Make an enquiry Back to top Clinical trials At GenesisCare, we challenge ourselves every day to find new and better ways to treat illness and disease and deliver better outcomes for our patients. What is a clinical trial? All our current treatments start out as investigational therapies. We rely on the results from clinical trials to bring these treatments to market. This is only possible with the help of patients who volunteer to take part in clinical trials. The more people in our clinical trials, the faster new treatments can become available to the community. Clinical trials are medical studies that involve regular people like you and me. We use clinical trial results to develop new treatments, interventions or tests to detect, treat or manage various diseases and medical conditions. Some trials examine how people respond to a new treatment, and identify possible side effects. This helps us determine how a new treatment works, whether it’s safe, and if it’s better than treatments already available. Clinical trials might also compare existing treatments, test new ways to use or combine existing treatments, or observe how people respond to other factors that might affect their health (such as dietary changes). Other trials look at ways to diagnose diseases earlier, or how to prevent the onset of particular diseases and medical conditions. ‘Any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes’. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Clinical trial treatments These include (but are not restricted to): medications medical devices biopharmaceuticals (eg vaccines) surgical and other medical treatments and procedures psychotherapeutic and behavioural therapies health service changes preventive care strategies and educational interventions. Treatments begin as ‘experimental’ and move to ‘standard’ along a clinical pathway that’s checked and regulated at every stage. In the early stages, the new treatment is tested in a small number of people to assess safety and effectiveness. If the results are promising, the treatment moves to later stages of testing where we collect more information on effectiveness and possible side effects by increasing the number of people in the clinical trial. Click here to find out more information about phases of trials. Why do we need clinical trials? Why take part in a clinical trial? Why GenesisCare? Further information on clinical trial participation Australian Government Clinical Trials Toolkit Australian Clinical Trial Handbook National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research Information for Consumers Australian Clinical Trials: Genesis Cancer Care – Oncology Australian Clinical Trials: GenesisCare – Cardiology GenesisCare Clinical CRO Clinical trials We are highly active in clinical research. Treatments that we have today to combat disease and illness would not be possible without clinical research. Find out more about the clinical trials we currently have on offer by clicking below. Learn more GenesisCare Who is GenesisCare Take a new look at GenesisCare Safety & quality: Oncology GenesisCare Foundation Website policies Our privacy policy Open Disclosure and Credentialing Policies Contact us COVID-19 Careers Make an enquiry at GenesisCare Refer a patient Contact us Media & Social News Room – What’s been happening