The MS Australia Clinical Trials Network was established to facilitate the clinical trials process for MS in Australia and New Zealand and increase awareness and access to clinical trials for people with MS and other demyelinating diseases.
The MS Australia Clinical Trials Network does not aim to replace the direct interaction between trial sponsors and neurologists or trial sites. Rather, it aims to increase the availability of information and maximise opportunities for participation for all parties. The MS Australia Clinical Trials Network is particularly well placed to support investigator-driven clinical trials and clinical research.
For neurologists, researchers and other clinical staff, the MS Australia Clinical Trials Network can help you in four specific ways:
Assistance and advice on the completion of feasibility questionnaires
Learn of clinical trials recruiting patients or requiring sites
Quickly identify promising trials
Access to a panel of experts for advice
Learn of clinical trials requiring sites
MS Australia Clinical Trials Network will keep you informed of approaches from trial sponsors looking for potential trial sites. If you’re interested in learning more about a trial described in an email from the MS Australia Clinical Trials Network, just let us know and we can put you in contact with the Trial Sponsor.
If you are approached by a CRO or trial sponsor, you might consider directing them to the MS Australia Clinical Trials Network so we can keep the MS clinical community informed and provide any further assistance that they may require.
Patient recruitment
For trial sites and investigator-led clinical research, we provide a valuable resource for widening patient recruitment through our Find a Trial listing.
If you would like your clinical trial or clinical research study listed on our Clinical Trials Network website, please forward us a copy of your HREC approval for the project to mstrials@msaustralia.org.au. We will then send you a form to complete to provide details of the trial. Once submitted we can then list the study.
If you would like us to promote your study via our social media platforms, this requires specific permission via the individual HREC study protocol as part of the approved recruitment strategy. Once we receive a copy of the formal approval for social media promotion, we will proceed with sharing your study across our social media platforms.
Access to expertise
The MS Australia Clinical Trials Network Executive Committee and Scientific Review Panel can provide expert assistance, particularly for investigator driven trials, through reviewing protocols and budgets, facilitating collaborations and widening recruitment of trial centres and patients.
The Network’s Executive Committee consists of MS neurologist representatives from Australia and New Zealand supported by a Scientific Review Committee.
