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Clinical Trials and Research

The breadth of research happening at BC Cancer – Victoria is extensive, including basic science research, clinical and outcomes research, and clinical trials for cancer therapy. This body of work is possible through the work of our dedicated team, made up of clinical and research staff, and nationally and internationally recognized physician scientists.  

The Clinical Trials and Clinical Research Program at BC Cancer – Victoria is one of our centre’s key priorities. Taking part in a clinical trial is voluntary and patients may be approached to participate in clinical trials and research in order to advance our knowledge in these areas, and to provide access to the latest therapies under investigation.  

Open Clinical Trials 

Open trials are trials that are currently accepting participants and can be searched by regional BC Cancer centre, by indication (tumour site), trial phase, or by drug/treatment. 

Go to the BC Cancer Research Centre Clinical Trials page and use the search function to find the clinical trial you are interested in learning more about. For more information about a particular trial, please talk with your treating physician first, who may contact the regional centre if necessary.

Clinical Research Program

Study Title

Disease Site

Principal Investigator

Open to Accrual

Head and Neck Application for Patients and their Partners
 (HANC APP) Study


Video: Information Needs of Patients with Head & Neck Cancer & Their Supports: A Scoping Review (Youtube.com)



Head & Neck







Dr. Jonathan
Livergant






2023






Personas to Support Health Care Provider Use of Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes in the Care of Older Adults with Cancer

All

Dr. Jae-Yung Kwon


November 2021


Locoregional radiotherapy in breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Breast


Dr. Pauline Truong


July 2020



Inflammatory Breast 
Cancer: A Population
Based Study of Patients
Treated in BC in the 
Modern Era

Breast

Dr. Maryam Dosani

IN SET-UP


Gynae PET: Evaluation of Post-Treatment PET Scans
for Gynecologic Cancers 

Cervical
Dr. Caroline Holloway
March 2021
Quantitative 18F-FDG Positron Emission Tomography / Computed Tomography (PET/CT) in the Assessment of Cervical Cancer

Cervical

Dr. Caroline Holloway
November 2021
Gynae Path Review: 
Evaluation of Post-Treatment PET Scans for Gynecologic Cancers

Endometrial

Dr. Caroline Holloway
July 2021

HN B-COMP: Assessment of body composition and microbiome during active treatment in head and neck cancer

Head/Neck

Dr. Julianna Caon
IN SET-UP

G-Tube IDA: Pre-treatment G-tube insertion decision aid for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients

Head/Neck

Eleah Stringer
IN SET-UP
Utility of electronic decision-support tools for patients with head and neck cancer 
Head/Neck
Eleah Stringer 
(MSc thesis)
February 2021
Community Based Oral Caries Risk Pilot Study on Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated with Radiation
Head/Neck

Dr. Pamela Gardner

September 2021

Late RAD: The Lived Experience of Late Radiation Associated Dysphagia
Head/Neck

Hilary Cochrane
IN SET-UP

Orbital Adnexal Indolent Lymphoma: A retrospective study of the International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group (ILROG)

Lymphoma

Dr. Caroline Holloway
IN SET-UP

Investigating the biochemical effects of intermittent fasting (IF) on CLL tumour control and autophagy induction by using a case-controlled study of CLL/SLL patients at BC Cancer - Victoria

Leukemia/
Lymphoma
Dr. Nicol Macpherson
February 2021
Does Timing Matter? A case crossover study of intermittent fasting (IF) in patients with CLL/SLL at BC Cancer - Victoria
Leukemia/
Lymphoma
Dr. Nicol Macpherson
IN SET-UP
Safety and Efficacy of Immunotherapy for Melanoma in Everyday Practice
Melanoma
Dr. Doran Ksienski
January 2017
Real world efficacy and toxicity of immunotherapy for advanced non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) amongst patients treated at BC Cancer
NSCLC Lung
Dr. Doran Ksienski
August 2019
Pembrolizumab in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): Effects of time to treatment and discontinuation on survival
NSCLC Lung
Dr. Doran Ksienski
IN SET-UP 
DETERMINE: A retrospective study of archival NSCLC biopsy samples to investigate the value of the DetermalO gene expression assay in identifying immune checkpoint inhibitor responses
NSCLC Lung

Dr. David Saltman
February 2021
NPGENCO: Evaluation of Nurse Practitioner Led Consenting Seminar for Genetic Testing using the GCOS-24 Scale
Ovarian

Laurie Barnhardt
January 2021
iMETABO: Metabolic tracing of tumour and T cells in the ascites of ovarian cancer patients
Ovarian

Dr. Julian
Lum

June 2021

Use of the BC Cancer Clinical Guided PERT Tool in the Identification and Management of Pancreatic Enzyme Insufficiency in Pancreatic Cancer 

Pancreas

Dr. JP McGhie

November 2020
PREVALENCE: Biomarker study to determine frequency of DNA-repair defects in men with metastatic prostate cancer
Prostate

Dr. Sunil Parimi
December 2019
Adaptive Radiation Therapy: Improving treatment precision and clinical workflow with Machine Learning driven auto-contouring of prostate Cone-Beam CT imaging
Prostate

Dr. Abraham Alexander

April 2020


BC Prostate Ultrahypofractionation or Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR) Registry
Prostate

Dr. Abraham Alexander
June 2021

Immunomodulatory effects of prostate brachytherapy and SBRT

Prostate

Dr. Abraham Alexander
May 2021
Treatment options for synchronous prostate and rectal cancer
Prostate/Rectal
Dr. Heloise Lavoie-Gagnon
IN SET-UP
CanSaRCC BC Cancer: Clinical Outcome and Genetic Analysis of Sarcoma
Sarcoma
Dr. Xiaolan Feng
July 2021
Sarcoma database research - GIST mutational analysis and RT
Sarcoma

Dr. Xiaolan Feng

September 2019

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