Current Trials

  Area of Study Investigators
Anaesthetics Prevention of paralytic ileus post-operatively A/Prof Afif Hadj
Dr David Beilby
Dr Tony Chow
Prevention of pre-surgical anxiety
Endocrine Diabetes studies for newly diagnosed, currently diagnosed, on/off tablets or insulin, and those needing help with control

A/Prof Richard Simpson
Dr Harvey Newnham
Dr Murray Gerstman
Dr Anthony Dear

New medications for the treatment of diabetes
Cholesterol lowering in diabetes
Treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy
Gastroenterology Crohns Disease Prof Peter Gibson
Dr Sanjay Nandurkar
Dr Miles Sparrow
Ulcerative Colitis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Gastric and duodenal ulcers
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease  
Hepatology
Hepatitis C / Hepatitis B Dr May-Ling Wong
Haematology / Oncology DVT prophylaxis in hip placement surgery Prof Hatem Salem
A/Prof Paul Coughlin
Dr Anthony Dear 
New developments in the prevention and treatment of deep vein thrombosis in leg/lung
Long term secondary prevention of DVT
Neurology Acute treatment of stroke (0 to 9 hrs from onset) Prof Chris Bladin
Dr Anthony Dear 
Ischaemic Stroke - Epithet Study
Secondary prevention of stroke
Oncology New drugs and treatments for the following cancers:
- Breast
- Gastro-Intestinal tract
- Genito-Urinary tract
- Testicle
- Lung
- Blood
- Pancreas
- Bone
A/Prof Joe McKendrick
Dr Phillip Parente
Respiratory Asthma studies Dr Paul Fogarty
A/Prof Frank Thien
Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease studies



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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