Researchers

Why work with us?

Doherty Clinical Trials can execute early phase healthy volunteer studies, but we are also ready and keen to deliver tailored solutions for clients who would value input into study design and development. Specialised studies offer unique opportunities to accelerate decision making, reduce costs and substantially decrease timelines for clinical development.

Key differentiators for our services are:

Our enthusiasm and ability to provide bespoke solutions, with input for all stages of trial design and execution available from our team and broad networks of world-leading clinicians and scientists
Ethical delivery of high-quality human challenge trials that address cost and time barriers for the development of breakthrough therapeutics and vaccines
Use of our Melbourne facility – the only unit in Australia specifically commissioned to deliver human challenge studies

We will be able to deliver a range of human challenge models including malaria, group A streptococcus and respiratory viruses such as influenza.

If you would like to discuss any aspect of your clinical trial needs, contact us. We’re keen to chat with you about potential solutions.

What are the advantages of running clinical trials in Australia?

Australia’s medical researchers, clinicians and facilities are among the best in the world. The Australian Government and the medical research community have invested in the people, in leading-edge equipment and infrastructure to deliver high-quality solutions.

Efficient regulatory frameworks are administered by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). Australia’s ethics process involves submitting research proposals directly to human research ethics committees. As a multicultural country, Australia has a potential pool of diverse participants to meet recruitment needs.

The Australian Government’s Research & Development (R&D) Tax Incentive encourages more industry investment in R&D. Contact our team – we can direct you to specialists who can help to maximise any R&D tax advantages for your project.

Read more about conducting a clinical trial in Australia.

Our services

Our specialised clinical trial solutions are designed to accelerate the development of novel medicines and vaccines for our key partners and industry clients.

We can work with a range of vendors, partners and collaborating centres to ensure end-to-end clinical trial delivery. At the same time, our clients benefit from the deep clinical and scientific expertise across Melbourne’s Parkville Biomedical Precinct, including at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.

Our services include:

Full operational delivery of early-phase clinical studies requiring inpatient containment or isolation
Access to a range of human challenge models
Input on study design, protocol development and comprehensive medical review, including assistance with the Investigator Brochure, prior to ethics submission
Assistance with ethics and regulatory submissions
Participant recruitment

We can adapt our services to your needs and create bespoke clinical trial solutions. Contact us to discuss your requirements

Our capabilities

We are equipped to accelerate development of new therapies and vaccines for infectious diseases and other therapeutic areas.

Our dedicated facility is Australia’s only unit specifically established to deliver human challenge studies. The purpose-built facility can accommodate challenge models for a range of pathogens including malaria, group A streptococcus and respiratory viruses.

If you would like to read more about how human challenge trials can generate critical scientific insights and accelerate delivery of novel therapeutics and vaccines, please download our fact sheet.

The Melbourne facility contains:

25-bed, purpose-built unit for inpatient clinical research
Specialist containment clinical trial facilities for careful supervision of participants
Six rooms for isolation of trial participants, for example, during respiratory virus challenge studies
Screening and outpatient rooms
Dedicated PC2 laboratory
Pharmacy and an administrative area

Quality management

Doherty Clinical Trials Ltd is dedicated to accelerating the development of novel medicines and vaccines through innovative early phase and human challenge clinical trials of the highest quality.

Our Quality Management System (QMS) is digitally led for enhanced security and real time analytics, ensuring participant safety as well as data quality and validity. The electronic QMS integration has been rigorously developed and tested to ensure Doherty Clinical Trials Ltd is aligned with all relevant legislation, regulations, research codes of practice, and international clinical trial compliance requirements such as Good Clinical Practice (GCP) quality guidelines.

Quality management is a key foundation in all our activities and is incorporated into our systems, processes, staff training and vendor management.