New Toolkit for Organizations: Engaging Your Community about Clinical Trials
Are you interested in engaging your community to better understand what they think about participating in clinical trials? Maybe you’re interested in developing resources about clinical trials created to fit your community’s needs, or you’d like to help researchers build better clinical trials for your community. Whatever your motivation, Clinical Trials Ontario published a toolkit […]
Bridging the Gap: Advancing New Immigrant Participation in Clinical Trials to Enhance Diversity
Blog written by Munaza Jamil, Chair, Public Engagement Committee, N2 Canada Clinical trials play a pivotal role in advancing medical research and shaping the future of healthcare. However, for these trials to truly benefit everyone, diverse participation is essential. By including individuals from diverse backgrounds, including various racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic groups, clinical trials […]
JDRF Canada Introduces New Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Trials Finder
The following blog post was submitted by Lara Green, National Manager, Research and Training Programs at JDRF Canada. JDRF Canada is the largest funder and advocate for type 1 diabetes in Canada. JDRF’s mission is to improve lives by accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure and treat T1D and its complications. A key component of JDRF’s […]
A Caregiver’s Experience with Clinical Trials, and What Can be Done to Improve Them
In this #TalkClinicalTirals blog, Andrew Spanyi talks to Clinical Trials Ontario (CTO) about his experience with clinical trials as a caregiver for his wife, what he feels are the barriers to recruitment in clinical trials, why he feels a patient centric approach is important, and his advice for people interested in joining a clinical trial. […]
Patient and Public Perspectives at the CTO Conference
The CTO Clinical Trials Conference, hosted by Clinical Trials Ontario, is a leading Canadian forum to drive innovation in clinical trials, including leaders from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, academic and healthcare leaders, representatives from patient groups, health charities and research institutions. This annual event provides a unique opportunity for members of our multi-stakeholder […]
Priorities for Transforming the Clinical Trials Environment: Ontario’s Ambition to Accelerate Timely Access to Trials and New Therapies
New position paper from Ontario’s Leadership Table for Clinical Trials Ontario leads the country in clinical trials activity and is ranked #1 in active clinical trials per capita among G7 nations. But there is more we can do to strengthen our status as a competitive jurisdiction internationally, and the province’s hospital and industry leaders have […]