The Parkville Cancer Clinical Trials Unit was established in 2016, from the cancer clinical trials units of Peter Mac, Royal Melbourne and the Women’s. We are Australia's largest cancer clinical trials unit:
- Over 110 staff members and 70 investigators
- Over 180 open and recruiting and 190 active / follow-up trials
- Recruiting 550 patients yearly
- 10 cancer stream teams specialising in haematology, solid cancers, theranostics and palliative care
- Specialised experience and expertise in first in human and complex clinical trials
- Dedicated treatment area and facilities
Located in the Parkville Precinct, we deliver a Precinct service with premier results:
- Shared pathology service
- Clinical trials pharmacy
- Imaging
- Ophthalmology
- Intensive Care Unit
- Shared Electronic Medical Record
- Specialty clinics
- Translational expertise and leading edge laboratory service
Dedicated clinical trial treatment area including:
- 15 high care treatment chairs
- 4 overnight night beds (24-hour telemetry capacity)
- Contained GMO injecting area
- Central pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics processing lab
- Electronic medical record, electronic investigator site file, providing offsite monitoring
Working with Parkville Cancer Clinical Trials Unit
Our feasibility team is the main contact for all new potential trials.
- Confidential agreements are negotiated, we require a mutual template
- We don’t assess blinded information / non-awarded trials
Maryanne Turner
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Diane Pitropakis
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Phone (03) 8559 7469
Our investigators have expertise and experience in:
- The conduct of cancer clinical trials
- Basic research, translational research and biomarker development
- Collaborations with national and international investigators
- Novel clinical trial design
Parkville Cancer Clinical Trials Unit profile
Parkville Cancer Clinical Trials Unit Contacts
Director - Professor Mark Rosenthal
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Deputy-Director - Professor Jayesh Desai
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Manager - Marian Lieschke
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Deputy Manager of Quality and Performance - Sally Montga
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Feasibility Specialist - Maryanne Turner
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Early Drug Development Clinical Nurse Consultant - Helen Stevens
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