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Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Life Sciences

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52<br />

BRITISH COLUMBIA<br />

APPENDIX 1.<br />

DESCRIPTION OF B.C.’S CLINICAL TRIALS UNITS, CENTRES,<br />

AND STUDY SITES<br />

PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY<br />

B.C. Cancer Agency<br />

The British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA) (www.bccancer.bc.ca) is responsible for both patient care<br />

<strong>and</strong> research within a single operational structure. It provides a population-based cancer care program,<br />

including prevention, screening <strong>and</strong> early detection, diagnosis <strong>and</strong> treatment services, rehabilitation<br />

support <strong>and</strong> community programs, research, <strong>and</strong> education. Thus, unlike most other jurisdictions which<br />

move patients from primary <strong>and</strong> secondary to tertiary care facilities as their disease progresses, B.C.’s<br />

cancer patients are generally managed by the same tumour specific team from first therapy to final outcome.<br />

A complete record of a patient’s management (e.g., therapy, outcomes, etc.) is housed within a<br />

centralized registry managed by the BCCA. Biological samples from each patient are stored in biorepositiories.<br />

Tumour teams are responsible for therapeutic protocols <strong>and</strong> policy decisions, rapidly translating<br />

experimental medicines <strong>and</strong> novel processes into routine care if the outcomes data support this.<br />

FIGURE A1. Key <strong>Clinical</strong> <strong>Trials</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Preclinical</strong> Studies Facilities at the BCCA<br />

BCCA<br />

<strong>Clinical</strong> <strong>Trials</strong> Unit<br />

Advanced Therapeutics<br />

Investigational Drug Program<br />

Tumour Tissue Repository<br />

Medical Oncology,<br />

Vancouver Centre<br />

Edward Miller,<br />

Fraser Valley<br />

Centre for the<br />

Southern Interior<br />

Radiation Therapy Research<br />

Program, Vancouver Centre<br />

VIC Radiotherapy,<br />

Vancouver Isl<strong>and</strong><br />

VIC Systemic Therapy,<br />

Vancouver Isl<strong>and</strong><br />

The Agency has five clinical locations: Vancouver Centre, Abbotsford, Fraser Valley (in Surrey), Vancouver<br />

Isl<strong>and</strong> (in Victoria), <strong>and</strong> Southern Interior (in Kelowna). It contains a number of units important to the<br />

clinical <strong>and</strong> preclinical infrastructure in B.C., as shown in Figure A1. Details of the six clinical trials units<br />

(CTUs) are given below. Brief information on the Advanced Therapeutics Investigational Drug Program<br />

<strong>and</strong> Tumour Tissue Repository can be found in Appendix 12 <strong>and</strong> Table 7 of the main text.<br />

BCCA Centre for the Southern Interior, <strong>Clinical</strong> <strong>Trials</strong> Unit<br />

The BCCA’s Centre for the Southern Interior is based in Kelowna (www.bccancer.bc.ca/RS/Centreforthe-<br />

SouthernInterior/). It is the centre of cancer research, education, prevention, diagnosis <strong>and</strong> treatment

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