Victoria’s first concussion clinic opens
Victoria’s first public-funded adult concussion clinic is now open, providing much-needed support for hundreds of people experiencing ongoing concussion symptoms each year.
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The Alfred Neuroscience Clinical Trials Unit is the largest clinical trial site of its kind in Australia. We are the only clinical trials unit with a dedicated inpatient early phase neuroscience clinical trials unit.
We need clinical trials to prove that a new medication, device or treatment is safe and effective for people.
Without clinical trials, new treatments and medicines cannot be approved for use in Australia.
With more than 50 clinical trials open at any one time, we are fast becoming a world leader in trialling new treatments for brain conditions that have historically been untreatable.
Our highly developed and innovative clinical trial program has the capacity to manage the entire medication discovery pipeline at one site:
We have a dedicated four bed inpatient early phase neuroscience clinical trials unit with capacity for:
Our neuroscience clinical trials are highly sought-after by pharmacological and biotech companies for world-first national and international neurological clinical trials. We attract grants and sponsors because we have unique, word-class facilities combined with internally recognised specialists in neurological diseases. We also have well-characterised patient cohorts.
There are four different phases of a clinical trial. Each phase is represented by a roman numeral.
We conduct clinical trials for new medications and devices for nervous disorders such as:
The Alfred Neuroscience Clinical Trials team are leaders in their fields, with decades of Australian and international experience.
Prof O'Brien is the Program Director Alfred Brain, Deputy Director of Research and Head of Neuroscience Clinical Trials Unit at The Alfred.
Prof Patrick Kwan is the Director of Epilepsy: Genomics, Personalised Medicine at Alfred Health.
Dr Elspeth Hutton is the Deputy Director of Neurology and Head of Headache, Neuromuscular and Pain at Alfred Health.
A/Prof Anneke Van Der Walt is the Director of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology at Alfred Health.
A/Prof Mastura Monif is the Head of Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation at Alfred Health.
Prof Geoffrey Cloud is the Director of Stroke at Alfred Health.
Dr Kelly Bertram is the Head of Movement Disorders at Alfred Health.
A/Prof David Darby in the Lead for Dementia Trials at Alfred Health.
Prof Helmut Butzkueven is the Director of Neurology and MS Trials at Alfred Health.
ClinTrial Refer is a quick way to see all of our open trials, in one place. It’s the easy way to find a trial that may be right for you or your patient.
Victoria’s first public-funded adult concussion clinic is now open, providing much-needed support for hundreds of people experiencing ongoing concussion symptoms each year.
The Alfred is turning the tide on stroke care, with a number changes bringing the team above national benchmarks in stroke care, including stroke prevention medication prescribing and leading to fantastic outcomes for patients.
An international registry that was pivotal in the care of thousands of patients with multiple sclerosis during the COVID-19 pandemic was on show when Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium visited The Alfred this week.