Ovarian Cancer Clinical Trials

Ovarian cancer is known as the silent killer. Every 48 hours in New Zealand one women will lose her life to this disease. Of the five gynaecological cancers, ovarian cancer has the highest death rate. By the time 85% of women are diagnosed, the disease is in the later stage limiting treatment options.

K9MD is delighted to now have two quality medical detection dogs devoted to training for the early non-invasive detection of Ovarian Cancer. Both K9MD Hunter (German shepherd) and K9MD Hogan (Labrador) have shown their quality genetic heritage and have been imprinted on the odour released for Ovarian cancer using laboratory grown cells. Both dogs have exceeded expectations, currently detecting this unique odour at 1% concentration. Both K9 Hogan and K9 Hunter have competed their Proof-Of-Concept validations and their results can be found on the Cancer Research Update page.

Currently (October 2024) we have submitted our ethics application and while we wait for approval we are recruiting our nurses needed to collect patient urine samples. 

Hunter and Hogan will become  top medical detection dogs and truly women’s best friend.

We are delighted to be working with a specialist team for Ovarian cancer from the Canterbury District Health Board and the awesome team at Oxford Women's Health. 

The K9MD Team believe that all New Zealand women deserve the right to have the option of an early, non-invasive test for this horrendous disease.