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.
