Theralase Technologies Inc. V.TLT

US Clinical Study sites

[Eoganacht]

Of the 7 US clinical study sites 5 have no mention of our trial on their clinical study search pages:

Virginia Urology
Urology Associates P.C.
MidLantic Urology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Urology San Antonio

However the Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, does list our trial:
https://carolinaurologicresearchcenter.com/current-trials/current-trials-bladder-cancer/

And the University of Chicago Medicine has a description of our trial which is even more detailed than the one on the UHN site.

https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-clinical-trial/clinical-trial/5/irb201049#headingEligibility

[Johnandrose22]

From the UChicagoMedicine Trial Site: This is a Phase II, open label, single arm, multicenter study conducted in Canada, the United States and internationally.... Internationally?! Wow...I didn't know. John

[socksnblonds642]

Guess the devil is in the details, it does say subject to IRB approval. The FDA does not preclude compensation for the IRB auditors. Maybe it takes money to get this done! Maybe they hedged their bet on getting to the magic number of 25 with the sites that are in progress.I saw this a while ago and didn't get too excited. Either delayed with politics, money or the pandemic or all of the above.

[Oilminerdeluxe]

Ugh, I yearn for an update. A fat massive one.

[CAinPlap]

This has been my biggest question mark. It would be nice to know what the lack of US trial participation is due to.

[CAinPlap]

Could part of the reason be that the TLT cannot offer the same compensation for trial participation that competing trials are offering?  

[TriumphSpitSix]

Compenstion? Being cured of cancer isn't good enough?

[Gooseybear]

In the US, experimental procedures aren't typically covered by insurance so unless supported by the company may not happen due to expenses.

[CAinPlap]

I may be wrong but I thought trial participants are often compensated.