Clinical Trials Unit
Overview
Clinical Trials are a core service at the Vancouver Prostate Centre and are conducted in close partnership with the BC Cancer Agency, national and international clinical trials networks, and industry partners. These networks serve to enhance enrollment in our clinical trials, while the structure of the Canadian medical system and centralized treatment centres such as ours mean that patient follow-up information is closely tracked.
By combining the genitourinary research programs at the Vancouver Prostate Centre and the BC Cancer Agency, clinical trial patients can participate in a full range of investigational studies.
Our networks have performed numerous co-operative group and industry-sponsored trials, involving well-known pharmaceutical and biotech companies. In addition, this group has sponsored clinical trial submissions to Health Canada and has been successfully audited by regulatory agencies including Health Canada and US FDA.
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Clinical Trials Unit Overview / Expertise and Services
Expertise and Services
Expertise
The Clinical Trials Service at the Vancouver Prostate Centre builds on more than 20 years of experience in conducting superior quality clinical trials in a variety of indications. Our highly-qualified team of investigators and support staff include:
- Four full-time urologists
- Three full-time medical oncologists
- Nine full-time clinical trial coordinators
- Six registered nurses
- Three regulatory affairs assistants
- Administrative support staff
Services
Our core services include:
Clinical Trials:
- Coordination of Phase I though III Clinical Trials
- Pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and biomarker studies
- Proof of concept trials
- Standardized protocols for adjuvant drug studies prior to radical prostatectomy (allowing tissue analysis following drug exposure)
- Safety/efficacy studies with single agent or combination therapies
- Long term surveillance studies
- QOL and outcome studies
- Development of clinical trial protocols
- Preparation of regulatory and ethical documentation for submission to health Canada and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)
- Negotiation of Clinical Trial Agreements and Budgets
- Development of study specific SOPs
- Collection, entry, processing and analysis of clinical trials data and patient derived samples
- Experience with both paper and electronic CRFs
- Preparation of clinical study reports
- Access to national and international multi-centre networks for GU tumor clinical trials
Clinical Trials Unit Overview / Clinical Trials Contact
Clinical Trials Contact
Mr. Jonathan Ma
Prostate Clinic/Department of Urology, VGH
Tel: 604-875-5675
Email: Click here to contact Mr. Ma