Clinical trials are a set of procedures in medical research and drug development that are conducted to allow safety (or more specifically, information about adverse drug reactions and adverse effects of other treatments) and efficacy data to be collected for health interventions (e.g., drugs, diagnostics, devices, therapy protocols). These trials can take place only after satisfactory information has been gathered on the quality of the non-clinical safety, and Health Authority/Ethics Committee approval is granted in the country where the trial is taking place.
Due to the sizable cost a full series of clinical trials may incur, the burden of paying for all the necessary people and services is usually borne by the sponsor who may be a governmental / trust organization, a pharmaceutical, or biotechnology company. Since the diversity of roles may exceed resources of the sponsor, often a clinical trial is managed by an outsourced partner such as a contract research organization or a clinical trials unit in the academic sector.
In this scenario, Bhagwan Mahaveer cancer Hospital and Research Centre has become the pioneering institution on emphasizing institutional based consultant’s group practice in cancer clinical trials, thereby helping competitive therapeutic subject recruitment in a trial and helping early conclusion or clinical trial timelines.
So far we have completed national/global 80 cancer clinical trial research in Phase I to Phase III.
Few of the molecules studied at BMCHRC: Axitinib, Aflibercept, Afatinib, Lanriotide,Caspofungin, Cetutiximib, Pemetrexed, Sunitinib and Earlotinib. Ceritinib, CLDK, CBKM, Gefitinib, Crizotinib, Ribociclib,bevacizumab, Dinutuximab, canakinumab, pembrolizumab, Trastuzumab Emtansine, Ibrutinib, Nanosomal Docetaxel,Fitusiran
Following are the groups consultant & team members:
Name | Qualification | Designation |
Dr. Ajay Bapna | MD, (Medical Oncology) | Principal Investigator |
Dr. Pawan Agarwal | MD (Medical Oncology) | Principal Investigator |
Dr. Aseem Kr. Samar | MD, DM (Medical Oncology) | Principal Investigator |
Dr. Deepak Gupta | MD, DM ( Medical Oncology) | Principal Investigator |
Dr. Tarachand Gupta | MD, DM ( Medical Oncology) | Principal Investigator |
Dr. Upendra Sharma | MD, DM (Haemato-oncology) | Principal Investigator |
Dr. Pushplata Gupta | MD (Anesthesia) | Principal Investigator |
Dr. Tejprakash Soni | MD (Radiation Oncology) | Principal Investigator |
Dr. Ashok Kumar Sinha | MBBS, DHM | Sr. Research Fallow |
Ms. Poorvi Maheshwari | B. Pharma | Study Coordinator |
Mr. Pooran Saini | M.Com (Business Adm.) | Clinical Trial Assistant (Technical) |
For more details e-mail: bmchrcclinicaltrial@gmail.com