Clinical Trials & National Research Contacts
Clinical Trials
CHARIOT Clinical Trial - clinical trial testing induction dosing in chronic hepatitis C - www.med.unsw.edu.au/nchecr
ATAHC - study examining the natural history and effect of treatment on newly acquired or acute hepatitis C - www.med.unsw.edu.au/nchecr
Oglufanide Disodium Trial - sponsored by Implicit Bioscience, 32 patients to be enrolled. Eligible participants will be allocated to receive oglufanide disodium by subcutaneous injection at one of seven dose levels, or by inhalation. Download trial infosheet (PDF, 56Kb) for more information.
National Hepatitis Research Contacts
HCV Research Register - The Australian Hepatitis C Research Register index page for ongoing projects on Virological and Immunological Research http://health.gov.au/internet/wcms/Publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-hiv_hepc-hepc-register-virolog_ongoing.htm
National Centre in HIV Social Research (NCHSR) - The National Centre in HIV Social Research conducts research which describes and analyses the social understandings, meanings and practices of peoples, institutions and communities in relation to HIV, Hepatitis C and other communicable diseases - http://nchsr.arts.unsw.edu.au/
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR) undertakes research that focuses on epidemiology, clinical research and clinical trials in the field of HIV/AIDS and other blood bornre viruses, particularly hepatitis C and sexually transmitted infections - www.nchecr.unsw.edu.au
Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society - www.latrobe.edu.au/arcshs
Australian Centre for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research (ACH2) (formerly the National Centre for HIV Virology Research) -
The National Centre for HIV Virology Research is in the process of being re-organised into the new Australian Centre for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research (ACH2), which is to be a broadly inclusive, collaborative national virology research organization focused on HIV and Hepatitis C - www.hiv.edu.au