Clinical Trials

Your participation in clinical trials will contribute to developments in preventing, detecting, or treating disease. Numerous clinical trials are available to our thoracic surgery patient population.

Why participate?

Canadian Cancer Society

It Starts with Me

Recruiting:

Pleurodesis Using hypertonic Glucose administration to treat postoperative air leaks following lung resection surgery (PLUG)

A Randomized Phase III Study of Sublobar Resection (SR) versus Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SAbR) in High Risk Patients with Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (STABLEMATES)

Preoperative Treatment With Chemotherapy or Chemoradiation in Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma (POWERRANGER)

Evaluation of the Young’s Modulus of Lung Tumours and Healthy Lung Tissue

CheckMate 577 - Immunotherapy for Resected Esophageal Cancer

Colchicine - Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery

TOPGEAR - Stomach / Distal Esophageal Cancer: A Trial of Preoperative Therapy

In Long-Term Follow-up or Closed:

BR31 - Adjuvant MEDI4736 in Completely Resected Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Harmonic - Ultrasonic Energy for Pulmonary Artery Sealing During VATS Lobectomy
Percussion - A novel point-of-care percussion device (PD) for detection of pneumothorax
Pulmonary Rehab - Pre-op Physiotherapy for Patients with COPD & Lung Cancer
FLAIL - Operative vs. Non-operative Treatment of Acute Unstable Chest Wall Injuries
MISSILE - Stereotactic Radiotherapy plus Surgery for Early Lung Cancer
MAPLETOP - Malignant Pleural Effusion Thoracoscopic Outpatient Pleurodesis
BRC5 - Lobectomy vs Wedge Resection for Small Lung Cancer
2 Surgeon versus 1 Surgeon Esophagectomy - Retrospective Data Review
Staging and Treatment of Lung Cancer - Retrospective Data Review
QUINTETT - Esophageal Cancer: Treatments - Surgery/Chemotherapy/Radiation
PROMISE - A Pilot Study to Demonstrate Feasibility of Improved Models of Detection and Monitoring of Metastasis in Breast, Colon and Lung Cancer Patients
PLUG - Minimizing Post-Lobectomy Air Leaks with Glucose Pleurodesis
BRACHY - Lung Cancer: External Beam Radiation With or Without Brachytherapy
The Effects of Surgical Wait Times in the Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
The Use of Lung Protective Ventilation Strategies During One-Lung Ventilation Surgery
The Effect of intra-Operative Steroids in Patients Undergoing Pneumonectomy
Melatonin for Prevention of Lung Cancer Recurrence
Surgery plus Brachytherapy or Stereotactic Body Radiation
VACCINE - Preventing Lung Cancer Recurrence
PET Scan imaging for Diagnosis of Cancer Recurrence
Air Leak Study for Patients having a Lung Lobectomy
Brachytherapy for High Risk Lung Cancer Patients
SELENIUM for Cancer Prevention after Surgery
PET Start Study for Stage III Lung Cancer
Early Lung Cancer PET Scan Study
Esophageal Cancer & The Environment
Lung Cancer Blood Protein Study
Lymph Node Sampling or Lymph Node Dissection in Lung Surgery
Rib Bone and Pleural Lavage Metastases in Lung Cancer Patients
Canadian Lung Volume Reduction Surgery