Australian Clinical Trials Alliance Summit 2018

ACTA Summit 2018 – Program Building a self-improving health care system The University of Sydney Business School – Abercrombie building   Wednesday 28 November Pre-conference meetings for members 4:30 pm –…

Efficient and Effective Clinical Trial Networks

Recent group activities: The Efficient and Effective Clinical Trial Networks Reference Group has been creating a suite of resources and tools for clinical trials networks, based on working documents from…

Clinical Trial Network Sector Expansion

Recent group activities: The group has created resources for new clinical trials networks, now available in the resource area of this website. Establishment of New Clinical Trials Networks – Guidance…

Embedding Clinical Trials in Healthcare

Recent group activities Consensus definition of embedding clinical trials in healthcare International Best Practice Towards a Learning Healthcare System: A scoping activity to map international approaches to embedding clinical trials…

Tools and Criteria for Research Prioritisation

Recent group activities An overview of medical research prioritisation for Clinical Trial Networks A consultation survey of approaches and attitudes to prioritisation of clinical trials among Australian Clinical Trial Networks…

Innovative Outcome Data

Recent group activities The group is also involved in academic and educational events—’Summer School’ events include: Registry-Randomised Trials Colloquium, one-day (ADE) Webinars held include: Data Linkage (1 of 4) Data…

Implementability Guidance Super Webinar video is now live

Super webinar On Tuesday 11 February 2020 ACTA held its biggest webinar to date—the Super Webinar to disseminate and open communication around a guidance document ACTA has created to guide trialists towards optimising…

ClinTrial Refer app launched at ACTA Conference

…Version 2.0 also delivers a robust, user-friendly back-end for App managers, and built-in quality assurance allows users to report trials requiring status updates immediately. You can access the app at https://www.clintrial.org.au/…

Funding and support

Seed funding for ACTA was provided by the Victorian Department of Health in 2013, with a second allocation of funding from the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services in…

Activity plans

2020–2024 MRFF Enhancing Clinical Trials Network Capabilities Grant This Activity Plan outlines key activities to be undertaken by ACTA during 2020-2024 Grant outcomes: To consolidate and strengthen sector capability and…

Nominations extended for ACTA Trial of the Year Awards

…that’s International Clinical Trials Day. Guidelines and Nomination Forms Nominations will be accepted until COB 20 May 2020. Please contact us at awards@clinicaltrialsalliance.org.au if you would like more information about the awards….

COVID-19 Expert Database

…Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel AO and represents more than 3000 of Australia’s scientists, researchers and other experts. You can search for an expert or register your expertise here: https://www.science.org.au/covid19/experts…

What is an adaptive clinical trial?

This video, created by Adaptive Health Intelligence, explains what adaptive clinical trials are and how they differ from traditional clinical trial designs….

Registry Randomised Trials: Key Methodology Issues Workshop

…Flack and Prof Dorota Doherty Project Officer: Anitha Balagurunathan If you have questions about this workshop please contact anitha.b@clinicaltrialsalliance.org.au Target Audience: Trialists, Registry scientists, statisticians, healthcare managers, healthcare policymakers, consumers…

Beyond COVID-19: A solution-focussed forum

Please note this forum has now closed Beyond COVID-19: a solution-focussed forum is an exciting new initiative for people working in clinical trials and registries to share their learnings and…

Member Stories

This year we mark an International Clinical Trials Day like no other. The world is changed in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we are all aware of the…

ANZCA: BRACE trial

Photo by Hyttalo Souza on Unsplash Professor Andrew Davidson, Chair of Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) Clinical Trials Network, suggests that with proper funding and the support of…

ANZSA: SARC032

…have to involve international counterparts. ANZSA has embarked on an international collaboration with the Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration (SARC), a US-based not-for-profit organisation with a focus on sarcoma…

ANZUP: ENZAMET

The Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group (ANZUP) aims to bring together all of the different professional disciplines and groups involved in researching and treating urogenital cancers. By…

ANZFPS: ComeBACK

Exercise is known to prevent falls, so members of the Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society (ANZFPS) are conducting trials to help Australians with mobility issues incorporate physical exercise…