Details
- Organisation Name: The Townsville Hospital
- HHS: Townsville
- Services Offered: Clinical trials site;Investigator Initiated Trials;Satellite Site;Trial Patient Recruitment;Treatment of patients;Completion of study documentation as per ICH GCP and contract
- Website Address: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/townsville
- Contact: Melanie Taylor: [email protected]
- Other Affiliated Research Sites: Townsville
Location
-19.321099 - 146.76087
Initiating study activities approval
No
Review required
2 weeks
Site Overview
Research forms a key pillar of the Townsville Hospital and Health Service's (HHS) strategic plan. We believe that research and innovation enhances patient outcomes, and leads to quality and safe healthcare. Our focus on research makes Townsville HHS an exciting place to work and brings the best health practitioners to our region. Featuring the only tertiary facility in Northern Australia and a truly unique health environment in the tropics, there are many research opportunities just waiting to be discovered.
The Townsville Research Education, Support and Administration Unit (TRESA), located in the Townsville Institute of Health Research and Innovation, is the key contact for researchers wishing to undertake research at, or with, the Townsville Hospital and Health Service. If you have any enquiries regarding research at Townsville Hospital and Health Service and or would like to join our researcher email list please call 07 4433 2459
The Townsville Research Education, Support and Administration Unit (TRESA), located in the Townsville Institute of Health Research and Innovation, is the key contact for researchers wishing to undertake research at, or with, the Townsville Hospital and Health Service. If you have any enquiries regarding research at Townsville Hospital and Health Service and or would like to join our researcher email list please call 07 4433 2459
HREC
- HREC Committee Name: Townsville HHS
- Meeting frequency: Monthly
- Types of HREC (IRB/ERB/ETHICS) Committee that are used: Central Acting as Local
- Mandate distribution of safety: Yes
- Meeting frequency: Monthly
- Types of HREC (IRB/ERB/ETHICS) Committee that are used: Central Acting as Local
- Mandate distribution of safety: Yes
Facility staffing and training
- Handling Investigational Product: Yes
- Training program for the research staff: Yes
- Include GCP: Yes
- Facility written sop during transportation to satellite site: Yes
- Training program for the research staff: Yes
- Include GCP: Yes
- Facility written sop during transportation to satellite site: Yes
Licenses to receive, store, dispense and return controlled substances
- Required Licenses or Registrations: Yes
- Does the Facility have the ability to handle radio-labelled Investigational Products? Yes
- Does the Facility have the ability to handle radio-labelled Investigational Products? Yes
Equipment
- Investigational Product: Extemporaneous Preparation
- Centrifuge: Yes
- Refrigerated Centrifuge: Yes
- Centrifuge: Yes
- Refrigerated Centrifuge: Yes
Investigational product storage Capabilities
- Refrigerator (2 to 8 Degrees C): Yes
- Freezer (-20 to -30 Degrees C): Yes
- Investigational Freezer (-70 to -80 Degrees C): Yes
- Investigational Freezer (Liquid Nitrogen -135 Degrees C): No
- Does this equipment have back-up power? Yes
- Does this equipment provide Min/Max Temperature Monitoring? Yes
- Do you have the ability to generate a temperature monitoring log for this equipment? Yes
- Does this equipment have a temperature alarm? Yes
- Do you have an SOP which supports calibration of this equipment? Yes
- Freezer (-20 to -30 Degrees C): Yes
- Investigational Freezer (-70 to -80 Degrees C): Yes
- Investigational Freezer (Liquid Nitrogen -135 Degrees C): No
- Does this equipment have back-up power? Yes
- Does this equipment provide Min/Max Temperature Monitoring? Yes
- Do you have the ability to generate a temperature monitoring log for this equipment? Yes
- Does this equipment have a temperature alarm? Yes
- Do you have an SOP which supports calibration of this equipment? Yes
Specialty Research Area
Acquired Haemophilia
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
Acute Myelogenous Leukaemia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia
Chronic Myelogenous Leukaemia
Haematologic Malignancies
Haemic and Lymphatic Diseases
Lymphocytic Leukaemia
Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Telehealth
Study Types
Academic
Industry
Investigator
Source Document Types
Paper and Electronic
Average time to start study (in calendar days)
61-90
How long prior to HREC meeting does the application need to be submitted?
2 weeks
Does the HREC committee require contract /budget approval prior to release final approval documents?
Yes
Support in-patient admissions
Yes
PK & PD specimens
Yes
Study Phase Capability
Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
Phase IV
Type of Diagnostic Equipment
CT Scan Computerized Tomography Scan
DXA Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry or Bone Densitometry
ECG/EKG Electrocardiogram
FLRO Fluoroscopy
MAMMO Mammography
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NMED Nuclear medicine e.g. Bone scan
Other
PET Positron Emission Tomography Scan
SPECT
Thallium cardiac stress test
Thyroid scan
X-Ray
Patient Population
Adolescents/Adults 16 and onwards
Adults 18 and onwards