Details
- Organisation Name: The Townsville Hospital - Radiation Oncology
- HHS: Townsville
- Services Offered: Clinical trials site;Trial Patient Recruitment;Treatment of patients;Completion of study documentation as per ICH GCP and contract
- Website Address:
- Contact: Melanie Taylor- [email protected]
- Other Affiliated Research Sites: N/A
Location
-19.320577 - 146.762388
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: No
- 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: Vertical laminar flow hood (chemo/hazardous drugs)
- Centrifuge: Yes
- Refrigerated Centrifuge: Yes
- Centrifuge: Yes
- Refrigerated Centrifuge: Yes
Patient Records
- Record Archiving: Yes
- EMR/EHR systems: In-house system; Other
- Has your Clinical Trial Site or Service been accredited? Yes
- Audit Type: Other
- EMR/EHR systems: In-house system; Other
- Has your Clinical Trial Site or Service been accredited? Yes
- Audit Type: Other
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
Basal Cell Carcinoma
Cancer
Endocrine System Diseases
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications
Immune System Diseases
Male Urogenital Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Neoplasms
Oncology
Pathological Conditions
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
Study Types
Academic
Government
Industry
Investigator
Other
Source Document Types
Electronic
Paper
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
Support in-patient admissions
Yes
PK & PD specimens
Yes
Study Phase Capability
Device Pilot
Device Pivotal
Device Post Approval
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
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NMED Nuclear medicine e.g. Bone scan
Perfusion CT
PET Positron Emission Tomography Scan
SPECT
Thallium cardiac stress test
Thyroid scan
X-Ray
Patient Population
Adults 18 and onwards
Geriatrics 65 and onwards