Grant: Collaborative Health Research Projects
École Polytechnique de Montréal
$121,924.00
Endovascular navigation of magnetic drug eluting beads for liver cancer therapy: feasibility and optimization
FY 2015-16
Summary
HepatoCellular Carcinoma (HCC) (liver cancer) is the fifth most common cancer in the world and third cause of cancer
mortality and its incidence is increasing worldwide and intra-arterial therapies are now the preferred therapeutic approach for
advanced HCC. Unlike other existing interventional methods, we propose a non-invasive treatment concept which consists
in injecting special drug-carrying biodegradable magnetic carriers being navigated directly to the site being treated using a
clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner in order to enhance the treatment of liver cancer. We have previously
proven its feasibility in a rabbit model. However, the technology must first be adapted to the human scale before considering
clinical translation, which is the main goal of this project.
Program
Collaborative Health Research Projects
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
478474-2015
Name nom
Martel, Sylvain
Department département
Génie informatique et génie logiciel
Organization id
64
Institution établissement
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2015
Competition year année de concours
2015
Award amount
121924
Program id
CHRPJ
Program name en
Collaborative Health Research Projects
Program name fr
Projets de recherche concertée sur la santé
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
360
Committee name en
Collaborative Health Research Projects Selection Panel
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection de projets de recherche concertée sur la santé
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Partie
1
Nb partie
3
Application title
Endovascular navigation of magnetic drug eluting beads for liver cancer therapy: feasibility and optimization
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
HepatoCellular Carcinoma (HCC) (liver cancer) is the fifth most common cancer in the world and third cause of cancer
mortality and its incidence is increasing worldwide and intra-arterial therapies are now the preferred therapeutic approach for
advanced HCC. Unlike other existing interventional methods, we propose a non-invasive treatment concept which consists
in injecting special drug-carrying biodegradable magnetic carriers being navigated directly to the site being treated using a
clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner in order to enhance the treatment of liver cancer. We have previously
proven its feasibility in a rabbit model. However, the technology must first be adapted to the human scale before considering
clinical translation, which is the main goal of this project.
