The Work We Fund

Funded projects
1,320+
Men's Health Partners
20
Countries
20
We work closely with our global men's health partners to ensure collaboration, transparency and accountability for every project we fund. We monitor this through report cards which detail what we seek to achieve, key measures and the impact.
Prostate Cancer
"Together with the brightest minds in research, we aim to achieve significant breakthroughs in the hope of beating prostate cancer. Our disruptive funding approach identifies revolutionary ways to accelerate health outcomes by creating strong, global collaborative teams." Dr. Colleen Nelson, Global Scientific Chair.
Men's Health
"One Mo can help change the face of men’s health through the powerful conversations created globally during Movember. Men have the chance to confidently discuss men’s health with people around them, resulting in men taking action early, helping change and save lives." Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programmes
Mental health and suicide prevention
“The number of men taking their own lives around the world is one of the biggest challenges of our time. Movember is working to ensure all men and boys look after their mental health and are comfortable to seek help when they’re struggling.”
Brendan Maher, Global Director, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.
Testicular Cancer
“Despite being the 2nd most common cancer in young men, testicular cancer is often a forgotten cancer due to early detection and treatment. Our projects look at underinvested areas such as improving access to healthcare services and treatment options for relapse” Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programmes.

GAP5 - TIGER Trial in relapsing Germ Cell Tumour

Movember Funding to Date

Global funding AUD equivalent 1,291,964.25

What we seek to achieve

This project supports the European Organisation for Research and Treatments in Cancer (EORTC) to provide sponsorship for the TIGER trial in Europe. The TIGER trial is a very large multinational clinical trial investigating which of the two current and commonly used treatments is more effective in preventing death in men who show a relapse of testicular cancer.

Country
Belgium
Implemented by
The Movember Foundation
Project start date
August 2015
Project Status
In progress

About the project

Testicular Cancer is a highly treatable disease. In approximately 95% of men, an effective cure can be obtained using first line treatments. However in a small number of men, the disease returns and these men often have a poorer outcome in terms of overall survival and side effects of more toxic treatments. The current standard therapy varies around the world and the TIGER trial aspires to determine which of the current two treatments is more effective. Given that relapse after chemotherapy is quite rare in testicular cancer, a large number of recruiting centres are required to efficiently accrue patients into the study. 420 patients will be recruited worldwide, with 192 of these scheduled to be recruited in European countries and 60 in Australian and New Zealand sites.

The trial strives to guide future clinical practice for the men who are not effectively treated in the first case by chemotherapy. This will guide and shape the treatment of these men to be more appropriate for their circumstance and also potentially reduce unnecessary side effects.

This project has been governed by the Movember Testicular Cancer Research Advisory Committee - a global team of highly regarded experts in the field that have guided and shaped the project.

(Local investment EUR 1,291,964)

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