Movember to Launch World’s First Cancer Registry ‘Super Network’
MOVEMBER is launching the world’s largest network of prostate cancer patient registries which will have the power to transform treatment and care of the disease by harnessing the ‘real world’ experiences of over 130,000 men.
The global ‘super network’ – believed to be the first of its kind – will contain detailed clinical information on the diagnosis, treatment and survivorship of prostate cancer patients from over 15 countries.
The project will fast-track efforts to improve the treatment and care for men diagnosed and living with prostate cancer.
Movember is aiming to grow the network to include data on 250,000 men within the next five years.
The data will enable prostate clinicians throughout the world to measure and benchmark the health of their patients after treatment, providing them with vital information to improve the quality of prostate cancer treatment and care.
The patient registries will deliver personalised care to more men as the data will allow cancer specialists to monitor how patients are responding to new generations of therapies in the real world, outside of clinical trials.
It will enable researchers to fast track the Implementation of clinical trials that enable us to understand which new therapies, or combinations, deliver the best outcomes for patients in a real-world setting.
It will improve patient access to digital survivorship resources such as Movember’s True North initiative, which provides men and their families with treatment information and tailored lifestyle advice. This enables them to manage the physical and mental side effects of living with cancer, as well as the long-term side effects of treatment.
In order to deliver this ambitious project, Movember, has today, announced a landmark partnership with Montreal-based Electronic Data Capture (EDC) and registry software company Dacima Software Inc. (Dacima) to design and develop a new registry database. Dacima has extensive experience is designing registry databases for different acute and chronic diseases, vaccine monitoring, surveillance of infectious diseases, medical procedures and medical devices. The upgraded system will allow data from existing patient registries to be integrated, creating the most comprehensive and detailed prostate cancer surveillance system anywhere in the world.
The project will start with the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry – Australia and New Zealand (PCOR-ANZ) database. PCOR-ANZ, now in its fifth year of operation, currently holds the details of 67,570 men and is aiming to identify population-wide trends in diagnosis and treatment. Movember-supported patient registries from other countries will soon join the network.
Paul Villanti, Executive Director of Programs at Movember, said: “Effective clinical quality registries significantly improve the quality of life of men with prostate cancer, and offer the potential to extend survival.
“But being able to establish a ‘super network’ of registries that supports biomedical research, clinical trials, treatment quality improvement and personalised care and support for men living with prostate cancer is a major step forward and has the power to revolutionise prostate cancer treatment and care.
“Within the next five years, we are aiming to include the experiences of over 250,000 men.
“We can only truly accelerate improved health outcomes for men through global integration of biomedical research, clinical trials and improved treatment and care. We need global technology partners that enable us to achieve this vision.
“We’re delighted to be working with Dacima Software as a technology partner that will lay the foundations for us to achieve our aim of enabling men to enjoy a better quality of life following a prostate cancer diagnosis.”
Dr. John Podoba, co-founder, president and CEO of Dacima, said: “We are proud to be working with Movember to design and develop a new prostate cancer registry database. We are looking forward to developing a long-term partnership with Movember to help them meet their current and future global data management needs.”
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About Movember
Movember is the leading charity changing the face of men’s health on a global scale, focusing on mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. The charity raises funds to deliver innovative, breakthrough research and support programmes that enable men to live happier, healthier and longer lives. Committed to disrupting the status quo, millions have joined the movement, helping fund over 1,250 projects around the world. In addition to tackling key health issues faced by men, Movember is working to encourage men to stay healthy in all areas of their life, with a focus on men staying socially connected and becoming more open to discussing their health and significant moments in their lives. The charity’s vision is to have an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health. To donate or learn more, please visit movember.com.
About Dacima Software Inc.
Dacima software is a leading innovator of Electronic Data Capture technology. Dacima’s EDC software platform, Dacima Clinical Suite, is a web-based software application used for designing databases for patient registries, clinical trials, epidemiological research and web survey research and is used Clinical Research Organizations (CROs), pharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, biotechnology companies, governmental agencies, non-profit organization and academic researchers around the world. Dacima has more than 14 years of experience in the development of EDC technology for the life sciences. More information about Dacima Software Inc. can be found at www.dacimasoftware.com.
