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Clinical Trials Pharmacy

The Alfred Health Clinical Trials Pharmacy provides quality, efficient, and cost-effective investigational drug services.

About us

Clinical Trials Pharmacy provides services to The Alfred, Caulfield Hospital, Sandringham Hospital and Melbourne Sexual Health Centre.

The service is managed by Good Clinical Practice (GCP) trained, experienced pharmacists and technicians at The Alfred. This practice ensures studies are conducted according to international and local standards of good clinical research practice.

Our facilities include:

  • Restricted access temperature-monitored storage
  • Computerised dispensing
  • Sterile preparation suite

We currently support over 300 drug trials from first-in-human Phase I to Phase IV studies. 

Our team has a unique combination of clinical trial expertise coupled with strong education and research skills. This combination means we’ve been able to develop a pharmacy clinical trial credentialing program that brings together evidenced-based adult learning principles with contemporary service delivery that doesn’t exist anywhere else within pharmacy in Australia.

Find out more about Alfred Health Pharmacy.

What are Phase I, II, III or IV clinical trials?

What are Phase I, II, III or IV clinical trials?

There are four different phases of a clinical trial. Each phase is represented by a roman numeral.

Find out more about what happens in each phase

Our services

Our major clinical trial services include:

  • Drug accountability
  • Dispensing
  • Aseptic preparation
  • Storage of investigational medications
  • Design and manufacturing of blinded medications
  • Generation of randomisation codes and drug treatment unblinding for medical emergency
  • Drug distribution to multi-sites
  • Sourcing investigational medications
  • Pharmacist education and training

Fees are charged for services to provide pharmacy support for clinical trials without incurring extra cost to the hospital. Clinical Trials Pharmacy supports Alfred Health investigator-initiated studies at reduced charges.
 

Pharmacy

Our achievements

  • Developed a new, specialised training program for TrialHub including interactive online practical learning, structured onsite observations, pharmacist coaching, formal credentialing and access to on-going support

Our team

The Clinical Trials Pharmacy team are leaders in their fields, with decades of Australian and international experience:

  • Adam Cunningham, Manager
  • Peta Bretag, Senior Pharmacist
  • Ramez Hanna, Senior Pharmacist
Head of research
Prof Michael Dooley Director of Pharmacy

Research manager

Adam Cunningham

Contact us

The Alfred

55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004

  • Phone (03) 9076 2061
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Patient stories

By taking part in a clinical trial, you can contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge, access new treatment and, in some cases, it can save your life. 

But don't take our word for it.

Read our clinical trial participant stories

TrialHub

Left to Right, The Hon. Darren Chester MP, Australian Government representative and local MP, Alfred Health’s Director of Research Professor Stephen Jane, Director of TrialHub Anne Woollett, and Latrobe Regional Hospital’s Chief Executive Officer Pete

TrialHub partners with regional and remote hospitals to establish their own independent and sustainable clinical trial units to increase access to potentially life-saving treatments. 

Find out more about TrialHub
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