Research support toolkit (RSTK): 2: Setting up

Research coordinators are essential for the research sustainability of research departments. They are often qualified with a nursing or science background and come with a breadth of skills from patient care to preparing ethics submissions, patient consent and recruitment to clinical trials and data follow-up.

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• ANZCA Clinical Trials Network. Getting started in research: how research coordinators can help. ANZCA bulletin. June 2017. p. 72.
• For more information, see the Research coordinators section of the Research Support tab.

The ANZCA Clinical Trials Network (CTN) have developed a business case template to help justify the employment of a qualified anaesthesia research co-ordinator by your department or group. Each patient enrolled in our current clinical trials will receive per patient payments for your department. Sites capable of recruiting an average of four patients per week may be in a position to fund a full-time qualified research co-ordinator, which is vital to the success of research.

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• Contact the CTN manager for a copy of the business case template
• For more information, see the Research coordinators section of the Research Support tab.

• ARC & NHMRC policy requirement graphic (AOASG)
• Applicable laws and obligations (NHMRC)
• Codes and guidelines (ARC)
• Ethics and regulatory (HRCNZ)

In Australia, the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) is one of the Primary Registries in the WHO Registry Network.

To register a trial, submit the details directly to Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry or an alternative ICMJE approved registry.

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• Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry
• International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (WHO)

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For trials that will recruit in the US, the trial must be registered on the ClinicalTrials.gov registry:

• https://clinicaltrials.gov/

One of the core aims of the ANZCA Clinical Trials Network(CTN) is to build research capacity at sites to participate in multicentre research. The trial project teams will work closely with you to determine the feasibility of undertaking multicentre research at your site and help you navigate the ethics and research governance processes

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Contact the CTN manager to discuss the support provided by CTN and trial project teams to help you get started in multi-centre research and to deal with challenges that you may face.

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For more information on current CTN trials open for recruitment and to register your interest to participate with the trial project team, click on the link below:

• ANZCA Clinical Trials Network

• Goulding KR, Peyton PJ, Story DA, Parker A, Leslie K.Survey of research capability at Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists accredited training sites. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2017;45(2):196–201.

Australian Clinical Trials Alliance is the peak body for clinical trial networks, clinical quality registries and clinical trial coordinating centres in Australia. They advocate for the sector and help it to grow and improve by providing tools, resources, education and connections. Resources have been developed in the following key areas:

• Advocacy
• Consumer Engagement
• CTN Impact & Implementation
• CTN Sector Expansion
• Efficient & Effective CTNs
• Embedding
• Innovative Data
• Innovative Trial Design
• Registries
• Research Prioritisation
• Statistics

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• Resource Hub

For more information about ACTA, of which ANZCA CTN is a full member:

• ACTA

AustralianClinicalTrials.gov.au is a joint initiative between the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (DIIS) to provide information and resources to consumers, health care providers, researchers and industry about clinical trials.

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• Australian Clinical Trials

The Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) is a national peak body supporting and representing the networks of clinician researchers that conduct investigator-initiated or "public-good" clinical trials within the Australian health system.

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• Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA)

• Medical research skills - ANZCA discovery service
• Research skills articles - Medical Journal of Australia
• Books related to conducting research - Research Support Essentials Guide

• Checklist for Researchers (UK Research Integrity Office)
• Dimensions (discovery and collaborative tool)
• IIT Made Easy (Investigator Initiated Trials Made Easy)
• RAx Personal Smart Research Assistant

• NIHR routemap [example]