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Health—medical research
(Question No 2138)
Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Medical and Health Research, upon notice, on 15 February 2019:
(1) What is the title of each (a) medical or health research project and (b) clinical trial, in relation to the answer given to question on notice 2048, that was (i) begun or (ii) completed, during each the years (A) 2012-13, (B) 2013-14, (C) 2014-15, (D) 2015-16, (E) 2016-17 and (F) 2017-18.
(2) What was the total cost of each completed project or clinical trial.
(3) What practical outcomes has each research project and clinical trial produced for improved, extended, or otherwise modified day-to-day service-delivery for the ACT community by ACT Health.
Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) Attachment A shows the reference number, full title, study and status of 1133 health and medical research projects that were ongoing, started or completed during the requested years (2012-2018). Attempts have been made to obtain internal support to develop an electronic system to capture research activity but have been unsuccessful to date.
Of these 1094 are human research projects and 39 are animal research projects.
Of the human research projects 351 are classified as Clinical Research; 197 are Clinical Trials; 546 are Health Services/Social Science.
Of the 197 projects that are classified as Clinical Trials five are device trials meaning that a new device is being tested or evaluated in human beings.
Twenty-three projects are classified as Clinical Trial Other meaning that they are not testing or evaluating drugs or devices. Clinical Trial Other describes observational trails, comparative effectiveness trials and trials of new or existing procedures, tests or scans.
The remaining 169 projects are classified as Clinical Trial of a Drug meaning that new or existing drugs are being tested or evaluated in human beings.
Clinical Trials of new drugs are often conducted in various stages, known as phases, ranging from phase I to phase IV. Phase I trials are also known as ‘first in human’ meaning that it is the first test or evaluation of the drug in human beings. Previous testing will have occurred in animal trials.
One hundred and twenty-three drug trials identified phases as follows:
• Eight phase I trials
• 34 phase II trials
• 80 phase III trials
• One phase Iv trial
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