Clinical trials
Children’s Health Queensland coordinates and participates in a number of clinical trials aimed at improving health outcomes for children and young people. These trials include new drug therapies, innovations in surgical procedures, using new medical devices or existing equipment in different ways, combining treatments, and other adaptations to existing care models. These research studies help to improve the way we prevent, detect and treat childhood illness and injury.
Current trials and research studies
Multiple clinical trials and research studies are currently underway at Children’s Health Queensland. We do this to ensure we can provide the best possible healthcare to our patients. Parents and carers can find out more about opportunities to take part in suitable trials by speaking with their child’s treating healthcare team.
Other research studies may be actively seeking new participants from across the country. Some of these opportunities are led, or contributed to, by a number of research teams at Children’s Health Queensland, including:
Paediatric Critical Care Research Group (PCCRG)
- Sepsis research
- High-Flow Oxygen for Children’s Airway Surgery: A randomised controlled trial
- Nitric Oxide during Cardio Pulmonary Bypass during surgery for congenital heart defects: A randomised controlled trial
- Nitric Oxide on ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A randomised trial to reduce ECMO related mortality in neonates and children
- PICU Long Term Outcomes (PICULTO)
- Pulmonary, Renal and Neurosonographic recovery in children on ECLS support – ‘The ECLS Study’
- Trans-nasal Humidified Rapid Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange in children requiring emergency intubation (Kids THRIVE): A randomised controlled trial
Queensland Centre for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (QCPIMH)
- Together in Mind Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Day Program
- Transition to Parenthood Perinatal Mental Health and Wellness Program
- SMS4PerinatalParents
- e-PIMH
- Natural Disaster Recovery Resources
- Zero to Four Family Support Service Quality Improvement Project
- Becoming Us