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PHASE 1 TRIALS PROGRAM Clinical trial

leader in
nearly 80% Years of
DRUG DEVELOPMENT UNIT (DDU) of approved advancing
cancer science
As a strategic research site for Sarah Cannon Research Institute, therapies through
clinical
over the last
Florida Cancer Specialists conducts clinical trials research at more 10 years research
than 30 locations throughout the state, including at our Drug
Development Unit (DDU), which is dedicated exclusively to Phase I
Clinical Trials. FCS is one of only a handful of community practices Approximately
in the nation to of er this level of clinical research.
patients active clinical
Since the DDU was established in 2011, the Phase 1 Trials program enrolled first-in-human trials per
at FCS has grown exponentially to become one of the leading clinical in clinical clinical trials| year
research programs in the nation. In 2015, over 180 patients were trials per comducted for
promising
year
enrolled in over 40 f rst-in-human trials, rivaling some academic new therapies
medical centers. Detailed clinical trial information is available at:
FLCancer.com/TrialNavigator.
We are also indebted to Angel Flight™ Southeast, Inc., a non-prof t
volunteer pilot organization that arranges free air transportation by
private aircraf for FCS patients, living all over Florida, who qualify
for a Phase I clinical trial. Volunteer pilots f y patients to receive
treatment in our Sarasota location and then return the patient to
his/her home.

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