Tropical Australian Academic Health Centre | Clinical Trials Queensland

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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

Is your Facility able to initiate study activities prior to Ethics Committee protocol approval?

How long before Ethics Committee review is the Submission Packet 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:

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

Equipment

- Investigational Product:
- 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

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

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

Source Document Types

Paper and Electronic

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?

Does your Facility support in-patient admissions?

Yes

Study Phase Capability

Phase I

Phase II

Phase III

Phase IV

Patient Population

Adolescents/Adults 16 and onwards

Geriatrics 65 and onwards