COGNO

WHAT WE DO

COGNO, the Cooperative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology, is the national peak body for collaborative, multi-site neuro-oncology clinical trials in Australia and New Zealand. We bring together more than 1,000 clinicians, researchers and consumer advocates to develop and deliver the trials that drive better outcomes for people affected by brain tumours.

Over the past five years, COGNO has led a broad portfolio of multi-site neuro-oncology trials in Glioblastoma, low grade glioma and medulloblastoma. COGNO has successfully brought international studies to Australia as well as enabled new trial interventions across Canada, expanding access to treatment opportunities and offering hope to patients across metropolitan, regional and rural sites.

WHY IT'S IMPORTANT

For the past 30 years, survival rates for most cancers have steadily improved. However - brain cancer survival has not: the five-year survival rate for Glioblastoma, the most common adult brain cancer, has remained very low at < 10%. Clinical trials are the critical link between new research and better outcomes, they're how a discovery in the lab becomes a treatment a patient can receive. The more trials we can run, and the more places we can run them, the more patients can access care that might change that number.

WHAT YOUR DONATION DOES

The Australian Government funds COGNO's base operations through the Support for Cancer Clinical Trials Program. Your donation funds what that can’t: growing our network of researchers, opening new trial sites, and starting trials that wouldn't otherwise get off the ground.

Every site we add means more patients, including those outside major cities, can take part in a trial close to home. Your support also helps us continue the long-term data collection that underpins every trial we run, and plan the next generation of brain cancer trials.

COGNO Limited (ABN 60 661 379 200) is registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission as a Health Promotion Charity and holds Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status, so your donation is tax deductible.