Sports Cardiology BC: The Effects of Cardiovascular Disease on Sports and Exercise Outcomes Study (SPORTS-CVD), Canada

Registration Status: Completed

Objective: The SPORTS-CVD data registry and biobank will integrate clinical, biomarker, and lifestyle data to investigate novel biomarkers of cardiac disease and dysfunction, risk factors for adverse cardiovascular events, evaluate diagnostic methods, study responses to novel interventions, and monitor patient outcomes.

Registered Biobank Name Sports Cardiology BC: The Effects of Cardiovascular Disease on Sports and Exercise Outcomes Study (SPORTS-CVD)
Biobank Leader Reid Mitchell
Country Canada
Email for biobank inquiries reid.mitchell@vch.ca
Principal Investigator Saul Isserow, Nathaniel Moulson, James McKinney
User Type
  • Mono: A biobank that supports a specific research project, may have few staff members, a small-scale accrual scope with little to no initial intention of releasing or distributing biospecimens to secondary parties
  • Oligo: A biobank that supports several research groups or clinical trials, may or may not be designed to release biospecimens outside their collaborative group
  • Poly: A biobank that has generally a larger accrual scope, resources, and multiple users outside the biobank proper
Biospecimen Collected: