RESEARCH AND INNOVATION:
Pilot Projects and Health Care Research
Starting in 2016, LILT Biella has decided to taking part to research and innovation projects in a systematic way, also through access to regional, national and European health care research funding.
The annual or two-years pilot projects and trials of which it is a part embrace all areas of action of the Italian League for the fight against cancer, covering primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. The priority is to build good practices that can offer innovative and excellent prevention pathways based on scientific evidence and aimed directly at users whether they are patients, long-survivors or healthy people.
The implementation of the initiatives takes place in partnership with the LILT sections of other regions, Universities, Hospitals/ASL and National and European Networks of Excellence. Through these collaborations it is possible to test in a synergistic way the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed procedures, even in different settings and ecosystems next to Biella territory. The ultimate goal is to improve the quality of the services offered and achieve effective evidence-based results, with a high degree of application and transferability.
The reference principles that inspire this new activities’ area and identity of LILT Biella should be traced in the concept of “open research and innovation”. In addition to the normal practice of publishing results in scientific publications at the end of the research process, activities are carried out and disseminated as soon as they are available through the creation of multidisciplinary teams and the use of digital and collaborative technology.
ONCOLOGICAL REHABILITATION AND PERSONALISED GYM PATHWAYS
ONCOLOGICAL REHABILITATION: realisation of an innovative centre focused on integrated rehabilitation courses aimed at cancer patient in the post-acute phase of the disease.
Approved by the Oncology Network of Piedmont and Val d’Aosta (DGR n. 16-4816 of 27.3.2017), the pilot project was started in 2018 and it is still on.
It allowed the activation of two outpatient facilities: a physiatrist one, and rehabilitation of the pelvic floor and motor pathways a second one. The results of the first year of activity will be soon published.
Annual pilot project (2017/2018) of health care research financed through the revenues of «5 per Mille» (five per thousand) donations : leader LILT Biella.
Pilot study focused on the delivery, to subjects with previous diagnosis of cancer in the phase of clinical stability, of two parallel rehabilitative pathways:
- Adapted Physical Exercise provided by specialised staff for 12 weeks
- Participation in 3 thematic workshops aimed at patients and also open to family members/caregivers.
In May 2018, poster presentation of the scientific pilot study at the 12th CiPOMO National Congress (The College of Italian Medical Oncology Directors)
COLON CANCER: Project Validation of clinical biomarkers on non-coding RNA and gut microbiome
Biennial project (2018/2020) of national research financed through the 5 per thousand national LILT. Leading LILT Biella, in partnership with the University of Turin (scientific coordination), IIGM (Italian Institute for Genomics Medicine), IRCCS National Institute of Tumors in Milan and LILT Trento.
Secondary prevention research project focused on validating molecular biomarkers as a non-invasive screening tool for CRC diagnosis and low economic impact
HEALTH: Earning Health With Life Skills
LILT BIELLA PARTECIPATES IN THE EUROPEAN SHAFE THEMATIC NETWORK “SMART HEALTHY AGE-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS”
