The Australian Teletrial Program (ATP) aims to improve the health of regional, rural and remote Australians, by making clinical trials available locally.

Patients take part in the trial in person. Clinicians, medical staff and researchers, representing multiple hospitals in different locations, use teletrials, a proven model leveraging site to site telecommunication technology.

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Teletrials is a proven flexible methodology.

Hear Dr Norman Swan, physician turned broadcaster talk to the benefits of teletrials, and how connecting regional, rural, and remote clinical trial sites to primary sites is helping patient outcomes.

Primary Site activation of teletrials is facilitated by the Regional Clinical Trial Co-ordinating Centre (RCCC) in their state/territory. The primary sites, with the assistance of the RCCC, support local sites and help build local capacity, capability, and confidence.

Teletrials explained

How teletrials are being used in the Northern Territory

Cardiologist Dr Angus Baumann is passionate about equity of health access, and here in the video below, he explains how teletrials is helping to improve remote patient access to clinical trials.

What is a teletrial?

Teletrial is a new, proven model for conducting clinical trials by connecting regional, rural and remote clinical trial sites to a primary site. The primary site supports local sites in building capacity and capability, promoting equitable health access and may lead to local sites becoming primary sites in the future. Teletrials involve numerous medical staff and researchers from various hospitals and health services in different locations. They use digital telecommunication to work as one team and conduct clinical trials closer to where patients live.