Details
- Organisation Name: Mater Research Limited
- HHS: N/A
- Services Offered: Clinical trials site; Investigator Initiated Trials; Satellite Site; Trial Patient Recruitment; Treatment of patients; Completion of study documentation as per ICH GCP and contract
- Website Address: www.materresearch.org.au
- Contact: Matthew Spitzer- Matthew.Spitzer@mater.org.au
- Other Affiliated Research Sites: Mater Hospital Brisbane (Mater Adults Hospital, Mater Mothers Hospital, Mater Private Hospital, Mater Private Clinic), Mater Hospital Springfield, Mater Hospital Redlands
Location
-27.48493 - 153.02686
Initiating study activities approval
Yes
Review required
2 weeks
Site Overview
Mater Research is a recognised leader in medical research committed to translating scientific discovery into the best possible treatment, care, and outcomes for patients and the broader community. As the research arm of Mater Group, we have access to a large, diverse patient cohort from Mater's hospitals and health services across a broad range of health disciplines including. Based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Mater Research employs more than 300 laboratory and clinical researchers and has a dedicated clinical trials unit which undertakes a variety of clinical trials, varying in size and complexity, ranging from investigator-initiated projects to commercially-sponsored research studies. Other research sites include Mater Health Springfield
HREC
- HREC Committee Name: Mater HREC, NHMRC accredited HREC
- Meeting frequency: 6 weekly
- Types of HREC (IRB/ERB/ETHICS) Committee that are used: Central Acting as Local
- Mandate distribution of safety: Yes
- Meeting frequency: 6 weekly
- Types of HREC (IRB/ERB/ETHICS) Committee that are used: Central Acting as Local
- Mandate distribution of safety: Yes
Facility staffing and training
Handling Investigational Product: Yes
- Training program for the research staff: Yes
- Include GCP: Yes
- Facility written sop during transportation to satellite site: Yes
- Training program for the research staff: Yes
- Include GCP: Yes
- Facility written sop during transportation to satellite site: Yes
Licenses to receive, store, dispense and return controlled substances
- Required Licenses or Registrations: Yes
- Does the Facility have the ability to handle radio-labelled Investigational Products? Yes
- Does the Facility have the ability to handle radio-labelled Investigational Products? Yes
Equipment
- Investigational Product: Horizontal laminar flow hood (non-hazardous drug preparation); Extemporaneous Preparation; Glove Box (non- vented); Vertical laminar flow (chemo/hazardous drugs)
- Centrifuge: Yes
- Refrigerated Centrifuge: Yes
- Centrifuge: Yes
- Refrigerated Centrifuge: Yes
Patient Records
- Record Archiving: Yes
- EMR/EHR systems: Yes
- Has your Clinical Trial Site or Service been accredited? Yes
- Audit Type: Sponsor, NATA, NPACC
- EMR/EHR systems: Yes
- Has your Clinical Trial Site or Service been accredited? Yes
- Audit Type: Sponsor, NATA, NPACC
Investigational product storage Capabilities
- 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): Yes
- 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
- Freezer (-20 to -30 Degrees C): Yes
- Investigational Freezer (-70 to -80 Degrees C): Yes
- Investigational Freezer (Liquid Nitrogen -135 Degrees C): Yes
- 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
Specialty Research Area
Allied Health
Cancer
Cardiac
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Emergency Medicine
Gynaecology
Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Haematologic Malignancies
Haematology
ICU
Infection
Infectious
Infectious Diseases
Mental Health
Mental Health Psychiatry and CNS
Ovarian
Ovarian and Solid Tumours
Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian Epithelial Carcinoma
Surgery
Study Types
Academic
Industry
Investigator
Source Document Types
Paper and Electronic
Has your Clinical Trials Site or Service been audited by:
Sponsor
Average time to start study (in calendar days)
Greater than 120
Does the HREC committee require contract /budget approval prior to release final approval documents?
Yes
Support in-patient admissions
Yes
PK & PD specimens
Yes
Study Phase Capability
Device Pilot
Device Pivotal
Device Post Approval
First in Human
Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
Phase IV
Type of Diagnostic Equipment
CT Scan Computerized Tomography Scan
DXA Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry or Bone Densitometry
ECG/EKG Electrocardiogram
FLRO Fluoroscopy
MAMMO Mammography
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRS Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
NMED Nuclear medicine e.g. Bone scan
Other
Perfusion CT
PET Positron Emission Tomography Scan
SPECT
X-Ray
Patient Population
Adults - Ages 18-64