WHO WE ARE

One of the largest breast cancer clinical research consortiums in Canada

RESEARCH THAT CARES

The benefits of treatment options
available through clinical research

PROGRAMME ACCÈS-RECHERCHE
DR ANDRÉ-ROBIDOUX

Bringing clinical research closer to patients

Together, we have been personally involved for many years to bring together the major players in clinical research in Québec. Our vision was that the fight against breast cancer would require increasing access and participation in innovative research trials. Supported by a private contribution from our family, the McPeak-Sirois Group became in 2015 a reality of which we are particularly proud. It is today one of the most important consortiums in breast cancer clinical research in Canada.

Susan McPeak and Charles Sirois

Our mission is to fight breast cancer
more effectively by increasing
patients’ access and participation
to clinical trials

Our Initiatives

At the initiative of its Scientific Committee, and under the leadership of Dr. Sarkis Meterissian, Surgical Oncologist at the McGill University Health Center (MUHC), the Group has launched the first Quebec Metastatic Breast Cancer Registry in partnership with the ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS) and the Direction nationale du Programme québécois de cancérologie.

The goal of the registry is to develop a metastatic breast cancer research infrastructure in Quebec to support projects that will lead to a better understanding of the disease and eventually to an optimization of clinical practice.

“This Registry is a unique opportunity to not only learn how patients with metastatic breast cancer are treated in Quebec, but to also obtain real-world evidence on the efficacy of novel therapies.”
Dr Sarkis Meterissian, Principal Investigator

STATISTICS ON CLINICAL RESEARCH
89 %

Cancer survival rate after 5 years. This encouraging rate is attributable in part to treatments available through clinical research.

44 %

Percentage of all breast cancer clinical trials conducted in Canada that are available in Quebec hospitals (about 100). There are 3200 clinical trials worldwide.

4,5 %

Average participation rate of cancer patients in clinical trials in Canada. The goal of the Group is to reach or exceed the target participation of 10% set by the American Society of Clinical Oncology for breast cancer patients.

NEWS
Audace au Féminin and the McPeak-Sirois Group become partners in the Tétons Ben Drôles campaign to improve awareness of clinical research in breast cancer for Black and racialized women […]
Une trentaine de patient.e.s et proches ont participé à une conférence grand public gratuite sur le thème « Démystifier la recherche clinique » à Shawinigan en Mauricie. Available in French only […]
FOUNDING MEMBERS