Clinical trial to help children recover from brain cancer
A pilot project funded through a W. Garfield Weston Foundation – Brain Canada Multi-Investigator Research Initiative (MIRI) grant in 2012 proved the feasibility of repairing brain injuries in children caused by radiation treatment. Now, the team is running a phase three clinical trial to test the efficacy of repurposing metformin, a drug widely used to treat diabetes and metabolic disorders in children, at a larger scale to improve outcomes in children recovering from brain cancer.
In 2021 we reported on the progress of Dr. Mari DeMarco’s IMPACT-AD project funded in part by Brain Canada, which was evaluating the implementation of a comprehensive biomarker testing strategy for Alzheimer’s disease.
