Research Collaborations

FREE Flow cytometry & PARR for your clients and a gift card for your tech

If you are willing to help ImpriMed in the development, progression, and validation of our Feline and Canine services, please read on.

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01.
Brief Summary &
Expected Outcome

Currently Enrolling (Last Update: April 2023)

We at ImpriMed are seeking clinical research partners to:

  • Help validate and launch our canine PARR service for air-dried slides
  • Develop our feline drug response predictions
  • Develop new technologies to further improve our canine personal prediction profiles

02.
Benefits per case

benefits to doctor/clinic

  • Free Flow Cytometry and PARR for each suspect neoplastic lymphoma patient
  • Virtual Educational Meetings on immunophenotyping

Benefits to Staff/Techs

  • $10 Amazon e-gift card for each patient’s set of samples we receive with their assistance

Benefits to Pet Owners of healthy dogs or cats

  • $25 Amazon e-gift card for a dog or cat owner of a non-neoplastic sample

03.
Patient type

We are requesting the samples from the following patients:

Suspect neoplastic canine patients or non-neoplastic canines

Suspect neoplastic feline patients or non-neoplastic felines

Please note that non-neoplastic can be either healthy cases or diseased animals with a similar enlarged lymph node presentation as seen with LSA.

04.
Sample requirements

For each patient, we would like to request all of the following:

2ml whole blood in an EDTA tube
1ml serum ideally in a (red top) serum separator tube, centrifuged
FNAs with a minimum total of 10 million cells collected in ImpriMed Transport Medium tubes
3 cytology slides with air-dried smears of FNAs from single/multiple lymph nodes (multiple aspirations)

05.
Sample Submission

If you have not already, please register for access to our Vet Portal by clicking HERE. At the top of the page, hover over ‘Samples’ -> Select ‘Sample Submission’ from the drop-down -> Select ‘New Patient Sample’.

Please read the instructions on our Vet Portal for FNA collection guide carefully to ensure you collect enough cells for the FNA. Please ensure all participating pet owners sign the consent form to allow us to use their cat’s sample for research.

If the patient is canine

  • Select ImpriMed Immunoprofile for Canine Lymphoma and Leukemia.
  • If the sample is non-neoplastic, please write “NON-NEOPLASTIC VOLUNTEER,” in the Diagnostic Results comment.
  • If the sample is from a suspected neoplastic patient, please write “NEOPLASTIC VOLUNTEER,” in the Diagnostic Results comment.
  • Indicate the number of cytology slides and number of red top tubes in the Diagnostic Results comment box.
  • NOTE: Volunteers will not be charged and ImpriMed will reach out to the email address registered on the portal to process the compensation.
  • If you want to order ImpriMed Personalized Prediction Profile for Canine Lymphoma and Leukemia and willing to participate in the research by sending red-topped tubes, we will invoice $350 plus shipping fee to your clinic.

If the patient is feline

  • Select Feline Pilot Research (free choice).
  • Under the “Diagnostic Results” comment box, please note the number of air-dried cytology slides, FNA in our media tubes and EDTA tubes.
  • NOTE: Volunteers will not be charged and ImpriMed will reach out to the email address registered on the portal to process the compensation.

Why Participate?

One of the many benefits of AI-led diagnostics like ImpriMed, is the ability to be constantly developing and improving based on the clinical outcomes of existing cases. This approach to the evolution of the assay improves the accuracy and applicability for all returning and future patients.

We will be reaching out to all clients 3-5 months after sampling to request data on which treatment courses were ultimately used and how the patient responded to compare how closely the predictions aligned with the clinical outcomes. For each patient patient’s clinical outcome report, we will offer a $10 Amazon e-gift card to the team for their assistance.

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