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Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Genome BC

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CLINICAL TRIALS AND PRECLINICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MAP<br />

251<br />

Disease Area Population Information<br />

Alzheimer’s Disease <strong>and</strong> related disorders Over 1,200 registered patients<br />

in U<strong>BC</strong> Clinic for Alzheimer’s<br />

Disease <strong>and</strong> Related Disorders8 Bipolar Disorder Approx. 400 registered 8 with<br />

the U<strong>BC</strong> Mood Disorders Clinic<br />

(www.ubcmood.ca)<br />

Depression <strong>and</strong> anxiety 300,000 patients per year 9<br />

Illegal drug addiction 33,000 prevalence 7<br />

Multiple sclerosis (MS) Over 4,500 registered with the<br />

U<strong>BC</strong> MS clinic 8<br />

Parkinson's Disease (PD) <strong>and</strong> Parkinson-like disorders (PLD) 1,100 with typical PD, 400<br />

patients with PLD, 500 – 1,000<br />

dystonia patients registered<br />

with the U<strong>BC</strong> Movement<br />

Disorders Clinic 8<br />

Smokers 700,000 prevalence 7<br />

Youth ADHD population 30,900 prevalence 10<br />

Infectious Diseases New Case Reports in 2008<br />

(except for AIDS) 11<br />

AIDS 78 (2007)<br />

Amebiasis 338<br />

Campylobacteriosis 1,635<br />

Chlamydia 10,629<br />

Cryptosporidiosis 115<br />

Cyclosporiasis 32<br />

E. coli, Verotoxigenic 114<br />

Ciardiasis 632<br />

Gonorrhea 1,391<br />

Hepatitis A 39<br />

Hepatitis B (acute) 29<br />

Hepatitis C 2,479<br />

7Stepping Forward. Improving Addiction Care in British Columbia. <strong>BC</strong> Medical Association, 2009. http://www.bcma.org/files/Addiction_Stepping_Forward.pdf.<br />

p. 5. Accessed October 22, 2009.<br />

8Neurosciences <strong>Asset</strong> <strong>Map</strong> British Columbia. www.investbc.com/assetmaps.htm. Accessed October 15, 2009.<br />

9Stepping Out of the Shadows. Collaborating to Improve Services for Patients with Depression. https://www.bcma.org/files/Depression_paper_aug13.pdf.<br />

p. 12. Accessed October 22, 2009.<br />

10<strong>BC</strong> Ministry of Children <strong>and</strong> Family Development, 2003. Child <strong>and</strong> Youth Mental health Plan for British Columbia. Cited “Your Attention<br />

Please”. Improving Access for ADHD Patients. <strong>BC</strong> Medical Association, 2009. http://www.bcma.org/files/ADHD_paper.pdf.<br />

Accessed October 22, 2009.<br />

11http://www.bccdc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/59BFCFBB-933D-4337-9305-E3E5FF30D272/0/EPI_Report_CDAnnual2008_20090806.pdf. Accessed<br />

November 4, 2009.<br />

12B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. http://www.cfenet.ubc.ca/content.php?id=18. Accessed November 22, 2009.

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