There are about 10460 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Australia. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
The purpose of this study is to collect and store samples of blood and tumor tissue from patients with osteosarcoma. Collecting and storing samples of tumor tissue and blood from patients to test in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future.
This study is collecting and storing malignant, borderline malignant neoplasms, and related biological samples from young patients with cancer. Collecting and storing samples of tumor tissue, blood, and bone marrow from patients with cancer to study in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future.
This research study is collecting and storing samples of bone marrow and blood from patients with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia or relapsed non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Collecting and storing samples of bone marrow and blood from patients with cancer to study in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about cancer and help predict the recurrence of cancer.
This study will be the first repeat dose administration of GSK1322322 to investigate safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics in healthy subjects as well as elderly volunteer subjects. The study will also include a P450 probe drug (midazolam) to evaluate the effect of GSK1322322 to inhibit or induce CYP3A4 substrates.
The aim of the study is to see if lozenges containing a low dose of interferon-alpha can prevent and/or reduce the severity of colds and flu. Starting about 1 month before the expected start of the winter colds and flu season in Perth, Australia, healthy volunteers will allow a lozenge containing interferon, or a lozenge containing no medicine (a placebo), to dissolve in their mouth once a day for 16 weeks. Blood tests at the start and end of treatment will determine whether interferon was able to prevent infections with cold/flu viruses. Once a week, volunteers will complete a survey about their cold/flu symptoms, medications taken, days of work missed, etc. to see if interferon was able to make their winter colds and flu less severe.
This study will look at the effect on long-term kidney function using tacrolimus right after a transplant and then switching to sirolimus at 3 to 5 months after the transplant.
The purpose of this study is to determine if the Silent™ hip, when used as part of an artificial hip joint, is stable and effective in treatment of patients with joint disease requiring a total hip replacement. Patients who enter the study will be evaluated at regular intervals following hip surgery using patient, clinical, standard and special x-rays (RSA) to allow the position of the Silent Hip within the bone to be accurately monitored.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of a single dose of PT003 compared with single doses of PT001 and PT005, and compared with PT001 plus PT005 delivered together as two separate single doses in healthy subjects.
Meropenem is a powerful antibiotic used in intensive care for people who have very serious infections. Meropenem is rapidly removed from the blood by the kidneys and it is very expensive. In very ill patients in intensive care, it is uncertain how best to give this antibiotic. Studies have suggested that a smaller dose given over a longer period of time, results in blood levels of meropenem that are just as good as when a higher dose is given over a shorter period of time. This direct comparison has not been tested in intensive care patients. It is important to know this because if giving a lesser amount more slowly is just as good, then doctors will choose to give meropenem this way. To establish whether this is the case, the investigators plan to conduct an initial (pilot) study in ten intensive care patients at Austin hospital. Adult (age 18 years or older) patients in intensive care who have a serious infection being treated with the antibiotic, meropenem for three days or more will be able to participate in this study. The decision to start meropenem will be made by the intensive care doctors and they will give it in the usual way for 24 hours. The investigators will then in a random way (like tossing of a coin), give the participant meropenem either in the usual way (1 gram infused over 30 minutes) or give them a smaller amount, but over a longer period of time (500 milligrams infused over 3 hours). This will be done for 24 hours. They will then receive meropenem in the alternative way for another 24 hours. After this time the intensive care doctors will decide how meropenem will continue to be given. Blood levels of meropenem will be measured to see if they are the same when meropenem is given in each of the two different ways. During each different way of giving meropenem, 7 blood samples will need to be taken. Ten mls (or one spoonful) of blood will be required for each measurement. Blood levels will be taken through monitoring lines, which will be already present. Other information will also be collected about the participant during this study. This will include their age, gender, height, weight, information about what other medical conditions they have and measurements of how well their kidneys are functioning.
This is a multi-center, randomized, open-label, phase 1/2 study of continuous weekly paclitaxel and escalating doses of intermittent or continuous OSI-906 in patients with recurrent/relapsed ovarian and other solid tumors.