About ECRU

ECRU was established in 1995 and today is known as the fastest growing - results oriented - clinical trials unit in Australia... with a difference.

It consists of three campuses - at Box Hill Hospital, Maroondah Hospital and Alfred Hospital.

Dedicated to providing the best and fastest results in clinical trial implementation, ECRU has the unique ability to draw on integrated campus resources from:
 
Key medical specialists encompassing the breadth of medical disciplines
Experienced and dedicated clinical research staff
Well-renowned university academics
Large NATA accredited pathology department equipped to carry out all blood and body fluid testing
Experienced team of senior radiologists with access to sophisticated imaging modalities such as CT and MRI scanning
Established on-site pharmacists with experience in clinical trials
Busy, state-of-the-art Emergency Departments (Box Hill with 35,000 patients on average per year; Maroondah with 29,000)
Inpatients and ambulatory patients drawn from a catchment area covering 1.2 million people
Strong links with Divisions of General Practice and individual GPs covering the catchment area
 
Since its inception, ECRU has been contracted by over 20 multi-national pharmaceutical companies to implement and manage almost 120 clinical trials. In all of the trials ECRU has carried out, it has met and exceeded all recruitment targets.
 
The trials we have managed involved the following disciplines:
Diabetes/Endocrinology
Cardiovascular
Arterial and venous thrombosis
Antibiotics and anti-viral agents
Gastroenterology / Hepatology
Neurosciences
Rheumatology
Surgery
Oncology
Respiratory





 
Eastern Clinical Research Unit
Levels 3 & 4, Clive Ward Centre, Eastern Health
Arnold Street, Box Hill 3128 Victoria, Australia
Phone:  61 3 9895 0336
Fax:  61 3 9895 0304
Email:  ECRU@med.monash.edu.au

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