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Clinical Trials

This page covers Clinical Trials support, training, recruitment resources, readings and more.

About clinical trials
Learn about clinical trials, what they are, how they work and how to find one. Find information about the policy reform group that ensures there is a consistent national approach to clinical trials within Australia.
Clinical Research vs. Clinical Trial
A comparison of Clinical Research and Clinical Trials provided by the University of Kentucky Office of Research Integrity
Clinical Trials and Clinical Research: A Comprehensive Review
Kandi V, Vadakedath S (February 16, 2023) Clinical Trials and Clinical Research: A Comprehensive Review. Cureus 15(2): e35077. doi:10.7759/cureus.35077

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Clinical research is an alternative terminology used to describe medical research. Clinical research involves people, and it is generally carried out to evaluate the efficacy of a therapeutic drug, a medical/surgical procedure, or a device as a part of treatment and patient management. Moreover, any research that evaluates the aspects of a disease like the symptoms, risk factors, and pathophysiology, among others may be termed clinical research. However, clinical trials are those studies that assess the potential of a therapeutic drug/device in the management, control, and prevention of disease. This review describes the critical elements of clinical research that include clinical trial phases, types, and designs of clinical trials, operations of trial, audit, and management, and ethical concerns.

SWSLHD Clinical Trials Support Unit
The Clinical Trials Support Unit website provides information on essential contacts, clinical trial speciality groups, useful weblinks, clinical trials standard operating procedures, clinical trial forms, training, and a clinical trial management system (ctms).

ClinicaltrialsNSW
an initiative of the Office for Health and Medical Research, NSW Health to enable clinical trial capacity, capability and collaboration across New South Wales (NSW).
ClinicalTrials and Data
"The Maridulu Budyari Gumal, Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE) Clinical, Trials & Data Platform will improve the quality and efficiency of health care in our communities through high quality clinical trial activity and integrated data access and analysis driving innovation across the partnership."

Consumer Involvement & Engagement Toolkit
The Consumer Involvement and Engagement Toolkit (the Toolkit) provides practical advice for researchers and research organisations wishing to conduct patient-centred clinical trials. A joint initiative between the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) and Clinical Trials: Impact & Quality (CT:IQ).
For consumers: About clinical trials
NSW Health and Medical Research page on Clinical Trials for the information of consumers. Videos, PDFs and links providing information on topics including;
• Learn about clinical trials
• Why do we need clinical trials?
• How do clinical trials work?
• Who can be part of a clinical trial?
• Find a clinical trial

CT:IQ Clinical Trials: Impact & Quality
CT:IQ sets and maintains standards of excellence in clinical trials across Australia. CT:IQ’s diverse membership brings together all who are engaged in the Australian clinical trials endeavour, including industry, academia, government, health services, and consumers. Through a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach, we select and collaborate on projects that can positively impact research policy and practice across the sector. By design, our outputs are evidence-based, balanced, and trusted by decision-makers as best practice.

Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry
The ANZCTR is an online registry of clinical trials being undertaken in Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.
Clinicaltrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov is a National Library of Medicine (American) database of privately and publicly funded clinical studies conducted around the world.
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
CENTRAL is a rich database of bibliographic reports of randomized controlled trials. You can search CENTRAL for high-quality evidence from many trusted sources. This helps you find the best available evidence to answer your questions quicker.