STEP-1

STEP-1 is a new pilot program that provides children and adolescents with hard-to-cure cancer, from anywhere in Canada, with financial support to facilitate travel and access to academic early phase clinical trials at SickKids. Academic early phase trials typically don’t have a specific budget for this purpose – therefore, STEP-1 aims to cover eligible travel costs upfront, reducing the burden of out-of-pocket expenses for patients and families.

STEP-1 is proudly supported by the Garron Family Cancer Centre at SickKids.

Studies eligible for STEP-1 funding are flagged below: 

• ONITT
• PBTC-049
• PBTC-059
• PBTC-060
• PEPN2121 
• VICTORY/OZM-138 (Phase 1) 
• CONNECT1903
• CONNECT1905
• U-R-IMMUNE

Last updated DEC2024

If you have any questions about STEP-1, please contact us at step.one@sickkids.ca