The Prince Charles Hospital Clinical Trials Centre

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Organisation Name: The Prince Charles Hospital Clinical Trials Centre Hospital
HHS: Metro North
Services Offered: Early Phase, Clinical trials site, Phase 1 unit, Investigator Initiated Trials, Trial Patient Recruitment, Treatment of patients
Website Address: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/tpch/research/clinical-trials-centre
Contact: tpch-ctc@health.qld.gov.au
Other Affiliated Research Sites: N/A

Location

-27.38988364596732, 153.02292966964995

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 TPCH Clinical Trials Centre is a phase I–capable, mRNA-enabled facility dedicated to bringing the latest research to the bedside. We partner with established Clinical Research Groups (CRGs), universities and industry to deliver safe, ethical and efficient trials that improve outcomes for Queenslanders.

HREC

- HREC Committee Name: Metro North HHS HREC
- Meeting frequency: Twice monthly
- Types of HREC (IRB/ERB/ETHICS) Committee that are used: Local acting as central
- Mandate distribution of safety: Yes

Facility staffing and training

Does your Facility have a training program for the research staff?: Yes, Does the course content include GCP?: Yes, Does the study staff that prepares or transports dangerous goods have training that meets the IATA International Air Transport Association (US) or other countries hazardous training requirements for shipping dangerous goods?: Yes, Is your Facility adequately staffed to support studies with both blinded and unblinded Investigational Product?: Yes

Licenses to receive, store, dispense and return controlled substances

Does the Facility have the required licenses or registrations to receive, store, dispense and return controlled substances as required by local law?: Yes, Does the Facility have the ability to handle radio-labelled Investigational Products?: No

Equipment

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

Patient Records

- Record Archiving: Yes
- EMR/EHR systems: Yes
- Has your Clinical Trial Site or Service been accredited? Yes

Investigational product storage Capabilities

- Refrigerator (2 to 8 Degrees C): Yes8- 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

Specialty Research Area

Cardiovascular Diseases

Digestive System Diseases

Occupational Diseases

Respiratory Tract Diseases

Virus Diseases

Study Types

Academic

Government

Industry

Investigator

Source Document Types

Paper and Electronic

Has your Clinical Trials Site or Service been audited by:

Other

Average time to start study (in calendar days)

30-60

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?

Yes

Does your Facility support in-patient admissions?

Yes

PK & PD specimens

Yes

Study Phase Capability

Phase I

Phase II

Phase III

Phase IV

Type of Diagnostic Equipment

CT Scan Computerized Tomography Scan

ECG/EKG Electrocardiogram

MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Perfusion CT

Thyroid scan

X-Ray

Patient Population

Adults - Ages 18-64

Geriatrics 65 and onwards