The FlashGM teletrial
The FlashGM Study is a teletrial testing non-invasive methods for blood glucose monitoring, to help patients living with diabetes in Western Australia, Victoria and Queensland.
The Fittest clinical trial
Hear how regional, rural and remote geriatric populations can access ‘The Fittest’ clinical trial, and how the local teletrial team can help.
The rigor of regulation – getting research ‘right’
Australia has human research regulation to ensure research has scientific merit, is ethically acceptable and is well supported to succeed by the responsible institution -– ultimately protecting the rights of the participant.
Teletrials help researchers reach regional, rural and remote populations
The Australian Teletrial Program has a local coordinating team to researchers help navigate ethics and research governance processes, and ultimately reach regional, rural and remote populations
Sorrento locals join world-first clinical trial
Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula is an endemic region for Buruli Ulcer, and locals are now taking part in a world-first clinical trial testing the effectiveness of a new treatment.
How teletrials are being used in the NT
Cardiologist Dr Angus Baumann is passionate about equity of health access, and in this video, he explains how teletrials is helping to improve remote patient access to clinical trials.
Allied health patients benefit from teletrial
A team of driven Northern Territory Allied Health specialists are working with a PhD Candidate, exploring different treatments of care for remote patients with chronic kidney disease who also face significant food insecurity.
Many ‘firsts’ to celebrate for Barwon Health Victoria
Camperdown resident Graham Henderson is Barwon Health’s first teletrial participant. Mr Henderson is taking part in the BoneZone study, which aims to understand changes in bone mineral density in critically ill patients who have been admitted to intensive care.
Teletrials and First Nations communities
It is important to make health access easy for the people who need it the most. First Nations people have not historically had the same health opportunities as non Indigenous people. Teletrials allows clinical trials to be developed in communities by communities, within an emerging new ethical and cultural capability framework.
A milestone for health equity in Roma Queensland
Patients no longer have to make the 1,000km journey to Queensland’s Diabetes Centre of Excellence to participate in clinical trials; instead, they can now get the same access locally thanks to teletrials. Diabetes is a chronic condition that puts sufferers at risk of significant medical complications, including renal failure, amputation, blindness, and early death. The worldwide clinical trial, involving 2,700 participants, is looking at the effect and safety of a potential new treatment for type 2 diabetes.
