ACTA has welcomed the opportunity to provide feedback to the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) and the Australia Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)…
An International Scientific Congress Challenges of Early Crossover in Clinical Trial Design for Oncology On Wednesday 22 October 2014, Bellberry will host a Congress in Adelaide on the Challenges…
ACTA has welcomed the opportunity to provide feedback to the NHMRC on the draft final report on revising the list of standard items for clinical trials for the purpose of determining…
The Clinical Trials Advisory Committee (CTAC) was formed in 2014 to provide advice to the Department of Health and the Department of Industry and Science on various measures under the…
We are excited to announce the ACTA 2015 International Clinical Trials Symposium to be held 7-10 October 2015 in Sydney. The theme of the meeting is Better Evidence, Better Health and…
The Australian and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Group (ANZMUSC) is holding its first national summit on the 21st – 22nd April 2015. The aims of the summit are: i) Agree…
The Critical Care Health Services Research Forum will be held on the 3rd of March 2015. The forum, run jointly by the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group (CTG) and The ANZICS Centre…
As part of its task of reporting on the feasibility of introducing Activity-Based Funding (ABF) for teaching, training and research (TTR) conducted in public hospitals, the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority…
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) have sought feedback on draft principles for accessing and using publicly funded data for health research (the draft Guide). The draft Guide is…
MEDIA RELEASE Clinical researchers around Australia have welcomed the announcement this week that WA Health will provide vital seed funding to support development of the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance…
The ACTA 2015 Scientific Program Committee invites authors to submit abstracts for presentation within any of the ACTA 2015 themes. Submissions are sought for oral, workshop and poster presentations…
Safety monitoring and reporting requirements have been updated internationally, including in the United States and the European Union. In response to changes in safety monitoring and reporting that have occurred…
Many important clinical questions are difficult to answer with a classically designed randomised controlled trial. Using innovative trial designs has the potential to increase the efficiency and capacity for conducting…
Registration for the ACTA 2015 International Clinical Trials Symposium is now available through the conference website. Make sure you plan your registration early to secure the discounted early bird…
What better way to mark International Clinical Trials Day than to get your registration in for ACTA2015! Register on May 20 to receive 10% discount registration + chance to win…
A major international HIV treatment trial coordinated by the Kirby Institute at UNSW in partnership with three other international research centres has been terminated ahead of schedule after interim results…
The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a major initiative of the Federal Government to establish a publicly-owned perpetual endowment fund. The Fund will build to $20 billion in available funding to 2025,…
The Health Economics Group, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population & Global Health at The University of Melbourne are running two short courses on Health Economics. Introduction to…
On Wednesday 7 October, 2015, the day prior to the ACTA 2015 International Clinical Trials Symposium commencing, pre-symposium workshops will be held. All of these activities will be held at…
Join paediatric researchers, biostatisticians and clinicians from around Australia for a day dedicated to Innovative Paediatric Trial Design and Conduct. At the workshop hosted by the Paediatric Trials Network Australia (PTNA) topics discussed include:…
A new report on the activities and achievements of Clinical Trials Networks in Australia has been officially published and will be formally presented to the Clinical Trials Advisory Committee (CTAC)…
CLINICAL TRIAL COORDINATOR Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne Department of Surgery Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences The University of Melbourne An exciting opportunity has become available in clinical trial…
Platform Trial Workshop – Monash University Saturday 7th May 2016 – Early Bird registration closes 4th April 2016 A 1-day workshop on Platform Trials is being held at Monash University,…
COGNO Annual Scientific Meeting and ASNO Scientific Meeting – Sydney “Neuro-Oncology: is the landscape changing?” Sunday 11th – Wednesday 14th September 2016 – Sheraton on the Park, Sydney, Australia Registrations…
ACTA, together with Medicines Australia, AusBiotech and Research Australia hosted the Clinical Trials 2016 Breakfast & Award Ceremony on May 20th to mark International Clinical Trials Day and celebrate the announcement of the inaugural…
PRESS RELEASE: 5 April 2016 The Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA)—a national coalition of more than 10,000 of Australia’s leading clinical and health services researchers—has welcomed the announcement of the…
We are very excited to announce that the ACTA 2016 National Summit will be held on Thursday 24 November at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC). This year the…
The AUSTRALIAN CLINICAL TRIALS ALLIANCE, together with MEDICINES AUSTRALIA, AUSBIOTECH & RESEARCH AUSTRALIA presented the International Clinical Trials Day for the Clinical Trials 2016 Breakfast & Award Ceremony celebrating Australian leadership…
ACTA has made a submission to the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Advisory Board in response to its call for submissions as part of consultation on the development of the…
Congratulations to the IMPACT Network and The PPROMT Trial Investigators: winner of the 2016 Trial of the Year Award! Visit the ACTA Trial of the Year Awards 2016 page for a full report…
Innovation in Clinical Trial Methodology Workshop Wednesday 20 May 2015 – “International Clinical Trials Day” 9.00am – 5.00pm at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Many important clinical questions are difficult to answer with a classically designed…
The ACTA Statistics in Trials Interest Group (ACTA STInG) consists of a group of statisticians and clinicians with an interest in statistics who work in clinical trials across…
Clinical Trials Networks are collaborative groups of practicing clinician researchers (often several hundred per network) that come together to identify important clinical questions and design large multi-centre…
ACTA SUMMIT 2016 PROGRAM Morning Program: Understanding the impact of investigator-initiated clinical trials and…
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MEDIA RELEASE 11/11/16 Australian healthcare entered a new era this week with release of the Government’s five-year strategy for the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) as well as a list…