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Clinical Research
As a world-leading cancer
centre, The Princess
Margaret is responsible for
producing the evidence that
promising new drugs and
newly-proposed treatments
are more effective than
the drugs and treatments
currently being used.
The difficulty and
complexity of this
responsibility is daunting
when you appreciate that
one patient’s lung cancer
can be very different than
another’s. Our challenge
is to determine not only
if
a new drug or treatment
approach is more effective,
but precisely
who
it is more
effective for.
Clinical studies produce the
needed evidence, and must
be conducted with great
care and rigour. Our cancer
centre has built a strong
reputation for conducting
and accurately reporting
the results of clinical studies,
and is the only cancer centre
outside of the U.S. to hold
a contract with the U.S.
National Cancer Institute
that allows us to participate
in early phase cancer clinical
trials, and therefore to have
rapid access to agents in
development.
The Princess Margaret is
currently conducting more
than 700 clinical studies,
and is a global leader in
study participation (1 in 5
new patients is enrolled in a
study).
Doubling the participation in clinical research, so promising new treatments
are available to as many patients as possible
View video describing Canada’s first cancer molecular profiling
research studies (IMPACT/COMPACT) at The Princess Margaret.
The BRAS Drug
Development Program
is the largest drug
development program
in Canada and one of the
top 5 worldwide. It was
established in 2002 thanks
to a generous endowment
from the Bras family.
While Robert Bras lost his
battle with cancer, his wife,
Maggie, and their family
continue to be tremendous
supporters and ambassadors
for the program.
Their successful fundraising
initiatives include
Believe
in Fashion
co-chaired by
Maggie, Holly Miklas and
Tracey Neziol.
Since Robert died in 2002,
the Bras Family has donated
and helped to raise over
$5 million in philanthropic
support of the Princess
Margaret Cancer Centre.
Bras family celebrates and supports a world-class team
Our goal is
to move from
‘theory to
therapy’
as quickly
and safely
as possible.
