Special Interest Group for Clinical Trial Network Managers (SIGNet)

Mission:

SIGNet’s mission is to support and advocate for CTN managers, thereby optimising operational management of CTNs and supporting the delivery of high-quality clinical research.

Purpose:

SIGNet provides a forum for executive officers, network managers and CTN representatives to share knowledge and expertise, identify issues, exchange information, and engage in collaborative problem-solving.

ACTA seeks to engage CTNs in Australia through SIGNet meetings, ACTA events, sharing resources and providing advice and support to newly forming or established CTNs. In the longer term, ACTA aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of clinical trial network management and governance.

Actions:

SIGNet convenes three times a year to:

• provide a professional network for CTN managers
• facilitate information-sharing and mentoring of new managers
• provide an opportunity for managers to share insights on successful activities and to identify solutions to problems
• provide updates from the sector and to receive updates from ACTA.

SIGNet also develops resources to assist CTN operations and management (see below) and runs regular professional development webinars and workshops for members.

Key ACTA operational resources for CTNs

Business review of clinical trial networks

A business review of six CTNs, assessing their efficiency and sustainability, collaboration, development and growth, and performance and innovation.

Activities supporting the growth of clinical trial networks in Australia

Published in the journal Trials, this paper provides a roadmap for setting up a CTN.

Establishment of New Clinical Trial Networks

A framework for establishing an effective and sustainable CTN.

ACTA’s Consumer Involvement and Engagement Toolkit

Practical advice for researchers and research organisations who wish to conduct patient-centred clinical trials.

Clinical trial network strategic plan development

A guide to help CTNs develop or revise their strategic plan.

Fundraising strategy: guidance for CTNs

Communications and marketing strategy: guidance for CTNs  

Trial site metrics tool for CTNs

A customisable template to track trial data for site performance and quality control purposes.

CTNs that are represented in SIGNet

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Clinical Trials Group (ACEM)

Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group (AGITG)

Australasian Kidney Trials Network (AKTN)

Australasian Leukemia and Lymphoma Group (ALLG)

Australasian Myeloma Research Consortium (AMaRC)

Australasian Nursing and Midwifery Clinical Trials Network (ANMCTN)

Australasian Radiopharmaceutical Trials Network (ARTnet)

Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network (ASID)

Australia & New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group (ANZGOG)

Australia and New Zealand Intesive Care Society (ANZICS)

Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Group (ANZMUSC)

Australia and New Zealand Sarcoma Association Limited (ANZSA)

Australian & New Zealand Urogenital & Prostate Cancer Trials Group (ANZUP)

Australian and New Zealand Alliance for Cardiovascular Trials (ANZACT)

Australian and New Zealand Children's Haematology/Oncology Group (ANZCHOG)

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Clinical Trials Network (ANZCA)

Australian Early Psychosis Collaboration Consortium (AEPCC) CTN

Australian Genomic Cancer Medicine Centre (AGCM)

Breast Cancer Research Centre - Western Australia (BCRC-WA)

Breast Cancer Trials (BCT)

Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA)

Child and Youth Mental Health CTN (CYMHS)

Clinical Trials Network Australia New Zealand (CTANZ)

Cooperative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology (COGNO)

Growing Minds Australia Clinical Trial Network (GMA-CTN)

Icon Institute of Innovation and Research

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)

Melanoma and Skin Cancer Trials (MASC Trials)

Mental Health Australia General Clinical Trial Network (MAGNET) 

Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia Clinical Trials Network (MSCTN)

National Endometriosis Clinical and Scientific Trials Network (NECST)

Neurodevelopment Australia

Neuroscience Trials Australia (NTA)

NSW Drug and Alcohol Clinical Research and Improvement Network (DACRIN)

Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC)

Pulmonary Fibrosis Australasian Clinical Trials Network (PACT)

Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group, University of Melbourne (PC4)

Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG)

Regional Trials Network - Victoria (RTN-Vic)

Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA)

University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR)