Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program

What Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program does

The Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP) is a national research network founded in April 2013 and headquartered in Edmonton, Canada, with operations coordinated across 37 sites nationwide. The program integrates five research themes spanning the full donation-transplantation continuum: Culture of Donation, Practices for Donation, Better Grafts, Optimizing Immune Systems, and Restore Long-Term Health. CDTRP functions as a coordinating body rather than a commercial enterprise, with its core technology stack consisting of a portfolio of digital platforms including the Patient Portal, the Research Services Platform (for grant competitions and research innovation funding), the Patient, Family and Donor Partnership Platform, and the Education and Training Platform, supplemented by initiatives such as TREAT-COVID and the "To Immunity and Beyond" webinar series.

CDTRP does not generate commercial revenue. It is funded primarily by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) as a national research coalition since 2013, with additional sponsorship from Astellas Pharma Inc. The program serves three primary user segments: transplant researchers and clinicians, patients/families/donors engaged as research partners, and trainees/early-career researchers. Distribution occurs through direct institutional collaborations with Canadian universities and hospitals (including the University of Alberta, University of Toronto, McGill University, CHUM, and others), self-serve patient portal access, and an annual scientific meeting plus webinar series. Strategic partners include Canadian Blood Services, Health Canada's ODT Collaborative, the Kidney Foundation of Canada, and provincial organ donation organizations (BC Transplant, Trillium Gift of Life Network, Transplant Québec).

Name

Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program

Legal name

Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program

Website

https://cdtrp.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CDTRP is a Canadian non-profit research network founded in 2013 that coordinates hundreds of investigators across 37 sites to advance organ donation and transplantation research, funded primarily by CIHR and serving researchers, clinicians, patients, and provincial transplant organizations.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Edmonton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Research Funding: CDTRP is funded primarily by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) as a national research coalition. The program also receives support from pharmaceutical companies such as Astellas Pharma Inc. Additional funding comes from various research grants including CIHR, foundation grants, and competitive research awards.

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Core offering

CDTRP is a national research network that advances organ and tissue donation and transplantation research across Canada. It integrates five research themes — Culture of Donation, Practices for Donation, Better Grafts, Optimizing Immune Systems, and Restore Long-Term Health — and provides research funding through grant competitions, a Research Services Platform, a Patient Portal, a Patient/Family/Donor Partnership Platform, and an Education and Training Platform for investigators and trainees at 37 sites across Canada.

Product overview

The Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP) is a national research network offering a portfolio of digital platforms and research initiatives. The core offerings include the Research Services Platform (supporting funding and research development), the Patient Portal (providing resources for transplant patients), the Patient, Family and Donor Partnership Platform (enabling patient engagement in research), and the Education and Training Platform (for career development). Additional offerings include the TREAT-COVID research initiative and the To Immunity and Beyond webinar series. These platforms work together to drive advances in Canadian donation and transplantation research and mobilize knowledge to fulfill donation wishes and transform transplantation from treatment to cure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Research Services Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• First program to integrate five research themes from culture of donation to post-transplant health

Named customers6 records

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Canadian Blood ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCanadian Blood Services works with CDTRP on national organ sharing, deceased donation standards, and clinical practice guidelines. CBS serves as the national coordinating body for organ donation and transplantation activities in Canada.
• Health Canada - Organ Donation and Transplant CollaborativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDTRP collaborates with Health Canada's ODT Collaborative, which brings together key stakeholders in Canada's organ donation and transplantation system to improve national performance.
• Kidney Foundation of CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Kidney Foundation partners with CDTRP on research funding, patient engagement initiatives, and knowledge translation. Multiple joint projects support kidney disease and transplantation research.
• Provincial Organ Donation OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDTRP works with provincial organ donation organizations including Trillium Gift of Life (Ontario), BC Transplant, Transplant Québec, Legacy of Life Nova Scotia, and others to advance donation practices across Canada.

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Recent moves7 records

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Regional players

• Eurotransplant International Foundation: Eurotransplant is a non-profit international organ allocation organization coordinating transplantation across eight European countries. It is directly comparable to CDTRP in mission scope (organ donation and transplantation) but serves a European rather than Canadian constituency and includes allocation operations alongside research.
• NHS Blood and Transplant: NHS Blood and Transplant is the UK body responsible for organ donation, transplantation, and blood supply, including research and policy. It parallels CDTRP's integration of donation, transplantation, and research mandates at a national level, but operates as a much larger integrated agency and serves the UK.
• European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT): ESOT is the European society promoting organ transplantation research, education, and clinical practice across Europe. It parallels CDTRP's research-coordination role at a regional scale, but serves European constituencies and operates primarily as a membership society.
• Organ and Tissue Authority (DonateLife Australia): The Australian Organ and Tissue Authority leads Australia's national program to increase organ and tissue donation. It is comparable to CDTRP's mission of advancing donation research and policy at a national level, but is a government agency rather than a research network and serves Australia.

Broad incumbents

• The Transplantation Society (TTS): TTS is the leading international non-profit organization for transplantation professionals, fostering global collaboration, education, and research. It is comparable to CDTRP as an international convening body in transplantation science, but its membership-society model is broader and less country-specific than CDTRP's national research network model.
• Canadian Blood Services: Canadian Blood Services is CDTRP's core national partner, operating Canada's blood system and serving as the national coordinating body for deceased organ donation. While not a research network itself, it is materially comparable as the integrated national donation/transplantation delivery and coordination body with which CDTRP collaborates.
• United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS): UNOS is the US non-profit that manages the nation's organ transplant system under federal contract, coordinating organ matching, placement, and policy across US transplant centers. It is the closest national-scale analogue to CDTRP in coordinating donation and transplantation activities, though it operates as a broader delivery organization rather than a research network.
• American Society of Transplantation (AST): AST is the largest US professional society for transplant professionals, supporting research, education, and policy. It is comparable to CDTRP in advancing transplantation science and researcher engagement, but as a US-focused professional society rather than a Canadian research network.

Direct peers

• International Society for Organ Donation and Procurement (ISODP): ISODP is a global organization dedicated to organ and tissue donation, with which CDTRP explicitly engages via its ISODP Journal Watch publication. It is the most directly comparable peer in mission (advancing donation science and practice) and is featured on CDTRP's own site as a relevant scientific body.

Emerging players

• National Marrow Donor Program / Be The Match: Be The Match operates the US donor registry and supports cellular transplantation research and outcomes. It is comparable to CDTRP in coordinating donation/transplantation activities and maintaining a research agenda, but focuses on hematopoietic cell transplantation rather than solid-organ donation.

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Customer concentration

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