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BC FOOT AND ANKLE RESEARCH
Research for the Division of Lower Limb Reconstruction & Oncology
The BC Foot and Ankle Clinic, St. Paul’s Hospital
Dr. Alastair Younger, Dr. Kevin Wing and Dr. Murray Penner
The primary research objective of the BC Foot and Ankle Clinic is to better understand the results of the various surgical techniques used to treat a variety of foot and ankle ailments. The information gathered through ongoing research projects will ultimately help in the surgical planning process.
Ongoing research projects as follows:COFAS Ankle Arthritis Surgical Outcome Study:
The BC Foot and Ankle Research Office is currently gathering long-term follow-up data to compare the surgical outcomes of ankle arthrodesis (fusion) and total ankle arthroplasty (replacement).
This study has been ongoing for approx. 3 years, and it will continue
to be a prime focus of Foot and Ankle Research in the next few years
(Investigators: Dr. Alastair Younger, Dr. Murray Penner, Dr. Kevin
Wing, Research Coordinator: Biraj Bora, Research Assistant: Bita
Imam).
A Human Clinical Trial to Evaluate the
Clinical Utility of GEM OS1 as a Bone Regeneration Device in Foot and
Ankle Arthrodesis Procedures (Sponsor - BioMimetic Pharmaceuticals
Inc., Principal Investigator: Dr. Alastair Younger, Co Investigators:
Dr. Murray Penner, Dr. Kevin Wing, Research Coordinator: Biraj Bora)
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Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Multi-Center Pivotal Human
Clinical Feasibility Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of
GEM OS1™ Compared to Autologous Bone Graft as a Bone
Regeneration Device in Foot and Ankle Fusions
(Sponsor - BioMimetic Pharmaceuticals Inc.,
Principal Investigator: Dr. Alastair Younger, Co Investigators: Dr.
Murray Penner, Dr. Kevin Wing, Research Coordinator: Biraj Bora)
A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind,
Comparison Study of the Safety and Efficacy of a Once-Daily Dose of
Tigecycline Versus Ertapenem for the treatment of Foot Infections in
Subjects with Diabetes. (Sponsor - WYETH Research, Principal
Investigator: Dr. T.C. Yang, Co Investigators: Dr. Tim Kalla, Dr.
Alastair Younger, Dr. Gavin Chalmers, Dr. Ian Yu, Research
Coordinator: Biraj Bora)
A PHASE 2, MULTICENTER,
DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMIZED, STRATIFIED, CONTROLLED, EFFICACY, SAFETY
AND FEASIBILITY STUDY OF rhBMP-2/CPM AS AN ADJUVANT THERAPY IN
CLOSED FRACTURES OF THE HUMERUS
(Sponsor - WYETH Research, Principal Investigator: Dr. Donna Smith,
Co Investigator: Dr. Tom Goetz, Research Coordinator: Biraj Bora)
For more information, contact the BC Foot and Ankle Clinical Research Coordinator, Biraj Bora: (604) 806-8743.
Research
Office is located at:
1081 Burrard
St., 3rd Floor Burrard Bldg, Rm. 306C, Vancouver, V6Z 1Y6
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