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A simple recyclable puffer holder is allowing patients with asthma to breathe easy, while significantly reducing our impact on the environment.
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Alfred Respiratory Medicine has a long and internationally recognised track record in clinical trials. Across a wide range of respiratory conditions, including rare and advanced diseases, we have helped establish novel drug therapies, devices and behavioural treatments. We are a leader in early and late phase clinical trials and implementation studies. We led and completed many investigator-initiated studies, as well as being leading co-investigators in large international multi-centre studies.
We need clinical trials to prove that a new medication, device or treatment is safe and effective for people.
Without clinical trials, new treatments and medicines cannot be approved for use in Australia.
Our program trials new respiratory treatments across the entire research pipeline, and is the only Australian program that can provide a comprehensive bench-to-bed drug discovery pathway on one site including:
Our clinical trials capacity is enhanced by:
Find out more about our Respiratory Medicine research.
There are four different phases of a clinical trial. Each phase is represented by a roman numeral.
We conduct clinical trials of new treatments for respiratory disorders including:
The Respiratory Medicine department, led by Prof Trevor Williams has extensive leadership experience in leading clinical trials.
Our clinical trial leads are:
ClinTrial Refer is a quick way to see all of our open trials, in one place. It’s the easy way to find a trial that may be right for you or your patient.
A simple recyclable puffer holder is allowing patients with asthma to breathe easy, while significantly reducing our impact on the environment.
Breakthrough Victoria has invested $12 million to progress Phase 2 clinical trials of a promising peanut allergy treatment, initially developed by Alfred Health and Monash University researchers.
If you have been out and about in Melbourne recently it is likely you will have heard someone talking about their hayfever symptoms.