Craig, Sabe and Alexandra discuss how TeleTrials bring new therapies to patients sooner. New frameworks are increasing clinical trial participation and co ordination between trial and satellite centres is improving. Imaging, blood tests and examinations can be done at a local level, without extensive travel that was deemed necessary in the past.
Barriers and facilitators and a unique insight into the patient benefits are discussed between Alexandra, patient advocate, teletrials participant and lung cancer survivor, Sabe Sabesan, medical oncologist from the ICON Cancer Centre in Townsville and co-chair of the Australian Teletrial program and the initial teletrials pilot in 2017-2020, and Craig Underhill, medical oncologist from Border Medical Oncology and Haematology in Albury/Wodonga. Incentive funding and harmonising governance requirements for TeleTrials in Australia will help solve many of these issues and continue to transform the way trials are managed. The benefits for patients and their families are clear and positively impact the future of trials in Australia.
Resources: https://wiki.cancer.org.au/australia/COSA:Teleoncology
https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/healthcare-providers/initiatives-and-programs/telehealth
https://thoraciconcology.org.au/teletrials/
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