Challenge Unit

Our Challenge Unit is a cutting-edge facility designed for inpatient and outpatient research. It features ten single-bed isolation rooms with full monitoring capabilities, negative air pressure, and HEPA-filtered exhaust to handle respiratory pathogens safely.

Services & Capabilities

Protocol Development
Project Management
Clinical Services
Laboratory Services
Data Management and Analysis Services
Regulatory and Ethical Standards Compliance
Participant Recruitment
Study Start Up and Close Out Procedures

Facilities & Equipment

Unit Facilities

Controlled access
Nurses’ station
On-call physician’s room
Medication preparation room
Hepa-filtered exhaust air
Negative pressure
Secure lockers
Outside deck for ambulatory patients

Inpatient Rooms

Wi-fi, Tv, Mini-fridge, Workspace
Large ensuite bathroom
Access to IWK’s meal, clinical, and laundry services

Learn More About Challenge Unit at CCfV

Discover how CCfV's Challenge Unit can support your research endeavors. Our specialized facilities and expert team are ready to assist with your specific requirements.

Ready to leverage our Challenge Unit facilities for your research? Contact us today to discuss your project requirements and how we can support your research goals.

Other Facilities & Services

Services

Clinical and Health Research Services

CCfV has been at the forefront of vaccine related research since 1992, conducting hundreds of academic and industry-sponsored studies across Phases 1-4.

As a collaborative, multidisciplinary research centre, we have expertise and capabilities to undertake research related to vaccines and infectious disease such as epidemiology, surveillance, immunology and more.

Services

Clinical Trials

Clinical researchers have access to full-spectrum infrastructure and resources needed to conduct clinical research including nursing support for inpatient and outpatient data collection, protocol-specific interventions, and all other trial-related activities.

Our comprehensive clinical services encompass recruitment, staffing, equipment, laboratory, investigational product management, and facilitating monitoring support.

Services

Data Management and Analysis

Our Data Management and Analysis team is dedicated to maintaining high data quality standards and detailed study timelines.

The team ensures compliance with all regulations and guidelines, adhering to high data quality standards and Good Clinical Data Management Practice (GCDMP) throughout the research process.

All data analysis performed at CCfV is under the direction of the statistical investigator, who is responsible for the design, execution, and reporting of statistical analyses based on the requirements of individual projects.

Facilities

Laboratory Services

Our CL2 laboratory supports clinical trials, serves as a referral lab for industry and collaborative research, and operates as an independently funded facility specializing in infectious diseases and immunology.

Located in a restricted access wing on the third floor of the IWK Goldbloom Research Centre, the CCfV Lab Operations Team oversees all stages of research projects, from start-up to close-out and archival.