IREN: Informed on Research, ENgaged for better treatments
IREN is a decision aid to support cancer patients’ decisions about clinical trial participation. It’s a collaborative project between clinical research professionals, patients and relatives.
The IREN project won the Pfizer Oncology Award in 2016 (1). Patient involvement and project management activities have been possible thanks to the support of the Friends of Institut Bordet and a grant from the Damman-Latrique and Detournay funds.
For more information, please contact Patrick Miqueu (coordinator research promotion & collaborations with patients) : patrick.miqueu@bordet.be
Project team :
- Ahmad Awada (medicine department director)
- Sylvie Bartholomeus (research coordinator)
- Fanny Bustin (research coordinator)
- Patrick Miqueu (coordinator research promotion & collaborations with patients)
- Berline Tako (research coordinator)
Contributors:
- Philippe Aftimos (medical oncologist)
- Sandrine Aspeslagh (medical oncologist)
- Maureen Billiet (research coordinator)
- Harry Bleiberg (medical oncologist)
- Sabrina Costantini (research coordinator)
- Evandro De Azambuja (medical oncologist)
- Muriel Duliere (CTCU director)
- Samuel Gwed (PhD)
- Cedric Hanssens (research coordinator)
- Alain Hendlisz (medical oncologist)
- Christiane Jungels (medical oncologist)
- Yassine Lalami (medical oncologist)
- Yves Libert (psychologist)
- Dominique Lossignol (physician)
- Andrea M. (patient-partner)
- Dirk Van Gestel (radiotherapy department director)
- Ariane Van de Werve (communication manager)
- Bernadette V. (patient-partner)
The tool has been made by INSTRUXION.
(1) : Neither the content or the layout of the IREN tool have been influenced by the Pfizer company.