Clinical trials in Canada
COG has additional resources available for families and caregivers, including a mobile app called COG KidsCare. This app helps to keep track of important information while caring for a child with cancer, including relevant lab results, vital signs, notes to share with your provider at your next visit and more using the Journal feature. This app also includes the ability to track upcoming appointments, store relevant contact numbers under "My Team", as well as access to details and illustrations from the Children’s Oncology Group’s New Diagnosis Guide and Family Handbook. To personalize your profile, simply click on your corresponding hospital/treatment centre when setting up your account. The COG KidsCare app is available for download on the App Store and Google Play, or using the QR code below:
There are many reasons why a patient might not enroll on a clinical trial. These include:
- A clinical trial did not exist for the patient’s disease type at the time of need.
- A clinical trial was in the process of being approved by its research ethics board and had not been approved/opened when the patient needed the clinical trial.
- The patient’s treating institution did not activate an available clinical trial.
- The patient did not meet the clinical trial’s eligibility criteria.
- The patient enrolled on the clinical trial but was unable to continue on the trial due to various reasons (e.g., unable to harvest the necessary amount of stem cells, or the disease progressed)
- The patient was not offered an open clinical trial by their treating physician.
- The patient declined the clinical trial and/or further treatment.