Register for the Australasian Nursing and Midwifery Clinical Trials Network’s April Webinar | Progressing adaptive platform trials: The IVCare Adaptive Platform Trial
The IVCare Adaptive Platform Trial is a new national, multi-centre clinical trial platform focused on preventing central line associated bloodstream infections in patients requiring central venous access devices.
Using an adaptive platform trial design, IVCare will efficiently evaluate multiple infection prevention interventions over time within a single overarching protocol, allowing new interventions to be added as evidence and clinical priorities evolve.
The IVCare trial aims to evaluate a range of infection-prevention interventions (e.g., connectors, securement devices, access-cleaning devices, locks) for their ability to prevent CLABSI in hospitals across Australia, with the potential to expand to other countries in the future. As the study progresses, more effective interventions can be tested in a greater number of participants, while less effective options may be reduced or removed, improving the efficiency and impact of clinical research.
Join us to learn how adaptive platform trials enable multiple interventions to be evaluated simultaneously within a single, ongoing trial framework.
Online - A webinar link will be forwarded to you a day prior to the Webinar.
This is a free event but registration is necessary!
Presenter
Dr Rebecca Webster PhD
IVCare Clinical Trial Manager
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, The University of Queensland
Dr Rebecca Webster is the Clinical Trial Manager for the IVCare Adaptive Platform Trial at The University of Queensland. With extensive experience in clinical research, she has worked across academia, biotechnology and the not-for-profit sector, leading complex clinical trials from design and governance through to delivery and reporting. Before joining UQ, Rebecca held senior clinical operations roles at QIMR Berghofer, where she managed adaptive early-phase malaria and infectious diseases trials.
In her role with the IVCare trial, Dr Webster oversees the operational delivery of this national adaptive platform trial, supporting collaboration across hospitals and research teams throughout Australia. Her work focuses on advancing evidence-based strategies to prevent central line–associated bloodstream infections and improve patient outcomes.
Dr Webster is committed to strengthening clinical research capacity and fostering partnerships between clinicians, researchers and health services to support high-quality nursing and midwifery-led research.