Designed specifically for researchers and clinical trials staff, this session offers a comprehensive overview of registry-based clinical trials, where your questions will be answered by leading experts in the field.
Expert speakers will cover a range of topics throughout the day, including the barriers and enablers of implementing new trial methodologies, as well as registry design, ethics, budgeting, and biostatistical and data management considerations.
You'll have the opportunity to:
At the end of the session, participants will have had the opportunity to review the elements required when considering the development of a registry-based clinical trial and workshop their ideas with experts in the field.
Travel scholarships are available to promote regional and rural attendance for this event. For further information, please contact: [email protected]
A/Prof Steven is a radiation oncologist who graduated from the University of Western Australia before completing his specialist training at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. Subsequently, he took up a position as a sub-specialist in breast and lung cancer at the Peter MacCallum Moorabbin campus (Monash Cancer Centre). Steven has been the lead investigator in a number of local clinical trials and has been involved in recruitment to a number of international trials. His current areas of research include development and implementation of a Deep Inspiration Breath Hold Technique to reduce radiation to the heart for patients with left-sided breast cancer, and the use of high dose precision radiation (SABR) for the treatment of patients with metastatic disease.
Maria manages 88 staff at WEHI including Clinician Researchers, Project Managers, Study Coordinators, Research Nurses, Data Analysts, Medical Oncologists and PhD students. They have developed multiple data registries in a range of oncology specialties and introduced a new trial concept of registry trials with several trials in various stages of development.
Prof Peter Gibbs is a leading researcher in medical oncology, with a particular interest in translational research. He has led several international clinical trials and participated in research collaborations within Australia and internationally, culminating in over 200 published articles.
Dr Wei Hong is a medical oncologist with St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne and La Trobe Regional Hospital. He is also a Research Fellow and PhD candidate with interests in Bayesian adaptive trials, bioinformatics, deep neural networks, and low-rank adaptation of large language models.
Dr Shehara is a medical oncologist and clinical researcher with current appointments at Western Health, Cabrini Health and the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI). She obtained a Master of Cancer Sciences whilst undertaking a clinical and research fellowship, specialising in cancers of the gastrointestinal tract at BC Cancer in Vancouver, Canada. She is involved in the full spectrum of clinical trials, from early phase to investigator-initiated and registry-based clinical trials.
Dr Vanessa Wong is a medical oncologist at Ballarat Health Services, and is a breast and colorectal cancer research fellow at Personalised Oncology Division, Gibbs Labs, WEHI. Her research focus is on comprehensive registries and increasing the visibility of registry-based randomised controlled trials through chairing both VCCC Alliance and Regional Trials Network steering committees.
More speakers to be confirmed soon.
