• Canadian Critical Care Trials Group
    The Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG) is a highly collegial group that is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence and advancement of critical care research in Canada.
  • Canadian Critical Care Trials Group
    The CCCTG has are more than 30 research programs underway and over 100 peer-reviewed publications to its credit, with direct impact on clinical practice in critical care.
  • Canadian Critical Care Trials Group
    The Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG) is a national organization of more than 300 individuals with research interests in the management of the critically ill patient.
  • Canadian Critical Care Trials Group
    Endorsement by the CCCTG communicates our full commitment to ensure that the work is undertaken in a rigorous and ethical manner, and communicated in a timely and effective way.

About us

Welcome to the CCCTBG

The CCCTBG was founded by Dr. Michael Ward in 2003 to provide a forum for the development of research projects that benefit from the diverse knowledge, expertise, and advice of the CCCTBG members. The aim is to merge scientific rigour with translational research relevance. Photo: Post Hotel Lake Louise January 2019














Purpose

The purpose of the CCCTBG is to
  1. Develop national collaborative multi-center studies in adult and pediatric critical care translational biology research
  2. Provide a national venue for continuing education about scientific research methodologies and their applications

Goals

  1. To develop research projects that benefit from the diverse knowledge, expertise, and constructive advice of members. In doing so, aiming to merge scientific rigour with translation research relevance
  2. To develop and execute research projects which are investigator-initiated and clearly affiliated with the CCCTBG. Ownership of the intellectual ideas will remain with the investigator who brings the idea to the table and will not be used by others or given to others for development.

Highlights of Accomplishments

  • Large number of research programs (>20), discovery of novel biomarkers and therapies, and translation of discoveries to the bedside.
  • Over 40 papers have been published on behalf of the CCCTBG, many of which are in collaboration with the CCCTG. 
  • The CCCTBG has one of the largest pan-Canadian biobanks with plasma and genomic samples from almost 1000 critically ill patients collected longitudinally.
  • The biological samples are linked to electronic databases containing a comprehensive amount of clinical data.