VCCC Building Capability in Clinical Trials Program
-
Leeanne Pasanen+61 3 92311387
Project Details
Introduction: The establishment of a multisite clinical trial collaborative across palliative care services within the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre has an overarching goal of increasing patient access to clinical trials in all stages of their cancer illness.
Title VCCC Building Capability in Clinical Trials Program
Rationale A key element of the VCCC’s Strategic Research Plan is to expand patient access to clinical trials through broadening and diversifying clinical trial groups. Palliative care was identified as the first clinical discipline to resource and support as palliative care has high-level community support, a large patient pool and a proven track record of collaboration and excellence.
Key Aim To advance knowledge and opportunity in clinical trials to increase expertise and expand patient access.
Potential impact By increasing clinical trial understanding and capability of clinicians, increasing research activity and simultaneously increasing the number of clinical trials available to palliative care patients the provision of evidence based best practice care is in turn, increased.
VCCC sites: Peter MacCallum, St Vincent’s, Western Health, Austin Health, Royal Melbourne, Royal Children’s Hospital.
Researchers
Key contact: Leeanne Pasanen; Leeanne.Pasanen@svha.org.au
Funding
VCCC
Research Group
Faculty Research Themes
School Research Themes
Key Contact
For further information about this research, please contact the research group leader.
Department / Centre
Node
St Vincent's Hospital
MDHS Research library
Explore by researcher, school, project or topic.