Current Oncology & Oncology-Related Clinical Trials
What are clinical trials?
Clinical trials at the OVC HSC are research studies used to facilitate the improvement of healthcare in companion animals. They allow clinicians to discover new and improved ways to prevent disease, diagnose or treat existing patients and future patients in all specialties of veterinary medicine by enabling new medical devices, vaccines, diagnostic tests, surgical procedures and treatments to be evaluated.
Participation in clinical trials at OVC HSC may provide our clients & their companion animals with unique access to new tools and treatments. Clinical research in companion animals may also help humans and vice versa.
For all clinical trials performed at the Ontario Veterinary College, informed consent will be obtained from a patient’s owner. The clinical care of a patient will not be compromised regardless of participation status.
Comparative Oncology Trials Consortium
OVC HSC is currently the only Canadian centre in the Comparative Oncology Trials Consortium (COTC – 20 sites) of the NIH-NCI-Center for Cancer Research’s Comparative Oncology Program set up to conduct clinical trials in dogs with cancer to assess novel therapies.
The first study in collaboration with NIH-NCI-COTC was launched in Nov 2015 and remains open as of Jan 2017 for recruitment: Standard of Care Therapy with or without Rapamycin in Newly Diagnosed Dogs with Appendicular Osteosarcoma).
For information on oncology & oncology-related clinical trials currently recruiting companion animal patients at the Ontario Veterinary College please click on the links below or in the right panel:
Canine oncology studies:
- Evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of standard-of-care therapy, with or without adjuvant rapamycin administration in dogs with osteosarcoma
- **NEW** Non-invasive detection and quantification of circulating tumour cells in dogs with appendicular osteosarcoma
- Identification of response to chemotherapy in relapsed canine lymphoma patients
- **NEW** Evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes in dogs with oral tumours
- Analysis of cytokines in dogs with osteosarcoma treated with amputation, radiation and/or chemotherapy
- Investigating biomarkers for metronomic cyclophosphamide treatment of canine soft tissue sarcoma
- microRNA profiling for diagnosis and prognosis in canine multicentric lymphoma
- Prognostication of canine T-cell lymphoma
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia Study
Oncology-related studies:
- ** NEW** Evaluating crossmatch incompatibility to increase safety of blood transfusion in cats and dogs
- **NEW** Evaluation of anesthetic blocks during forelimb surgery for analgesia in dogs
- **NEW** Investigation of high flow nasal cannula respiratory support systems in brachycephalic dogs recovering from general anesthesia
- **NEW** Investigation of high flow nasal cannula respiratory support systems in dogs with clinical disease
- Practicing Veterinarians’ Awareness of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)
- Feline acute kidney injury study
For further information on current and upcoming clinical trials please contact:
Vicky Sabine (PhD), Clinical Research Co-ordinator
Work cell #: 226-218-0338
Email address: clinical.research@uoguelph.ca