Details
- Organisation Name: Tropical Australian Academic Health Centre Ltd
- HHS: N/A
- Services Offered: Clinical trials site, GP trials, Bench research, Investigator Initiated Trials, Trial Patient Recruitment
- Website Address: www.taahc.org.au
- Contact: taahc@jcu.edu.au
- Other Affiliated Research Sites: Cairns and Hinterland, Mackay, North West, Torres and Cape and Townsville and the Northern Queensland Primary Health Network and James Cook University and the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
Location
-19.323095751522903, 146.75888098575615
Initiating study activities approval
No
Review required
2 weeks
Site Overview
The Tropical Australian Academic Health Centre is a collaboration between the five hospital and health services in northern Queensland - Cairns and Hinterland, Mackay, North West, Torres and Cape and Townsville - the Northern Queensland Primary Health Network and James Cook University and the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine. Our Members bring together clinical and research expertise to provide dedicated support for the design, planning and coordination of trials from Phase I to Phase IV.
HREC
- HREC Committee Name: Other
- Meeting frequency: Monthly
- Types of HREC (IRB/ERB/ETHICS) Committee that are used: Local
- Mandate distribution of safety:
- Meeting frequency: Monthly
- Types of HREC (IRB/ERB/ETHICS) Committee that are used: Local
- Mandate distribution of safety:
Facility staffing and training
- Handling Investigational Product: Horizontal laminar flow hood (non-hazardous drug preparation)
- Training program for the research staff: No
- Include GCP: No
- Facility written sop during transportation to satellite site: N/A
- Training program for the research staff: No
- Include GCP: No
- Facility written sop during transportation to satellite site: N/A
Equipment
- Investigational Product:
- Centrifuge: Yes
- Refrigerated Centrifuge: Yes
- Centrifuge: Yes
- Refrigerated Centrifuge: Yes
Patient Records
- Record Archiving: Yes
- EMR/EHR systems: in-house
- Has your Clinical Trial Site or Service been accredited? Yes
- Audit Type: Yes
- EMR/EHR systems: in-house
- Has your Clinical Trial Site or Service been accredited? Yes
- Audit Type: Yes
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): No
- 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
- Freezer (-20 to -30 Degrees C): Yes
- Investigational Freezer (-70 to -80 Degrees C): No
- 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
Specialty Research Area
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
Cardiovascular Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Occupational Diseases
Parasitic Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Virus Diseases
Study Types
Academic
Industry
Investigator
Average time to start study (in calendar days)
61-90
How long prior to HREC meeting does the application need to be submitted?
2 weeks
Does the HREC committee require contract /budget approval prior to release final approval documents?
No
Support in-patient admissions
Yes
Study Phase Capability
Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
Phase IV
Patient Population
Paediatrics
Adolescents/Adults 16 and onwards
Adults 18 and onwards
Geriatrics 65 and onwards