Research Center: Center for Clinical Studies
Location: Level 5, Burnet Tower, 89 Commercial Road, Melbourne 3004

Background

Research studies seek men and women (of non child bearing potential) to participate in a medical trial. Participants are required to stay in-house for 5 nights and attend 7 visits at the research site over 3 months and will be compensated up to $2,600.

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Benefits of Participation

• You will be compensated up to $2,600.
• You will be helping to advance medical research.
• You can socialise and make new friends.
• You will have access to free wifi, free catered food and a private TV.

Your Rights

• If you decide to participate in the study and later feel that you no longer wish to be part of it, you may withdraw at any time.
• Your records relating to this study and any other information received will be kept strictly confidential, except as required by the law.
• Qualified health professionals will monitor your health as it relates to the study.

Who Can Participate?

• Healthy men aged 20 – 55
• Healthy women who are postmenopausal or surgically sterile aged 20-55
• Able to stay inhouse for 5 days and nights and attend 7 outpatient visits at the research site in Melbourne.

Who is a healthy volunteer?

• Not taking prescription medications
• Physically and mentally healthy

What happens in a research study?

Each research study varies significantly, but there are some common elements. Most (but not all) studies involve taking a medication or undergoing some form of treatment. The patient or volunteer will first undergo screening to determine that they fit the medical eligibility criteria for the particular study, and then be given the study medication or treatment. The patient or volunteer typically returns to the research site a number of times to measure their response.     

Are research studies safe?

Before trials are conducted on humans, new medications or treatments have usually undergone extensive examination in laboratories and are tried on cells and animals grown in labs. The ones with positive results are then approved for testing in human trials.

All research studies are conducted only after the approval of Ethics Committees and must follow the International Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice. Participation is always voluntary and a volunteer must read and agree to the Informed Consent document, which outlines what will happen in the study and all risks associated with participating. Participants can also ask questions to the medical staff, and of course can consult with their own Doctor. Volunteers also have the right to leave the clinical trial at any time.