All donations are tax deductible and support the Clinical Trial Innovation Prize, administered by Free to Breathe (501c3 non-profit)
We couldn't be more excited about this project. Your donation has a priceless impact. You can give cancer patients more time with their families.
Meanwhile, patients are waiting for treatment options. Many of them don't have the luxury of time to wait.
According to a report from a major National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) sponsored conference, "Poor enrollment onto trials threatens to slow progress in cancer care at a time when advances in science are enabling new opportunities for prevention and treatment."
This slow progress in clinical trials affects anyone with cancer as well as many other medical conditions that still await treatment options.
Learn more about Clinical Trials. View our infographic
The $75,000 prize will be awarded to person or team with the best idea so that their vision can be realized.
We know that amazing ideas can come from anywhere. Innovation prize competitions have been used by governments and organizations across the globe to spur innovation since the early 1700's. These prizes have resulted in groundbreaking solutions to everything from navigation, to food preservation, to aircraft design, and to medical research. We believe an Innovation Prize could have a profound impact on improving cancer care, too. Help us make it happen!
Clinical Trials = More Cancer Treatment Options
Clinical trials are the only way that treatment options can get to patients in the future. Today, only 3% of cancer patients are enrolled in a clinical trial. While many barriers stand in the way of getting patients in clinical trials, we must find solutions to allow more patients to participate in clinical trials!Help Fund the Clinical Trial Innovation Prize
You can help more treatment options make it to cancer patients in the future. The Clinical Trial Innovation Prize is a un-precedented collaboration between Free to Breathe, the Bonnie Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and HeroX, aimed at funding the best ideas that increase participation in clinical trials.We couldn't be more excited about this project. Your donation has a priceless impact. You can give cancer patients more time with their families.
Why Clinical Trials are Important to Cancer Care
Clinical trials are a critical step in the process for getting new treatment options approved for care. Challenges in enrolling patients in clinical trials are numerous and multi-faceted. Unfortunately, these barriers mean treatment options don't make it to patients in a timely matter, if at all. Some barriers that have been acknowledged in previous research include lack of patient awareness and lack of resources at institutions, such as support staff and time.Meanwhile, patients are waiting for treatment options. Many of them don't have the luxury of time to wait.
According to a report from a major National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) sponsored conference, "Poor enrollment onto trials threatens to slow progress in cancer care at a time when advances in science are enabling new opportunities for prevention and treatment."
This slow progress in clinical trials affects anyone with cancer as well as many other medical conditions that still await treatment options.
Learn more about Clinical Trials. View our infographic
What Am I Helping to Fund?
Early in2015, we'll be launching a unique competition focused on finding breakthrough solutions to improve clinical trial participation. With the support of HeroX, this Innovation Prize competition will seek creative and novel ideas through crowdsourcing.The $75,000 prize will be awarded to person or team with the best idea so that their vision can be realized.
Why an Innovation Prize?
Others have tried to overcome the barriers associated with participation in clinical trials, but success has been limited. That is why we are trying something different.We know that amazing ideas can come from anywhere. Innovation prize competitions have been used by governments and organizations across the globe to spur innovation since the early 1700's. These prizes have resulted in groundbreaking solutions to everything from navigation, to food preservation, to aircraft design, and to medical research. We believe an Innovation Prize could have a profound impact on improving cancer care, too. Help us make it happen!
