Canadian Phase Onward Inc. (CPO) was opened in 2004 due to the growing interest from pharmaceutical companies in more non-hospital based Canadian sites to participate in their diverse clinical trials. CPO is located at the same site, and operates in tandem with, the Polyclinic Family and Specialty Medicine Facility, resulting in a referral network of more than 35 specialists and 20 family physicians.

CPO boasts Dr. Lew Pliamm as both its medical director and principal investigator. Dr. Lew Pliamm has 20 years of experience in Phase 2, 3 and 4 clinical research trials in a wide range of all diagnostic areas including but not limited to smoking cessation, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, cardiovascular (general), migraine, obesity, GERD, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, metabolic syndrome, insomnia, pain relief, fibromyalgia, COPD, asthma, schizophrenia, and depression. CPO also has experience in vaccine studies.

CPO has been one of the sites of choice by some of the largest pharmaceutical companies including Janssen, Merck, Eli Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, Pfizer, Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis, AstraZeneca, Idorsia, and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals.

CPO also focuses on the benefits that participating in these clinical trials may offer to our patients, including more intensive physician care, potential access to treatment options that may not otherwise be available, and free medications and testing. This is a great complement to the Polyclinic Family and Specialty Medicine Facility.

Collaboration with the Polyclinic Family and Specialty Medicine Facility, also enables CPO to provide a continuity of care to its study patients through regular correspondence with each patient’s physician. This makes for good clinical practice and provides a level of care that is not otherwise available at sites that operate simply as independent research facilities.

Address and Contact Information

CPO is located at
2 Champagne Drive (Champagne Centre),
Unit A3, Toronto, ON M3J 0K2.

For inquiries, please contact us at
416-227-0543 or info@phaseonward.com

Psychiatry

  • Addiction
  • Depression
  • Generalized Anxiety
  • Schizophrenia
  • Panic
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Weight Loss

Pulmonary

  • Allergy
  • Asthma
  • COPD
  • Colds and Influenza

Cardiovascular

  • Hypertension
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Atrial Fibrillation

Sexual Dysfunction

  • Male
  • Female

Pain Management

  • Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Headache
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Pain-Management
  • Pain- Nerve
  • Pain- Back
  • Patients on Opiods
  • Post-Operative Pain

Gastroenterology

  • GERD
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  • Endoscopy Preparation

Sleep Disorders

  • Insomnia
  • Sleep Disorders

Rheumatology

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

Endocrinology

  • Diabetes Type I
  • Diabetes Type II
  • Obesity
  • Thyroid Disease

Neurology

  • Dementia
  • Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Stroke Prevention

Dermatology

  • Atopic Dermatitis
  • Acne

Vaccines

  • Influenza
  • Other (adult population only)

Specialists

CPO has access to a network of 20 family physicians, which make up the Polyclinic Family Health Group, 17 family physicians of which work on site.

CPO also has access to over 35 on site specialist physicians, many internationally recognized, in all medical specialties, who rotate through the Polyclinic on a regular
basis. These specialists practice in areas including cardiology, endocrinology, rheumatology, respirology, dermatology, neurology, urology, nephrology, gastroenterology, allergy, ENT, gynecology, hematology, hepatology, psychiatry and pediatrics.

Facilities

CPO also has access to numerous medical and procedural testing facilities that are all available on-site, including phlebotomy, ECG, x-ray, ultrasound, bone density,
mammography, gastroscopy and colonoscopy, full pulmonary function testing, stress testing, echocardiography, stress-echocardiography, ambulatory blood pressure
monitoring, holter monitoring, duplex dopler examination, audiology testing, optometry, and a sleep laboratory..  

Management Team and Study Staff

Dr. Lew Pliamm- Medical Director and Principal Investigator
Leslie Sole-Legal and Business Affairs Director

Our site also employs several full time study coordinators, many of whom are international medical graduates.