Cairns Hospital - Clinical Research Unit

-16.9124 - 145.76831

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Greater than 2 weeks

The Clinical Research Unit (CRU) at the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service (CHHHS) conducts clinical trials across several key areas:

Cardiology
Dermatology
Emergency Department
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Renal
Respiratory
Oncology
Teletrials

The CHHHS CRU is committed to advancing medical research and providing our patients and the community with early access to innovative therapies. Our unit supports researchers engaged in clinical trials that are commercially sponsored, externally initiated, or collaborative in nature, ensuring that our patients benefit from the latest advancements in medicine.

Our Mission
Early Access to Therapies: We strive to offer our patients early access to groundbreaking treatments and medical technologies through participation in clinical trials.

Advancing Medical Knowledge: By conducting clinical trials, we play a crucial role in expanding scientific knowledge and developing new standard treatments.

Rural and Remote Access: We collaborate with the Queensland Regional Clinical Trials Coordinating Centre (QRCCC) and other institutions, such as Townsville University Hospital, to provide teletrials that enable patients in rural and regional areas to access clinical trials.

This structured approach ensures our efforts are focused on enhancing patient care and expanding treatment options within our community.

- HREC Committee Name: Far North Queensland Human Research Ethics Committee
- Meeting frequency: Every 4 weeks
- Types of HREC (IRB/ERB/ETHICS) Committee that are used: Central Acting as Local
- Mandate distribution of safety: Yes

- Handling Investigational Product: Yes
- Training program for the research staff: No
- Include GCP:
- Facility written sop during transportation to satellite site: N/A

- Required Licenses or Registrations: Yes
- Does the Facility have the ability to handle radio-labelled Investigational Products? No

- Investigational Product: Vertical laminar flow hood (chemo/hazardous drugs)
- Centrifuge: Yes
- Refrigerated Centrifuge: Yes

- Record Archiving:
- EMR/EHR systems: Other - ieMR
- Has your Clinical Trial Site or Service been accredited? Yes
- Audit Type: FDA ( Food Drug Administration), CRO ( Clinical Research Organisation), Sponsor

- Refrigerator (2 to 8 Degrees C): Yes
- Freezer (-20 to -30 Degrees C): Yes
- Investigational Freezer (-70 to -80 Degrees C): Yes
- Investigational Freezer (Liquid Nitrogen -135 Degrees C): No
- Does this equipment have back-up power? Yes
- Does this equipment provide Min/Max Temperature Monitoring? Yes
- Do you have the ability to generate a temperature monitoring log for this equipment? Yes
- Does this equipment have a temperature alarm? Yes
- Do you have an SOP which supports calibration of this equipment? Yes