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Clinical Trials

Before new medications, or medical devices, can be marketed they have to be thoroughly researched through a series of tests called clinical trials.

These trials determine the safety and effectiveness of medications, devices, diagnostic products, and treatment regimens and may be used for prevention, treatment, diagnosis or for relief of symptoms in a disease.

All clinical trials are approved by Health Canada and an independent ethics committee to ensure they are conducted safely with minimal risk to the patients.

It is completely voluntary for a patient to participate in a clinical trial. At Wharton Medical Clinic a team of dedicated research professionals, which include Physicians, Study Coordinators, Nurses and Technicians, work closely with patients to ensure they are thoroughly informed, and have ample opportunity to ask questions before, and during, participation in a trial.

Claire Robbins – Clinical Trials Manager

In 1997 Claire graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland with her BSc in Applied Biosciences. Upon moving to Canada, in 2003, she worked for a Contract Research Organization in Mississauga, conducting clinical trials in Allergy and Asthma. Since then, she worked in a private clinic in Burlington for one year and then moved to Wharton Medical Clinic in September 2008.

Claire has conducted trials in many therapeutic areas including Obesity, Hypertension, Cholesterolemia, Stroke Prevention, COPD, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes. In 2007 she gained her Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) designation from the Society of Clinical Research Professionals.

Irene Gryski – Clinical Research Coordinator

In 2005, Irene graduated from the University of Western with her HBMSc in Microbiology and Immunology. In 2007 she then gained her CRA Professional Development Program certificate from Kriger Research Centre in Toronto.

Irene first started working in clinical trials in March 2007 for a Contract Research Organization in Mississauga where she conducted studies in Allergy and Asthma. She then moved to Wharton Medical Clinic in October 2008, where she has taken on studies in multiple therapeutic areas, including obesity.

 

We are conducting trials in the following areas

- Weight Management
- Diabetes
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- High Blood Pressure
- High cholesterol

If you are interested in participating in a clinical research study, or would like some
information on the programs that are being run at WMC, please contact Claire Robbins at
905-523-8134 or email ct@whartonmedicalclinic.com