Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Life Sciences
Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Life Sciences
Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Life Sciences
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BRITISH COLUMBIA<br />
TABLE 6. Patient Populations for Common Diseases <strong>and</strong> Addictions in B.C. (cont’d)<br />
Disease Area Population Information 21<br />
HIV ~10,400 prevalence 26<br />
Other Conditions<br />
Arthritis 555,000 prevalence (2008) 27<br />
Asthma 280,600 prevalence (2008) 27<br />
Cancer (all types) 21,190 new cases/year 28 ; 72,300 prevalence (survivors over 10<br />
years) 29<br />
Diabetes 1<br />
87,000 prevalence (2008) 27<br />
Disease Area Population Information 21<br />
Hypertension<br />
55<br />
4,900 prevalence (2008) 27<br />
Obesity 18% of men, 20% of women (prevalence: 2004) 30<br />
Children<br />
Total children treated/ year at B.C. Children’s Hospital > 72,000 31<br />
Other Public <strong>Clinical</strong> <strong>Trials</strong> Support <strong>Infrastructure</strong><br />
B.C. contains a great deal of additional public infrastructure to support clinical trials. This is summarized<br />
below <strong>and</strong> detailed in Appendices 8 – 10.<br />
Biorepositories<br />
Because of its public health system <strong>and</strong> Province-wide tertiary care clinics, B.C. has an exceptional stateof-the-art<br />
collection of appropriately consented tissues, blood, DNA, other molecular data, images, <strong>and</strong><br />
protected clinical information. Tissues are available from patients with cancer, cardiovascular or pulmonary<br />
disease, <strong>and</strong> from those who have undergone organ transplantation or have donated organs. A<br />
brief description of the Province’s six biorepositories can be found in Table 7.<br />
TABLE 7. Biorepositories in B.C<br />
Biorepository Contact Comments<br />
Cancer<br />
Hematology Cell Bank of B.C. (www.<br />
leukemiabmtprogram.org/general_information/research/hematology_cell_bank.<br />
html)<br />
Anna Koochin<br />
T: 604-875-4111 x 67409<br />
akoochin@bccancer.bc.ca<br />
An initiative of the Leukemia/ BMT<br />
Program of B.C., this is a collection of more<br />
than 3,000 samples of blood, bone marrow<br />
material, peripheral blood stem cells, <strong>and</strong><br />
leukapheresis products, as well as related<br />
clinical data from persons with hematologic<br />
malignancies or disorders <strong>and</strong> from<br />
healthy donors for use in research.<br />
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B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. http://www.cfenet.ubc.ca/content.phpid=18. Accessed November 22, 2009.<br />
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Statistics Canada. http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/pro01/pro110-eng.htm. Accessed October 22, 2009.<br />
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B.C. Cancer Registry Statistics 2007 prepared by Population Oncology March 2009. Includes B.C. residents at diagnosis with any invasive cancer,<br />
excluding non-melanoma skin cancers (BCC, SCC - site C44: histology 8050-8084, 8090-8110). www.bccancer.bc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/27D69A84-8911-<br />
4B97-9073-96F5CEC13961/34420/NumberofCancerDiagnosis1.pdf. Accessed September 29, 2009.<br />
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Canadian Cancer Statistics, 2009. Canadian Cancer Society. B.C. prevalence is assumed to be approx. 10% of total Canadian prevalence.<br />
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Statistics Canada. www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-620-m/2005001/c-g/adults-adutles/4053576-eng.htm. Accessed March 9, 2010.<br />
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www.bcchildrens.ca/AboutUs/BCCH/Facts.htm. Accessed November 6, 2009.
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