - The Sagittarius Trial.

FONDAZIONE AIRC PER LA RICERCA SUL CANCRO ETS

9 partners: BE, DE, EE, ES (2), IT (4)

LEGATO 

Lomustine with or without reirradiation for first progression of glioblastoma: a pragmatic randomized phase III study

EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AISBL - EORTC

5 partners: AT, BE, HU, IT, UK

SALVOVAR 

A European multi-disciplinary clinical project meant to improve the management of patients with poor prognostic ovarian cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: Restoring hope, salvaging lives.

 

HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON

11 partners: BE, ES (2) FR (8)

PRIME-ROSE 

PRecisIon Cancer MEdicine RepurpOsing SystEm Using Pragmatic Clinical Trials

OSLO UNIVERSITETSSYKEHUS HF - OUS

24 partners: NO, NL (2), SE (5), DK, FI, FR, PT, DE, PL, HR, EE, HU, ES, LT, UK (2), IE, CZ, RO

DE-ESCALATE 

Intermittent androgen deprivation therapy in the era of androgen receptor pathway inhibitors; a phase 3 pragmatic randomised trial.

EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AISBL - EORTC

6 partners: BE (2), ES, FR, HU, IE

PragmaTIL  Pragmatic approach to Adoptive Cell Therapy (ACT) using Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TIL) in selected solid tumors FUNDACIO PRIVADA INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIO ONCOLOGICA DE VALL-HEBRON (VHIO) 12 partners: DK, ES (5), FR (3), IL, NL, SE
CARE1  First line randomised study platform to optimise treatment in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY 16 partners: FR (6), DE (1), ES (3), NL (2), IT (1), AT (1), CZ (1), UK (1)
IMPORTANT  for dose Optimisation of CDK 4/6-inhibitors in older bReasT cAncer patieNTs OREBRO LANS LANDSTING - Region Örebro County 20 partners: BE, CH, EL (3), ES (3), FI, IE (2), IT (2), NL, NO, SE (4), UK
IntReALL 2020  International Study for Treatment of Childhood Relapsed ALL 2020 CHARITE - UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN BERLIN 26 partners: DE (4), FR (3), IT, NL, CZ, GR, NO, RO, FI, HU, BE, DK, PT, IL, SI, AT, ES (2), PL, SE, CH
LIVERATION  Unravelling the impact of Radiofrequency in liver surgery: the key to decrease local recurrence? CONSORCIO MAR PARC DE SALUT DE BARCELONA - IMIM

12 partners: ES (8), PT, BE, GR, FR

IMPACT- AML  Master Framework and Pragmatic Clinical Trial for Relapse or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia ISTITUTO ROMAGNOLO PER LO STUDIO DEI TUMORI DINO AMADORI - IRST SRL - IRST 17 partners: IT (5), ES (3),  CY, DE (5), CZ, BE, LT
STREXIT2  A pragmatic clinical study of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery versus surgery alone for patients with high risk retroperitoneal sarcoma. EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AISBL - EORTC 5 partners: BE, IT, NL, HU, DE

Establishing of national cancer mission hubs and creation of network to support the Mission on Cancer

Total EU funding: €6 million

ECHoS 

Establishing of Cancer Mission Hubs: Networks and Synergies

AICIB - AGENCIA DE INVESTIGACAO CLINICA E INOVACAO BIOMEDICA

57 partners: PT (2), AT, BE (2), CY, CZ (3), EE (2), FI (2), DE, GR, HU, IE (2), IL, IT (3), LT (7), LU (2), MT (2), NL, NO (5), PL (2), RO, SK (2), SI, ES (2), SE (4), FR, TR, LV (3), HR.

Background information

The EU Cancer Mission aims to optimise the diagnosis and treatment and support the quality of life of cancer patients. It also focuses on preventing this life-threatening disease from affecting millions in the EU.

On 22 May 2022, HaDEA launched 1 call for proposals with 5 topics with a total funding of €126 million under the Horizon Europe programme to contribute to the swift implementation of the EU Cancer Mission. 20 proposals were shortlisted, resulting in 20 new collaborative projects.